106 DESIGN007 MAGAZINE I APRIL 2022
Which side of these competing aphorisms do
you most resonant with: "The only thing constant
is change" or "The more things change, the more
they stay the same"? I can build a case behind
both when looking at these through the lens of
someone working in the printed circuit board
industry.
Current generations for PCB designs have
increased in complexity. The product
developer and assembly service provider,
whether in-house or outsourced, must con-
sider manufacturing efficiency, throughput,
and process yield.
Design and manufacture of PCBs for radio
frequency (RF) technology is a unique
animal. RF had been considered a niche,
thought of only in terms of television
broadcasts, commercial airline phones,
and military radar systems. Now, light
industrial and consumer applications are
just the tip of the RF iceberg.
TOP TEN
PCB Talk: SAP—Changing the Way You Look at PCB Design
Designers Notebook:
Design for Test, Part 2
AltiumLive 2022: Left-Shifting
Modeling and Simulation
Harry Kennedy and Sarmad Khemmoro of Altair recently
spoke with Andy Shaughnessy about their AltiumLive
presentations, which are now available online. They
discuss the need for modeling, simulation, and verifica-
tion in PCB design, and why these actions should be
performed as early in the design process as possible.
Sarmad Khemmoro Harry Kennedy
EDITOR'S
PICKS
Connect the Dots: The PCB
Design Secret Sauce for
RF Applications
