How to Use a Guard Ring in a PCB
Guard rings in a PCB are used to assist in EMI reduction, and they can be easily drawn into a PCB layout with copper pour and vias.
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Solving electromagnetic, RF, thermal, and SI/PI simulation challenges to ensure your system works
Guard rings in a PCB are used to assist in EMI reduction, and they can be easily drawn into a PCB layout with copper pour and vias.
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Power integrity and signal integrity design choices only work if they keep noise within the CMOS noise margin.
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Thermal simulations for electronics in an enclosure need boundary conditions and source definitions based on temperature measurements.
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Power supply control loop transfer function can be determined from the output impedance of the power supply
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3D Packaging vs 3D Integration
Free eBookCircuits with THD from fast switching pulses can restore signal quality with selective harmonic elimination.
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Embedded systems can leverage generative AI capabilities as long as a dataset is available and processors can support.
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Micontrollers can store important data in a lookup table and use these for logical comparisons.
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Evaluate Your RF/Microwave Design Needs
Start Free TrialAI has a portability problem, and that problem only gets bigger when you add custom hardware into the mix. Here’s how a modular hardware approach helps solve the problem.
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Signals that propagate through filters can experience varying group delay dispersion. Here's how it's engineered.
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Phase delay and group delay are two related concepts that arise in high-speed PCBs and RF systems.
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Chip packaging evaluation can involve complex multiphysics simulations. Here are some of the main simulations needed in these systems.
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Two types of routing connections to pads and vias are teardrops and tapers. Here’s how long these need to be to work properly.
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S-parameters for a DUT can be isolated with de-embedding, electrical delay, or port extension using your VNA.
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Solder joint cracking results from several possible causes, ranging from excess vibration to incorrect soldering of through-holes.
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224G PAM-4 differential pairs must operate in TEM propagation modes to ensure broadband signals can reach a PCB and other components.
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224G PAM-4 systems use data rates that require 56 GHz Nyquist frequencies. Can skip-layer routing work in these component packages?
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Enclosures for a PCB assembly can help with thermal management by providing directed airflow and functioning as a large heat sink.
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Configuration signals in an embedded system can connect to many different components. How fast do these signals need to be, and can you slow these down?
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An electronic DC load is an essential piece of equipment for any lab. Learn about the operation of these units for power supply testing.
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All heat pipes include a working fluid that is responsible for heat transfer away from a hot component.
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