The short answer is that product realization is a term used in ISO 9001:2008, referring to the basic design and realization of a…

Embedded Microstrip Strictly speaking, the application of soldermask, conformal coating or other surface treatments will change a pure surface microstrip…

Microstrip is still by far the most commonly used transmission line structure in RF and microwave designs. This is becoming…

Typically, all connections in a digital circuit board are impedance controlled. This is by virtue of the fact that most layout designers…

Transmission Line Fundamentals Over the last ten to twenty years, advances in IC fabrication technology have led to huge increases…

Today’s complex PCBs are being packed with a boatload of tiny components and are designed to run at ever-increasing speeds.…

Designers must be aware that the customer-supplied board outline shape isn’t always necessarily the shape that is to be delivered…

Throughout this series we’ve taken a look at almost every facet of library organization, with the end goal of streamlining…

Organizing your parts into partitions based on part type is a major step in organizing your library, but properly labeling…

In order to have a clean route, occasionally the designer may have to swap pins or gates on some devices.…

The silkscreen is a helpful tool in identifying components on the board. During PCB layout it should be designed for…