This article presents a practical approach to the layout design of mixed-signal boards, discussing component placement, board layering, and ground-plane considerations.

While IPC 7351 publishes some guidelines on how to size PCB pads given package dimensions, lead pitches, and spacing, I acknowledge there may be some IP issues and/or manufacturing limits related to ...

PCB Design Best Practices: Six things to consider when transferring a PCB schematic to layout. All the examples in this article are developed using the NI Multisim design environment, however the same ...

In the PCB example in figure 6a and 6b, we have a simple case of a differential pair routed on a PCB in two different ways: symmetrical and asymmetrical respectively. In both cases, within SIwave they ...

Printed circuit boards are used in all disciplines, including motion-control applications. New CAD software helps designers create better schematics and layouts.

The design rule checker (DRC) now can catch more layout issues, especially those that may impact manufacturability. These are just a sampling of the impressive improvements we can expect with ...