40 years of OrCAD: From Basement Beginnings to PCB Legend
From 1985 to today, OrCAD has revolutionized PCB design, empowering engineers with innovative tools like OrCAD X to create, collaborate, and shape the future of electronics.
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Why Decoupling Capacitor Placement Becomes Harder in HDI PCB Designs
Discover why decoupling capacitor placement becomes a critical challenge in HDI PCB designs. Learn how to overcome constraints like fine-pitch BGAs, stacked microvias, and PDN complexities for optimal
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What is Thermal Design in HDI? Managing Heat in Ultra-Thin Dielectrics and Microvia-Dense Regions
Learn how to optimize thermal design in High Density Interconnect (HDI) PCBs. Explore microvia thermal fields, copper balancing, and heat spreading.
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The Physics of Resin Flow: Glass Weave Locking & Dielectric Behavior in HDI Laminations
Understand HDI PCB design by tackling resin flow, glass weave, and dielectric behavior. Prevent defects like voids, skew, and delamination in high-density stackups
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Architecting HDI for Ultra-Fine-Pitch Chiplets, AI Accelerators, and Fan-Out Packaging on Boards
Learn how to route 0.355 mm BGA pitches and design high density interconnect (HDI) PCBs for AI accelerators. Explore stackups, sub-3-mil routing, stacked microvias, and thermal management techniques.
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3D PCB Design and Analysis: ECAD/MCAD and Where They Converge
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Return Path Integrity in HDI Designs: How Microvias Reshape High-Speed Current Flow
Learn how HDI PCBs and microvias reshape high-speed signal return paths. Discover critical stitching strategies for DDR5, PCIe Gen5/6, and USB4 to maintain signal integrity in dense BGAs.
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RF Design: The Wave of the Future
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Becoming a PCB Librarian
PCB Designers may multitask on library management but a centralized library will ensure consistent quality of the underlying schematic and board symbols.
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Printed Circuit Board Design for Manufacturing
Design For Manufacturing encompasses all of the factors that affect reproducibility and longevity of the bare printed circuit board. Call it “Design For Money!”
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A Guide to PCB Connectors: Selection, Design, and DFM Tips
PCB Connectors facilitate our electronics by making it easier to replace modules and join various functions. There is a connector for every purpose.
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PDN: Gives Your Board Life
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Tips on Creating a PCB Footprint For Printed Circuit Board Assemblies
Printed circuit board design cannot proceed without the fundamental building blocks. The PCB library is one thing that will determine the outcome of the layout process
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Achieving PCI-e Compliance: Getting it Right the First Time
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Why HDI Designs Fail in the Field: Advanced Root Causes Beyond Standard Microvia Cracking
Prevent HDI PCB failures with insights on resin starvation, copper pull-away, and CAF growth. Ensure long-term reliability using Cadence DFM solutions.
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Does HDI Improve Signal Integrity? The Real Electromagnetic Impact of Microvias
HDI promises better signal integrity, but does it deliver? Learn the real electromagnetic impact of microvias, via stubs, differential skew, and reference plane issues in high-speed PCB design.
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Lost in Transmission: Solving Common Issues in High-Speed Design
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Electromagnetic Side Effects of HDI: Cavity Modes, Return-Path Fragmentation, and Plane Resonance Patterns
Explore electromagnetic challenges in HDI PCB design, like cavity modes and plane resonance, and learn how advanced EM tools help solve signal integrity and EMI issues. For PCB and hardware engineers.
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How Many Microvias Can You Safely Stack? A Deep Dive Into HDI Reliability Physics
Discover how stacking microvias impacts HDI density and reliability. Cadence explores thermal stress, CTE mismatch, and material choices to guide PCB engineers on safe stack heights for durable design
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FLEXing Like a PCB Expert
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Tolerances and Dimensions Pertaining to PCB Fabrication
lerances are a mixture of design requirements and factory capability. This article looks at three methods to dimension a printed circuit board, depending on complexity.
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Splitting a Printed Circuit Board For Concurrent Design
Time to market is one of the key drivers of a successful product launch. Parallel PCB Design can accelerate the process
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Pre-Tapeout Confidence: In-Design Checks for Power Integrity in Allegro X
Analyze PCB Power Integrity with Allegro X: Check DC IR-Drop, Return Path Continuity, Isolation Spacing DRC. Avoid issues like ground necking, ensure certification, and pass testing on the first run.
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Common Sources of BOM Rejection and How to Prevent Them
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Layout the Hot Loop, Save the EMI: Practical Allegro X Constraints for SMPS
Minimize EMI in your SMPS PCB design by understanding the 'hot loop' in PCB layout. Learn the 3 essential rules and how to put them into Allegro X constraints to pass compliance the first time.
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10 Common DFM Issues and How to Fix Them
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Magnetics First: How Transformer Choices Make or Break Your Design
The transformer is the heart of every flyback design. Learn how primary inductance, turns ratio, and saturation current make or break your design's efficiency and size.
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A Flyback That Starts Clean: Modeling Startup & Burden in PSpice
Use PSpice transient simulation to learn flyback power supply startup. Learn to tune soft-start, control inrush current, and prevent output voltage overshoot before you build hardware.
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