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0:48:24 Advanced Routing Features & Techniques To help you get the most out of your experience with Altium Designer, join our webinar this month and learn advanced routing techniques. Watch Video
Multi-Board PCB Signal Integrity Multi-Board PCB Signal Integrity: A Complete Guide Multi-board PCB assemblies must adhere to signal integrity rules and ensure low EMI. These two aspects are intertwined, as explained in this comprehensive guide. Read Article
0:44:30 Achieve Precision and Speed with Altium Designer 24's Innovative Routing Features Speed up your routing process and achieve better results for even your most demanding designs. Watch Video
3D_MID_image 3D-MID Take the guesswork out of your designs with the 3D-MID design tool in Altium Designer® 24! Immerse yourself in a dynamic design experience, visualizing, and editing your circuits in true 3D for unparalleled precision. In our brand new guide, you can learn about the capabilities and benefits of this feature. In addition, we will show examples of using MID (Mechatronic Integrated Device) technology. Read Article
dc return path DC-Aware Return Current in Mixed Signal PCBs Make yourself aware of the DC return path for sensors, precision interfaces, and precision references. Read Article
PCB CoDesign Image PCB CoDesign Design faster together with the innovative PCB CoDesign feature, exclusively available in Altium Designer. This new functionality adopts a collaborative approach by integrating schematic and PCB design, enabling multiple engineers to seamlessly work on the same project. Stay informed with instant update notifications, and effortlessly resolve conflicts through side-by-side comparisons. Explore more in our brand new manual detailing this Read Article
Can You Use Series and Parallel Termination on the Same Net? Can You Use Series and Parallel Termination on the Same Net? Series and parallel termination are the most common resistive termination options for digital signaling. The reason is that resistance is a wideband quantity and does not start to be affected by parasitics until well into the GHz range. At the channel bandwidth associated with most digital signals, there are cases where an unterminated line actually needs termination, even if there is no impedance specification in the interface. As both options Read Article
Addressing Forward and Backward Crosstalk in PCB Design Addressing Forward and Backward Crosstalk in PCB Design Crosstalk in high-speed PCB design appears FEXT and NEXT, and it depends on the rise time of signals traveling on transmission lines. Read Article
Impedance Management Through PCB Stackup Design With Reference Planes Impedance Management Through PCB Stackup Design With Reference Planes Learn design strategies for using controlling impedance and controlled dielectric in your PCB for accurate manufacturing. Read Article
Trace Resistance vs Trace Impedance When Trace Resistance Trumps Trace Impedance Trace resistance, trace impedance, plane resistance, and plane impedace: when do you need to worry about all of these quantities? Resistance and impedance both are important in small traces and fat rails on a PCB, both internally and externally. Sometimes a new designer entering the world of impedance controlled buses might think they have a trace resistance target, when really they have a trace impedance target. While in power electronics, we Read Article
How to Use SFP Connectors in Your PCB Layout How to Use SFP Connectors in Your PCB Layout SFP connectors are used to route data into fiber optic transceiver modules, which are normally found in high-speed networking equipment. Today, however, I’ve had multiple design requests that involve the use of fiber transceivers outside of a data center environment. Newer systems in sensor fusion, MIMO systems, rugged OpenVPX switches, and some industrial robotics need to stream huge amounts of data back to a workstation or server, with data Read Article
Expert Tips for Safely Powering Up Your New PCB for the First Time Expert Tips for Safely Powering Up Your New PCB for the First Time In this blog by expert Mark Harris, you will learn about the strategies to minimize the risk of damage to circuit boards during the initial power-up process. Read it now! Read Article
How to Design a Coaxial Probe Feed for a Patch Antenna How to Design a Coaxial Probe Feed for a Patch Antenna Coaxial probe feeds can be used to connect to your patch antenna. See how this works in this design example. Read Article
IPC-2221 Calculator IPC-2221 Calculator for PCB Trace Current and Heating The IPC-2221 standard provides guidance on trace current limit calculations for a given temperature rise limit. Read Article
stitching vias Everything You Need to Know About Stitching Vias Stitching vias are more than just periodic via arrays, they provide groups of net connections across layers that are needed in power, RF, high-speed, and more. Read Article
Stepped Impedance Transformer for Complex Loads Stepped Impedance Transformer for Complex Loads This article will show how a complex load can be converted to a real load with an impedance transformer for any line length and impedance. Read Article
RF Trace Taper How to Design an RF Trace Taper for Impedance Matching Transmission line taper structures can provide superior impedance matching between two transmission lines with approximately real impedance. Read Article