Hello, Welcome to the Altium Learning Hub

Recently, I received a question from a designer at a startup wondering about proper use of plated through-hole vias in mmWave PCBs. This is a fair question, both when dealing with microwave/mmWave frequencies, and when working with high speed digital signals. At mmWave frequencies, signals can experience strong reflection and resulting transient behavior as a travelling wave interacts with a via in an interconnect. If improperly sized, a signal...

RF and sensing systems that use MIMO functionality have some important design constraints concerning virtual antenna design and placement. In these systems, due to the need for finer resolution and higher transmit/receive gain, the trend has been to pack more antennas into an array for beamforming and the reception of low-level signals. There is a reason for this trend, and it relates to an important concept in antenna array systems. When...

Discussions about the current electronics supply chain challenges abound, and many in the electronics industry are fully aware of the current supply chain issues towards obtaining components and materials in a timely and cost-effective manner. The resurgence in electronics demand brought upon the most recent supply chain issues due to global recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic and geo-political events such as the war in Ukraine. Attention is...

Creating schematic symbols and footprints is a significant part of a PCB design engineer's tasks. With today's integrated circuits and components being housed in a plethora of packaging options, component libraries can grow to thousands upon thousands of entries. It is usually up to the PCB design engineer to create and maintain those libraries. Let's be honest - creating schematic symbols, footprints, and general library maintenance is usually...

Before we get too deep into this article, I’ll give you the simple answer. You probably can’t fix warping in your PCB after it’s already been fabricated. You can prevent an unwarped board from becoming warped during assembly, but only as long as materials were selected properly and the board is put into reflow correctly. We’ll run over some of these points in this article, and I’ll examine some points that might help you recover a warped board...

.b-post__table td { border: none !important; } .b-post__table #outlook a { padding:0; } .b-post__table table td {border-collapse: collapse;} .b-post__table .ExternalClass * {line-height: 115%;} .b-post__table .AddressLinks a {color:#888888; text-decoration: none;} .b-post__table li{ font-size: 14px !important; text-align: left !important;...

Performance and reliability are big in the automotive industry, especially now that electronically powered and automated vehicles are starting to become more popular. In this episode, we will learn so much about automotive electronics and the reliability of electronics systems that goes in the vehicle. Our guest Lenora Clark, the director of autonomous driving and safety technology at ESI automotive will share with us the importance of material...

The purpose of the workshop is to demonstrate how to use Altium Designer to produce a PCB design in a typical process starting with a new schematic and concluding with the delivery of manufacturing files to a manufacturer.

Designing radio frequency systems to support high frequencies and digital interfaces is challenging and requires the best RF design software tools. RF engineering in a high GHz band takes the best RF design software to ensure accurate PCB trace routing, layer stack design, and circuit design. Use Altium Designer for your RF design process and to take your next GHz band system to manufacturing.   ALTIUM DESIGNER A unified PCB design...