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The length of your terminator doesn't matter

January 28, 2011

Many designers go to great lengths to make sure they do appropriate length-matching, even to the level of including the...

By Patrick Carrier

Electronic Systems Design

Vias are longer than their length

January 27, 2011

Yeah, that’s what I said. Vias are longer than their length. Phrased more appropriately, the delay introduced by a via has...

By Patrick Carrier

Electronic Systems Design

How do you manage your trace lengths?

January 25, 2011

Too often I see people just using straight length to manage their board timing. Or take it one step further...

By Patrick Carrier

Electronic Systems Design

S-parameters are for more than just packages

January 14, 2011

In the digital design world, we have typically only seen S-parameters used to model packages. They are a popular output...

By Patrick Carrier

Electronic Systems Design

Making SERDES sims faster with IBIS-AMI

January 13, 2011

You may have heard lately about IBIS-AMI models, which are being used more often for SERDES simulation. IBIS-AMI stands for I/O...

By Patrick Carrier

Electronic Systems Design

Tired of waiting for your SPICE to finish?

January 12, 2011

Anyone who has ever had to simulate a SERDES interface knows how long it take to run a couple hundred...

By Patrick Carrier

Electronic Systems Design

What's driving the need for PCB power design?

October 04, 2010

I talk with a lot of customers about their designs and what’s needed to get their products out the door...

Electronic Systems Design

The Right Tools for Your Desktop

September 24, 2010

We have all been in this industry long enough to experience the rapid changes in technology. I started design in...

Electronic Systems Design

HyperLynx 8.1 released!

Last week we released the official version of HyperLynx 8.1. If you’ve been a beta tester (I know there are...