JUNE 2019 I DESIGN007 MAGAZINE 85
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Smart Design Data Is Essential for
Industry 4.0 Manufacturing
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Almost all of the conversa-
tion regarding Industry 4.0 is
centered on the manufactur-
ing floor, which is where the
effect of the initiative is most
felt initially. Little attention is
given to the starting data for
manufacturing—the data that comes from de-
sign. However, you can't have smart manufac-
turing if your process begins with dumb data.
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Learning to Be More Flexible: Case
Studies on Improving FPC Design
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As miniaturization requirements force manu-
facturers to pack more functionality into ev-
er-smaller packages, it becomes more difficult
to conform to IPC construction recommenda-
tions. Achieving robust FPCs requires frequent,
iterative interaction internally among the me-
chanical, electrical, and PCB design teams, as
well as with the fabricators and assemblers.
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The Digital Layout: San Diego
Chapter Updates and More
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This month's column is
packed with recent activi-
ties, including a spotlight on
the San Diego Chapter and
an interview with Luke Haus-
herr, the new chapter presi-
dent. You'll also find an up-
date from the IPC Designers Council Execu-
tive Board as collaboration with the new IPC
Education Foundation continues to evolve and
recommended reading featuring an interview
with a young designer.
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EM Modeling: The Impact of
Copper Ground Pour on Loss
and Impedance
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This article briefly introduces
the general purposes of cop-
per ground pour on printed
circuit boards. Subsequently,
the impact of copper ground
pour on PCB channel loss in
terms of insertion loss and
impedance in terms of time
domain reflectometry (TDR)
is studied with electromag-
netic modeling using Mentor HyperLynx.
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Connect the Dots: Preparing for
Tomorrow's Technology Today
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At a recent Sunstone Cir-
cuits planning summit,
Matt Stevenson, VP of sales
and marketing, and I led
a wide-ranging discussion
about emerging technolo
-
gies and how they will im-
pact PCB manufacturing. The following is an
abridged transcript of this conversation.
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Pulsonix 10.5 PCB Design Tools
Get New 3D Capabilities,
Constraint Rules
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Pulsonix has released
Pulsonix version 10.5,
with over 30 new en-
hancements based on
user requests from pro-
fessional PCB designers.
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