PCB Tools and Technology

The article shares some practical tips for dealing with issues like noise sensitivity and tight impedance margins when designing antennas for an RF PCB.

SDR requires a complex web of circuity on PCBs that not only defines the device's functionality, but also the performance of these microwave and RF systems. Various factors come...

What are the board-design considerations for building circuits targeting mmWave apps? This article highlights the main design issues and offers some tips and tricks to help you...

Today’s high-data-rate, high-frequency designs create new challenges for printed-circuit-board design.

Software enables secure collaboration between PCB designers and manufacturers; initial release includes instant DFM analysis.

Sorting through the specifications helps when selecting a circuit material for microwave, millimeter-wave, and even high-speed-digital circuits.

Sorting through different RF/microwave circuit materials educed comparisons of performance improvements and cost hikes, although some materials may save processing expenses.

Requirements are somewhat different for circuit materials supporting RF/microwave power amplifiers compared to materials for low-noise amplifiers.

Circuit materials are available in a wide range of formulations that represent tradeoffs in price, performance, and fabrication difficulty for RF and microwave circuits.

Thermal management in high-frequency circuits depends on careful choice of circuit and packaging materials to remove heat and preserve high performance levels.

These equations can be applied to a number of different substrate materials to estimate the relative dielectric constant of circuit boards with microstrip transmission lines. ...