Centralized PCB Component Library Management with OrCAD X CIP
Centralize PCB component library management with OrCAD X CIP to improve data integrity, streamline new part introduction, and gain real-time supply chain visibility.
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How to Track Tariff Impact During PCB Component Selection
Track tariff impact during PCB component selection with OrCAD X CIP. Compare country of origin, HTSUSA data, and supply chain risk before parts reach the BOM.
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Real-Time Component Sourcing and Supply Chain Visibility for PCB Design with OrCAD X CIP
Learn how supply chain visibility in OrCAD X CIP enables real-time component availability, multi-sourcing, and data-driven PCB design decisions to reduce risk, ensure manufacturability, and improve BO
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How to Incorporate Supply Chain Data into PCB Component Selection
Learn how to incorporate supply chain data into PCB component selection to reduce BOM risk, avoid redesigns, and ensure component availability throughout the design lifecycle.
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What the Schematic Does Not Show in a Flyback Converter
Flyback converter design fails in what the schematic hides: isolation gaps, dual ground domains, leakage inductance spikes, and EMI return paths. Learn the first-pass decisions that make it work.
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3D PCB Design and Analysis: ECAD/MCAD and Where They Converge
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Why You Should Have Supply Chain Data in Your Library
Discover how supply chain data improves PCB component selection, BOM accuracy, and design for manufacturability to reduce risk and accelerate production.
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RF Design: The Wave of the Future
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Why SI and PI Must Be Solved Together During PCB Layout
Reference planes ensure signal & power integrity. Vias carry signal & power currents. Dielectrics impact both. Fixing one issue in isolation can break another.
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PCB Crosstalk Is a Layout Decision, Not a Post-Layout Issue
Crosstalk is predictable from geometry. Discover how spacing, length, and reference planes affect crosstalk, and how to measure near/far-end crosstalk during routing in Sigrity X Aurora.
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PCB Power Integrity Analysis: Why PDN Behavior Is a Geometry Problem
Your voltage regulator outputs clean power, but the IC has noise. The issue lies in the copper. Discover how plane spacing, cavity resonance, and via placement shape power delivery.
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PDN: Gives Your Board Life
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Why Rule-Based Signal Integrity Checks Miss EMC Issues
Your PCB passes design rule checks but fails signal integrity at 8 Gbps. Discover three failure modes geometric rules miss and how electrical analysis prevents them pre-fabrication.
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Achieving PCI-e Compliance: Getting it Right the First Time
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RF PCB Layout: Transmission Lines, Impedance, and PDN Design
Explore PCB design for signal integrity with insights into transmission lines, PDN requirements and impedance control versus manufacturing concerns.
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PDN Design for PCBs: A Power Integrity Overview
An overview of PDN design for PCBs, covering linear and switch mode power supplies plus placement and connectivity considerations for power integrity.
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Lost in Transmission: Solving Common Issues in High-Speed Design
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ICT vs Flying Probe: Factory Testing of PCB Assemblies
Learn how ICT and flying probe testing work in PCB assembly production, including test fixtures, SPC, burn-in, and design for testability tips.
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Printed Circuit Board Design For Assembly
Optimize your PCB design for assembly with tips on component placement, double-sided boards, RoHS compliance, and creating efficient, error-free manufacturing processes
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FLEXing Like a PCB Expert
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Printed Circuit Board Design for Test
Printed Circuit Board testing ensures reliable connections and functionality. Learn about continuity checks, evaluation boards, and DFx considerations for effective product placement.
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The Hidden Cost of Via Choices in High-Speed Designs
Via stubs are a hidden threat to signal integrity. Learn the physics of quarter-wave resonance and how backdrilling or blind vias prevent destructive signal interference in your high-speed PCB design
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Eye Diagram Analysis for High-Speed SI Validation
Discover how eye diagrams go beyond compliance testing to reveal signal integrity issues, timing margins, and design flaws, ensuring reliable high-speed communication in PCB systems.
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Common Sources of BOM Rejection and How to Prevent Them
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Software-Defined Vehicles: When Timing Becomes a Safety Risk
Explore the challenges of PCB design for software-defined vehicles, from high-speed Ethernet to signal integrity, and learn how to ensure safety and reliability in evolving automotive architectures.
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10 Common DFM Issues and How to Fix Them
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PCB Routing Topology Matters More Than Speed
Discover why PCB routing topology, like layer transitions, vias, and return path quality, matters more for Signal Integrity success than raw data speed.
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Your Route to Design Success
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Why PDN Failures Rarely Come From 'Too Few Capacitors'
Learn the physics behind PDN failures and why high-frequency noise is controlled by mounting inductance, not just capacitance. Discover the key to lower loop impedance.
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