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December 04, 2023
DDR4 Design Masterclass: Advanced Techniques for Optimal Memory System Design
Although memory technology continues to evolve, in the current technology landscape, DDR4 is often a critical hurdle in the design process of an electronic application because of the large number of rules and constraints which have to be obeyed for the implementation of high-performance memory subsystems. Learn what to consider.
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September 13, 2023
Mastering the Challenges of Modern PCB Design
Printed Circuit Board design has been at the core of electronic innovation for decades. However, as technology continues to advance, PCB design faces new challenges that make it increasingly complex and demanding.
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November 28, 2022
Boosting Power Integrity Analysis Performance by Introducing a Multi-Threading-Simulation Architecture
Zuken is taking its Simulation and Analysis Performance to the next level by introducing a new processing technology to its PI/EMI analysis tool. Multi-threading will speed up PI analysis which will give PCB designers a boost in productivity, especially when evaluating different design alternatives for PDN structures.
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December 13, 2021
High Speed Design Demystified: LPDDR4 Design Explained
A trend towards low power design prevails in the electronics industry today and is not likely to change in the near future. This development is driven by many reasons but primarily by the performance and storage density demands of mobile devices, where a reduction of the power consumption is crucial to extending battery life without sacrificing the bandwidth. This comprehensive guide helps you mitigate LPDDR4 Design.
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September 20, 2021
What PDN Target Impedance Means for PCB Designers
PDN impedance is becoming more and more of a headache for PCB designers as IC vendors are defining increasingly tight so-called ‘target impedance limits’. This article explains what PDN impedance means for PCB designers and what to pay particular attention to.
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October 17, 2019
Be First to Market with DDR5!
Double Data Rate 5 (DDR5) is the next-generation standard for random-access memory (RAM). The new specification promises to bring chips that have much higher performance than the existing DDR4 modules, as well as lower power consumption. Let us show you how you can be first to market with DDR5!
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July 11, 2019
How to Calculate Trace Length for High-speed Signals
To keep a good high-speed signal quality from driver to receiver on a PCB is not an easy task for designers. One of the most challenging issues is managing the propagation delay and relative time delay mismatches. Let me take you through the process...
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June 27, 2019
Who’s afraid of DDR4?
What IC designers do to help us route high-speed PCBs
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June 13, 2019
Get to Know Your SPICEs
PCB designers typically have little or no experience with SPICE applications. No worries, follow along with me and get to know your SPICEs!
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February 28, 2019
Inside Signal Integrity: Impedance Control - Part 2
In part 1 of this blog we took a back-to-basics approach and discussed line impedance and its effects in signal integrity. As every electrical conductor comprises capacitance, an inductance, and a frequency-dependent ohmic resistance, and with increasing frequencies, these electrical characteristics will influence and distort the signal.
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February 21, 2019
Inside Signal Integrity: Impedance Control - Part 1
Impedance and impedance control are some of the oldest and most discussed topics in PCB design. They are especially important in high-speed design related to signal integrity. In this, the first of a two-part blog, we’ll go back to the basics of impedance/impedance control and consider what influences line impedance. In part two, we’ll set about controlling it.
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February 05, 2019
Making Movies with Customers: Why Renishaw choose Zuken, Plus Awesome Movie Bloopers
It’s not often you spend your work day laughing AND learning. But that’s how it went for Zuken Europe’s first foray into filming videos with our customers.
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August 21, 2018
Connect CR-8000 with Polar Instruments' Speedstack PCB Stackup/ECAD Interface
We’re happy to announce that Speedstack, Polar Instruments’ layer stackup design/documentation tools, can now be directly linked to Zuken’s CR-8000 Design Force and DFM Center.
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We're happy to announce that Speedstack, Polar Instruments' layer stackup design/documentation tools, can now be directly linked to Zuken's CR-800...
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August 16, 2018
What You Really Need to Know When You're Routing PCB Differential Pairs
Tips for when routing differential pairs - You can tell when something isn’t as clear as it should be. The same questions come up time and again. You ask three experts and get three different answers. Routing differential pairs can be like that. Why? Because “it depends” - on exactly what signals those pairs are carrying and what kind of PCB you’re creating.
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May 24, 2018
Faster Board Speeds Demand Constraint-driven PCB Design
Do you still use Post-it Notes? Invented in 1979, this simple, yet incredibly powerful, communication mechanism is still commonly found in engineering and design departments. Despite modern electronic communication, many companies still struggle to provide a replacement for their ease-of-use and versatility.
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Do you still use Post-it Notes? Invented in 1979, this simple, yet incredibly powerful, communication mechanism is still commonly found in enginee...
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September 19, 2017
25 Years of High Speed Design – Looking Back to the Future
It’s 25 years since the first FED Conference took place in Berlin back in 1993, as a gathering for the German-speaking electronic and PCB-related industry. This also happened to be the year we consider as the birth of high-speed design.
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It’s 25 years since the first FED Conference took place in Berlin back in 1993, as a gathering for the German-speaking electronic and PCB-relate...