What can be more problematic than seeing your expensive PCB not performing as intended? What would you do if your expensive circuit board failed in the production line even after accurate prototyping and thorough testing? One of the common reasons for PCB failure is...
While manufacturing a PCB, controlled impedance can be achieved through specific dielectric thickness and by providing the target ohms on each layer. The factors that influence impedance are the PCB materials’ dielectric, the trace thickness, width, and height from...
Drilling is the most expensive and time-consuming process in PCB manufacturing. The PCB drilling process must be carefully implemented since even a small error can lead to a great loss. The drilling process is considered the most critical and bottleneck of printed...
Annular rings are one of the biggest concerns of PCB designers. You know that you may place your via right in the middle of the pad in the design files, but it just does not mean that you will 100 percent avoid tangencies, or even worse, breakouts. Let’s talk about...
Getting a quickturn PCB prototype is not science fiction. There are a few facts on PCB manufacturing that you simply need to acknowledge before you begin working on your design. Mistakes to Avoid for Quickturn PCB Prototype With standard technology—single lamination,...
Vias are miniature conductive pathways drilled into the PCB to establish electrical connectivity between the different PCB layers. Basically, a via is a vertical trace in a PCB. In this article we will cover: What is a via? Aspect ratio for vias in PCBs Aspect ratio...
In this video, Keysight ADS SI application scientist Tim Wang Lee shows you how to use basic signal integrity (SI) analyses such as eye diagrams, S-parameters, TDR and single pulse response to solve signal integrity problems. After learning the 3-step approach to...