RF designs begin with the laminates for board fabrication and may require material characteristics that exceed standard FR-4. From there, the designer will need to be aware of the RF-specific rules that may affect how the board is laid out. We will look at some of these rules and guidelines to prepare designers for their next RF design.
Here are some considerations to keep in mind that can help DfMA, to design your product for manufacturability and high quality.
Many of the systems that use circuit boards also need to be built by skilled technicians. There is a lot of electronics work that requires a specific set of mechanical assembly skills and abilities, which we will examine in greater detail here.
Many technology companies are moving beyond software development and into smart devices with a hardware-centric component. Still, they may not have the experience required to take electronics to market at scale. This article will look at the importance of PCBs in developing technology and their role in electronics product development.
In a perfect layout, we wouldn’t ever mix digital and analog signals. However, the majority of circuit boards require both sections of circuitry. The analog section prepares signals for digitizing, and the digital section converts those signals into digital forms to be acted on by the rest of the board’s circuitry. To accommodate this mixture means designing layouts to avoid the signal integrity problems that mixed-signal boards can create. Here are some considerations for partitioning and layout of a mixed-signal PCB that can help get the best performance out of both the analog and digital sections of the board.
Most PCB designers understand the need for design for manufacturability (DFM) rules. But do designers understand the importance of full system design? If the PCBs we design doesn’t work with the rest of the system, it can be expensive to correct them. In this article, we will look further into DFMA and reducing manufacturing overhead costs.
