Licky's Column
Impedance Matching for High Speed Signals in PCB Design
The process for impedance matching in high speed PCB designs depends on the signaling standard, supply voltage levels, and signal levels. We often ...
HDMI Design Guidelines : Layer Stack-up, Differential Pair
Layer stack
The pin-out of a HDMI mux-repeater is tailored for the design in HDTV receiver circuits (see Picture below). Each side of the package p...
Impedance matching and sharing in HDI PCB design
Impedance matching is a way to configure load input impedance or its signal source output impedance. It is executed to achieve maximum power transm...
HDI PCB design guidelines
High-Density Interconnection (HDI) PCB design guidelines
Printed Circuit Board (PCB) manufacturers typically follow three types of stackups for ...
HDI PCB Layout and Basic HDI Design Guidelines
Clearly, the need to accommodate fine pitch components or simply a higher density of components is what motivates the need for HDI designs. Traces ...
10 PCB Design Tips
1. Set Widths of The Trace Before Doing PCB Design
Even before you start routing nets or laying down parts, you have to understand your tra...
DC Analysis and Power Integrity in PCB Design
Why Use DC Analysis?
Every electronics student unknowingly performs DC analysis in their Electronics 101 classes when they analyze circuit diagrams...
How to make Gerber file in Orcad layout?
Gerber files are a standard format for describing PCB (printed circuit board) layouts and are commonly used in the PCB manufacturing process. Here ...