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Read ArticleHow Current Loads Affect Signals
See how current loads affect signals in the frequency domain and time domain using the analysis tools in PSpice.
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Read ArticleDetermining Heat Sink CFD Simulations and What to Examine
What can you figure out with a heat sink CFD simulation? Here’s why you need one of these computational tools.
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Read ArticleNonlinear Multiphysics Modeling for Electronics and Thermal Management
The real world is nonlinear. Here’s why you need a nonlinear multiphysics modeling simulation tool for advanced electronics.
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First Pass Success by Defining PCB Design Constraints
You can save yourself a lot of problems during the design of your printed circuit board and when it is being assembled by defining PCB design constraints first.
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Colpitts Oscillator Circuits and Other Linear/Nonlinear Oscillator Functions
A Colpitts oscillator’s functionality permits its use as a VFO, such as in a superheterodyne receiver or even a spectrum analyzer, if utilizing a variable inductor.
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Read ArticleQualifications of an Analog Design Engineer
An analog design engineer is and will be around for quite a while, working through the specifications of analog necessities in circuit designs.
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Read ArticleADSL Noise Margin Values and Effects of Other Characteristic Parameters on Functionality
The effect of noise margin parameters is critical to the functionality of ADSL connectivity.
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Read ArticleEngineering Circuit Analysis for Electronic Systems and Beyond
Utilizing engineering circuit analysis in your electronic design for hardware production ensures more reliable and efficient workflows.
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Read ArticleUsing Personal Layout Templates for More Efficient PCB Design
Here is some information on how using personal layout templates in your PCB design tools can help you to be quicker and more efficient in your design tasks.
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Read ArticleUsing a Component Model Editor to Build PCB Parts
With PCB footprints, accuracy and detail is extremely important. Here are some ideas on using a component model editor to make the best component footprints.
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Read ArticleWhat is Discontinuous Grounding in an Electrical System?
High speed PCBs should never contain discontinuous grounding, but lower frequency power electronics could use this strategy. Here’s how to simulate grounding.
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Read ArticleDetermine Link Power Budget Before Transceiver Design
Fiber interconnects have a specific link power budget, and the transceivers at each end need to be designed to accommodate the power budget.
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Read ArticleDetermining the Onset Potential in Cyclic Voltammetry
Building a new electrochemical system? You’ll need to extract the onset potential in cyclic voltammetry. Here’s how to extract this quantity from your data.
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Read ArticleEffective Process Failure Mode and Effects Analysis of PCBA Development
Ineffective process failure mode and effects analysis may do more harm than good. In this blog, we help you avoid this risk to your PCBA development.
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Read ArticleElectromigration Analysis for PCB and IC Design
Electromigration analysis can help you prevent a common cause of failure in ICs and PCBs. Here’s how it works.
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Read ArticleIPC Web Component Downloads and Available Footprints
IPC Web components are important to be able to procure for any designer working for speedy and accurate design production.
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Read ArticleWhat Is EMC Testing and Why You Should Do It
Are you truly clear on what EMC testing is and why it is done? In this blog, we make this crystal clear and also give you design tips to aid the process.
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Read ArticleDesign Guidelines for Shallow Trench Isolation Thermal Stress Minimization
Shallow trench isolation thermal stress may be unavoidable; however, its effects can be mitigated as described in this blog.
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Read ArticlePCBA Design for Optimal Manufacturing Process Flow
Are you powerless to influence the manufacturing process flow for your boards? Far from it as we explain in this blog.
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Read ArticleUnderstanding Interconnect Resistance and Transients in Simulations
Interconnect resistance and impedance is a simple concept in PCB and IC design. Here’s how parasitics affect signal behavior on an interconnect.
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