Effective PCB Design: Techniques to Improve Performance

Tired of failing EMC certification over and over? Join the crowd. Shrinking IC geometries and a resulting increase in switching speeds make designing compliant printed circuit boards more... [more]

The Case for Split Ground Planes

Some experts say you should never use a split ground plane. Others say you should use a split ground plane to control noise. When is the right time to split a ground plane? We will explore the... [more]

An Intuitive Approach to Understanding Basic High-Speed Layout

What is a wire? At high speeds, it behaves very differently from what we were taught in college. This presentation on high-speed basics makes the subject intuitive in a way that’s easily understood.... [more]

What Every Design Engineer Should Know About Design for SMT Manufacturability

This course is intended to provide the participant an understanding of how design issues interact with the SMT assembly processes. How design affects manufacturing capability and vice versa is... [more]