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The Benefits of High-Dk PCB Materials

The Benefits of High-Dk PCB Materials The terms “high-speed design” and “low-Dk PCB laminate” are often used in the same articles, and often in the same sentence. Low-Dk PCB materials have their place in high speed and high-frequency PCBs, but high-Dk PCB materials provide power integrity. Low-Dk PCBs are typically chosen as they tend to have lower loss tangent. Thus high-DK PCB materials tend to get overlooked for high speed and high-frequency PCBs. When we look at power integrity Read Article

The Increasingly Important Role Of Dielectric Loss Tangent In PCB Laminates

The Increasingly Important Role Of Dielectric Loss Tangent In PCB Laminates Learn more about dielectric loss tangent, the role it plays in high-speed designs, and how it varies as a result of the glass to resin ratio and frequency. Read Article

Impedance-Controlled Routing and Your PCB Design Rules

How to Calculate Impedance-Controlled Routing In Your PCB And Design Rules See the process for impedance-controlled routing calculations based on PCB stackup selection and PCB materials selection. Read Article

Learn How to Design PCBs with the Best PCB Design Tutorials

Learn How to Design PCBs with the Best PCB Design Tutorial Let’s face it: PCB design is complex, and not all design software packages have the tools to help you be successful. Whether you’re creating a simple two-layer board or a complex high-speed digital system, Altium Designer has the design tools and PCB design tutorial you need to get started and succeed. You’ll have access to multiple PCB design tutorials to help you gain a better understanding of advanced features as you venture deeper into PCB Read Article

The Basics of Signal Integrity Analysis in Your PCB

The Basics of Signal Integrity Analysis and Simulation in PCB Design Read and learn the important steps in signal integrity analysis and how these steps reveal problems in your PCB layout. Read Article

Rick Hartley's Books and Reading List EMI & Noise Control Reading List PCB Design for Real-World EMI Control - Bruce R. Archambeault (Kluwer Academic Publishers Group) - ISBN 978-1-4757-3642-7 Principals of Power Integrity for PDN Design Simplified - Larry D. Smith & Eric Bogatin (Prentice Hall) - ISBN 978-0-13-273555-1 Electromagnetic Compatibility Engineering - Henry Ott (2nd Edition - John Wiley and Sons) - ISBN 978-0-470-18930-6 Digital Design for Interference Specifications- A Read Article

DDR3 vs. DDR4 — Lots Of Memory At Very High Speed

DDR3 vs. DDR4 — Lots Of Memory At Very High Speed When it comes to memory capacity and how it’s incorporated into the present day and next-generation design, much like every other aspect of high-speed design, it’s all about accessing large amounts of data at very high speeds. The evolution of double data rate (DDR) memory has been pretty dynamic over the years. The original DDR was first introduced in 1998 followed by DDR2 in 2003, DDR3 in 2007, DDR4 in 2014, and DDR5, which has an estimated Read Article

Finding a PCB Electronic Search Engine for Your Component Needs

Finding a PCB Electronic Search Engine for Your Component Needs Maintaining proper components within your circuit board necessities becomes much easier when you have a real-time updating electronics search engine. ALTIUM DESIGNER PCB design software built for your electronic component search needs. When the time inevitably comes in every design journey, part data management will become a critical system that will require the utmost of ease and editability. Getting caught up in the manual editing web of part Read Article

Utilize BOM Management to Keep your PCB Design Right

Utilize BOM Management Software to Keep your PCB Design Right With Active BOM you can eliminate any guesswork out of your component browser and help you to start your PCB design right. ALTIUM DESIGNER A PCB design tool to keep your PCB moving forward through all stages of production. Are you tired of waiting for other people to give you feedback on your components before you can start your work? Are you tired of budget-busting eleventh hour changes on your design due to incorrect or out-of-date component Read Article

ASME Standards for PCB Design and Manufacturing

ASME Standards for PCB Design and Manufacturing So what does the ASME have to say about PCB design and deployment? As it turns out, there are many important points from the ASME to consider during design for manufacturing. Some important IPC standards for ensuring reliability are derived from ASME standards, while other documentation and drawing standards are specified explicitly in the ASME standards. Whether you work with electromechanical systems, the auto industry, or in aerospace, the Read Article

Planning Your Multilayer PCB Stackup in Altium Designer

Altium Designer: Your Multilayer PCB Stackup Planner Newer PCBs are rarely designed on one or two layer boards. With the high density of connections and the number of components that are used in modern PCBs, your next design will probably be a multilayer PCB. If your next device has an odd form factor, then you will probably be using a rigid-flex PCB. Both of these types of PCBs require the right stackup procedure. This means you need PCB design software with an intuitive stackup manager. When you Read Article

The Best PCB Router Software for Your Complex Designs

The Best PCB Router Software for Your Complex Designs Don’t let antiquated Printed Circuit Board routing tools slow down or even derail your design, use the best PCB router software to get the job done correctly and on time. ALTIUM DESIGNER^® A unified PCB routing software and design package that integrates the best tools, automated documentation, and production planning features. The ASME is one organization that specifies design requirements on all types of mechanical products. Issues like safety Read Article

Use Rules-Driven To Meet Your Component Placement Guidelines

Use Rules-Driven Design To Meet Your Component Placement Guidelines Modern PCBs require keeping track of a ton of design rules, and even more components. No one has time to keep track of every design rule under the sun. Other software companies make it difficult to force your design rules to apply to all of your tools, including your layout tool. Instead, unified design software can help you stick to your design rules and improve your productivity, ensuring that your finished PCB has the functionality you require Read Article

The Best Results Come from PCB Design Services Using Altium Designer

The Best Results Come from PCB Layout Services Using Altium Designer The power of Altium Designer combined with the professional services and resources recommended by Altium will give you your best design results. ALTIUM DESIGNER Software for PCB design services to make circuits come easy. You have an important design project ahead of you, but what you don’t have is the resources to get it done on time. Not only do you need help, but you also need a powerful PCB design system to get the job done as quickly and Read Article

Double Sided PCB Design in Altium Designer

Double Sided PCB Design in Altium Designer Most newer Printed Circuit Boards are complex multilayer beasts that require unique design methods and difficult routing strategies. However, many pieces of hardware that form the cornerstone of modern electronic devices are still designed on two-layer boards. These boards still require a number of critical design tools that most platforms place in separate programs. If you’re looking for a design platform that makes double-sided PCB design easy Read Article

Arduino Shields Are Ready-Made Addons for Circuit Development

Arduino Shields Are Ready-Made Addons for Circuit Development Arduino Shield projects are integrated circuit blocks available in off-the-shelf printed circuit board assemblies. ALTIUM DESIGNER The most powerful, modern, and easy-to-use PCB design tool for professional use. Arduino is a company that offers off-the-shelf printed circuit board assemblies containing small circuits for idea development. Each Arduino is designed with connections to interface with other circuit assemblies for the developer Read Article

Antenna Impedance Matching in Altium Designer

Antenna Impedance Matching Calculator with Altium Designer Impedance matching plays a critical role in high speed, high frequency, and wireless PCBs. Building a PCB with strong wireless communication capabilities requires impedance matching your antenna to its receiver/transceiver using one of many termination schemes, especially if you opt to print your own antenna on your PCB. When you use design software with the best signal simulation and analysis tools, you can easily identify the best termination Read Article