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Semi-Additive PCB fabrication processes add a new tool to the PCB designer’s toolbox. As with any new tool, there is a learning curve. To help shorten that curve and expand the growing body of knowledge, Tara Dunn speaks with Randy Chase, CID. He is the senior manager of PCB and Module Design at pSemi, a Murata Company.
IPC APEX EXPO officially opens today, and as Crosby, Still and Nash once sang, “It’s been a long time coming.” The last live IPC APEX EXPO was held two years ago and was—for many of us—the last trade show we would attend before the pandemic hit. A lot has changed since then. But not everything has changed. After spending a few days watching the exhibitors set up, I have to say that it looks a lot like the show floor always does at IPC APEX EXPO. I was surprised at the amount of capital equipment on the floor. I thought that exhibitors might have scaled back their spending, afraid that attendance might be light, but I saw no evidence of that. Companies came here ready to strut their stuff!
EMI is another of those TLAs (three letter acronym) that the PCB industry is notorious for. You hear it all the time, referring to electromagnetic interference. The devices we create are, in the context of this conversation, bundles...
One recurring question I get is how to factor the DC drop into the power distribution network design process. Whether you prefer time-domain based or frequency-domain based design approach, the DC drop on the distribution path must be...
I have recently had some great conversations with many of you, and the same question keeps coming up: What does it takes to have an excellent component library? So, I have decided to kick off the new year by taking a deep dive into...
High-Voltage PCB Design: Beating Separation Anxiety, a conversation with Andy Buja, Wilmer Companioni and Sanu Warrier
High-Voltage Circuit Design Guidelines and Materials, by Celso Faia and Davi Correia
High-Voltage PCB Constraints, by Barry Olney
Automotive Electrification, by Michael Gay
The Misadventures of High Voltage and Other Power Problems, by Tim Haag
A High-Voltage PCB Design Primer, by Zachariah Peterson
Uncompensated DC Drop in Power Distribution Networks, by Istvan Novak
