Advanced Topics in High-Speed Design

| Created: May 11, 2022 | Updated: November 26, 2023

This track is for the engineer who understands high-speed design requirements and wants to learn design practices to help ensure signal integrity and EMC with fast digital protocols, mixed-signal boards, and high-layer counts.

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Review of impedance and material properties
Understanding stack-ups for digital vs. high-frequency RF
Choosing an interconnect style, planning for routing
Front-end planning and considerations during PCB layout/routing

What is High Speed Design? Intro to High-Speed Design (Webinar) Key Elements of High-Speed PCB Design High Speed PCB Layout Transmission Lines and Terminations High-Speed PCB Design PCB Layout & High Speed Design using Altium Designer

About Author

Zachariah Peterson has an extensive technical background in academia and industry. He currently provides research, design, and marketing services to companies in the electronics industry. Prior to working in the PCB industry, he taught at Portland State University and conducted research on random laser theory, materials, and stability. His background in scientific research spans topics in nanoparticle lasers, electronic and optoelectronic semiconductor devices, environmental sensors, and stochastics. His work has been published in over a dozen peer-reviewed journals and conference proceedings, and he has written 2500+ technical articles on PCB design for a number of companies. He is a member of IEEE Photonics Society, IEEE Electronics Packaging Society, American Physical Society, and the Printed Circuit Engineering Association (PCEA). He previously served as a voting member on the INCITS Quantum Computing Technical Advisory Committee working on technical standards for quantum electronics, and he currently serves on the IEEE P3186 Working Group focused on Port Interface Representing Photonic Signals Using SPICE-class Circuit Simulators.