EDN

Minimize crosstalk with optimized PCB routing technique

Today, there are a number of high speed digital communication protocols applied in portable computing devices with compact PCB dimensions. Protocols such as PCIe, USB, and SATA have data throughput of ...
EDN

‘Over the top’ routing boosts PCB speeds

SAN JOSE, Calif. — A new approach to pc-board routing can boost chip-to-chip interconnect speeds to 20 Gbits/second, dramatically speeding system performance, according to Joe Fjelstad, founder of ...
Semiconductor Engineering

PCB Design Rules For Wiring And Crosstalk

Today’s electronic devices market demands miniaturized printed circuit boards (PCBs) with a multitude of high-speed functions integrated on a single board. This causes the designers to have traces ...
Electronic Design

Designing Noise-Free, High-Speed PCBs

Using Altium Designer to deal with noise in PCBs. Applying pre-topological analysis for noise immunity and performing post-topological analysis. How to evaluate the level of crosstalk. Setting the ...
Semiconductor Engineering

Correct-By-Design Methodology Requires Carefully Defined Constraints

Since the dawn of PCB usage, constraints have been an important part of the design. What are the dimensions? What weight of copper? Now, constraints have become much more than just physical dimensions ...
Electronics Weekly

Zuken updates CR-8000 system-level PCB design environment

Zuken has released CR-8000 2018, an updated version of its system-level 2D/3D PCB design environment. The focus of CR-8000 2018, according to the firm, is on enabling front-loading of design ...