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Getting PCB Assembly Variants Ready For Manufacturing
Watch our webinar: “Getting PCB Assembly Variants Ready For Manufacturing”. Click here.
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Microstrip Patch Antenna Calculator for RF Designers
Microstrip patch antennas are simple structures to design and fabricate, and they are very useful up to very high frequencies.
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Build Your Own Patch Antenna for Your Next PCB
A patch antenna is simple to design in a PCB. These components are placed above a ground plane and require impedance matching.
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CADSTAR to Altium Designer
Smooth Transition from CADstar to Altium Designer For the purpose of this migration guide we are going to focus on importing CADstar Schematic and PCB Designs, if you require other files migrated please refer to their specific guide. Legacy Translation Before You Start to Import This guide will show you how to import data from your legacy system into Altium Designer. What it will not ask is “why do you want to do it?” Customers frequently ask
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Phased Array Antenna Design for 5G Applications
As the 5G rollout progresses and researchers continue to discuss 6G, many new 5G-capable products operating in sub-GHz and mmWave bands are reaching the marketplace. Devices that will include a 5G-compatible front-end, whether small stations/repeaters or handheld devices, use phased arrays as high-gain antenna systems to provide high data throughput without losing range at higher frequencies. The earliest type of phased array antenna was
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Today's PCB Designers Are Driving Electronics Product Design
Professional designers know they play a fundamental role in the electronics product development process. Without circuit boards, all those semiconductors are a bit meaningless and they would not be able to provide the modern experiences we all enjoy. Even as PCB designers are so critical in the product development process, they still get the short end of the stick when it comes to product development tools. PCB design software is great for
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Electrification and Digitalization are Driving the Automotive Industry
It's hard to imagine that not too many decades ago, the most complicated and only "electronics" the average car had was just simply – a radio. Typically, a basic AM/FM device might have had an 8-track or a cassette player made up of a single PCB utilizing thru-hole technology and maybe an IC or two. Examples of early automotive computers / electronics. Image credit chipsetc.com Over time, advancing electronics became critical for almost every
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Designing with Assembly Variants
Watch our webinar: “Designing with Assembly Variants”. Click here.
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Power Integrity Analysis in Your PCB Design Software
Power integrity problems can abound in modern PCBs, especially high-speed boards that run with fast edge rates. These systems require precise design of the PDN impedance to ensure stable power is always delivered throughout the system. Without carefully considering the PDN impedance, you’re at risk of creating ripple and noise in the power distribution network when fast signals switch states. As more signals switch in large ICs, the result is the
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What is the JESD204C Standard for ADCs/DACs?
JESD204C provides a standardized interface for RF ADCs with high sample rate, which are now appearing more in commercial space applications.
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Embedded Capacitance Materials Overview
One important material that can appear in a high-speed PCB is an embedded capacitance material. These laminates aid power integrity in small boards with high layer counts.
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Moving to Altium Designer from KiCad
Making a Smooth Transition to Altium Designer from KiCad Layout In this guide, we’ll focus on importing KiCad Layout PCB designs. Please refer to specific guides if you need to migrate other files. Legacy Translation Before You Begin This guide will show you how to import data from your legacy system into Altium Designer. Before importing all of your legacy data, it’s important to ask yourself, “why do I need to import my legacy data?” Below are
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What's in a Hardware-Software Co-design Process
Product development spans across multiple domains, including hardware and software. A co-design process for your hardware and software helps ensure your success.
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Overcoming Technological Challenges in the PCB Industry
In this episode we will discuss all about the technological challenges the industry is facing. Matt will help us understand the “ecosystem” involving the semiconductor industry, advanced packaging, and IC substrates.
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ESD Protection Basics with TVS Diodes
Learn about ESD protection basics with TVS diodes, why we need them, and what key parameters make up a typical TVS diode.
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How I Improved My Collaboration Efficiency with Altium 365
In my years as a practising electronics engineer, one of the most significant inefficiencies I have noticed has always been communication between teams, freelancers, contractors, and clients. This has always been the most noticeable when working with firmware developers. And it doesn’t matter if I am working with the firmware developer internally on a permanent team or if I am working with an external contractor who will develop the firmware for
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Board Layer Stackup Considerations for High Speed Board Design
The PCB layer stackup you build to support high-speed board design needs to be engineered based on layer counts, layer thicknesses, and component lead size.
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