For instance, a single issue of quality grounding can affect the entire layout of a high-performance mixed-signal PCB design. And for this reason, this area should not be overlooked.

[Vassilis Papanikolaou] took a good thing and made it better with some design upgrades to this AVR based signal generator. We looked at version 1.0 of this tool back in 2006 and since then it saw a… ...

When I received my pulse generator I saw that Leo had used a venerable piece of equipment known as the Tek CSA803/SD24 Communications Signal Analyzer (CSA) which has a 20Ghz bandwidth and a 17.5 ...

Mixed-signal design checklist. Partition your PCB with separate analog and digital sections. Place components properly. Straddle the partition with the A/D converters. Do not split the ground plane.

To improve the thermal performance of the design, thermal vias are used on the PCB thermal pad. Software Architecture and Calibration A: Software Control. In any application involving a signal ...

Discover more at Engineering Solutions Live where Polar’s signal integrity product manager Neil Chamberlain is presenting a Lunch & Learn session on high speed PCB design & documentation. Including an ...

The output signal can also be obtained from signal images rather than the fundamental signal, allowing operation well above the 125 MHz clock frequency. Perhaps we’ll look at these applications in a ...

Building quality & signal integrity into PoP-based PCB design & assembly. Editor's note: This article addresses the need for designers of printed circuit boards for nextgen ICs to be savvy about ...

The M9484C VXG signal generator, with a V3080A vector signal generator frequency extender, expands the frequency range up to 110 GHz to address the needs for the latest and evolving standards.