New regulations, funding opportunities in the CHIPS Act, and new RF products released at Mobile World Congress March 10, 2023 ONTRACK BI-WEEKLY As the EU now joins the US in implementing trade controls, the US begins accepting applications for funding support under the CHIPS Act. New wireless products for RANs and up to 100 GHz RF systems are also hitting the market from some of the biggest names in the semiconductor industry. Leading Insights First CHIPS Act Funding Round Begins Companies can now begin filing for CHIPS Act funding with NIST, including Read Article Where Does the Knee Frequency Formula Come From? The knee frequency has nothing to do with signal bandwidth, but it has everything to do with channel bandwidth. Read Article System Level Qualification in Simulation Keysight's Tim Wang Lee will share his early days as a prodigy with Dr. Eric Bogatin. We will also discuss the importance of simulation and measurement to achieve signal integrity for your PCB design. Read Article Your Guide to LCR Meters LCR meters measure inductance (L), capacitance (C), and resistance (R) – hence the name. LCR meters can be powerful tools for supporting the development of electronic circuits. However, to get the best from your meter, you must understand precisely how they work and the benefits they bring to the development process. In this article, we'll look at how LCR meters work, how to choose the best meter for your needs, and what benefits they can bring Read Article Everything You Need to Know about Conformal Coating Explore the basics of conformal coating with Mark Harris. Conformal coating is a protective layer applied to electronic circuits to guard against environmental factors such as moisture and dust. Read Article Can We All Stop Quoting the Critical Length Rule? Let’s all agree to stop using the PCB critical length rule in high-speed PCB design. Read Article Promoting the Electronics Industry to the Next Generation Charlene Gunther, the Senior Director of the IPC Education Foundation talks about IPC’s efforts to involve students in engaging activities that will introduce the electronic industry to them as early as high school. Read Article Integrating an Electronics Enclosure Design with Altium Designer Industry expert Mark Harris shows you how easy it is to create a bespoke enclosure using SolidWorks with Altium’s MCAD CoDesigner. With step-by-step guidance and seamless integration between ECAD and MCAD workspaces, you'll be able to design and update your project's electronic and mechanical aspects in parallel, ensuring compatibility and right-first-time results. Bring an end to transferring design files between teams and start a hassle-free design process! Read Article Creating Components in Altium 365 at Warp Speed In this article, Ari Mahpour shows you how to add components to your Altium 365 library leveraging the Component Search Engine from Samacsys or SnapEDA. Read on to discover the effectiveness of these free resources on the Cloud. Read Article Solidworks PCB to Altium Designer Solidworks PCB to Altium Designer In this migration guide we are going to focus on importing SOLIDWORKS PCB designs to Altium Designer. If you need to migrate from another tool, please refer to their specific migration guide below or explore our Documentation page for tips on importing your designs. Migrating from Autodesk EAGLE to Altium Designer Migrating from Cadence OrCAD to Altium Designer Migrating from Siemens PADS to Altium Designer Read Article Ultra HDI - More Frequently Asked Questions What is Ultra-HDI? There is a lot of conversation about “Ultra-HDI” especially with all of the anticipated work being done as part of the CHIPS Act . In my experience, Ultra-HDI means different things to different people depending on where their capabilities and expertise are. IPC has created a working group to address ultra-HDI and their position is that to be considered ultra-HDI, a design needs to include one or more of the following Read Article How to Design a Bias Tee for a Power Amplifier Bias tees are used in some RF systems to separate AC and DC power along a particular line. Learn more about bias tee design in this article. Read Article Security on CAN bus with Ken Tindell A lot of interesting facts about cyber security and automobile hacking that you would not want to miss! Watch through the end and make sure to check the additional resources below. Read Article RF Power Amplifier Module PCB Design We’ll examine how to design a PCB with a power amplifier. This module generates its own source signal using a VCO. Read Article What's New in Altium 365 - March 2023 The latest Altium 365 updates are here. Read now to learn more. Read Article Achieving Diversified Electronics Supply Chain In this episode, we continue the discussion on diversifying the electronic supply chain. Our guest Case Engelen the CEO of Titoma shares his insight about moving some of the manufacturing to other Southeast Asian countries and South America. Read Article Optical PHY PCB Layout for 100 Gigabit and Faster Ethernet Need to layout a board to connect to an optical PHY transceiver? Here are some high speed design aspects you’ll need to consider. Read Article Pagination First page « First Previous page ‹‹ Page17 Current page18 Page19 Page20 Page21 Page22 Next page ›› Last page Last » Load More