114 DESIGN007 MAGAZINE I APRIL 2021
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Karen McConnell: Recipient of
the IPC Raymond E. Pritchard Hall
of Fame Award
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Karen McConnell aer being
inducted into the Raymond E.
Pritchard Hall of Fame: "At the
time, in the late '80s and early
'90s, there were rumors going
around that printed circuit
boards were going to disappear, and ASICs
were going to take over the world. But some-
thing in printed circuit boards fascinated me."
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The Magnitude of Stackup
Considerations
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"It is similar to the framework
used to pour concrete cement—
you need to get the framework
right because the framework
has such a big impact on the final
outcome. Such is the case with
shaping the success or failure of our circuits."
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Sensible Design: The Role of
Resins and Conformal Coatings
in Your Applications
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is month, Phil Kinner examines some of the
key differences between conformal coatings,
encapsulation resins, and potting compounds
to help designers make more informed deci-
sions, and ultimately help to increase the per-
formance, reliability and lifetime of your elec-
tronic circuitry.
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Altium Introduces New
Subscription Model
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Andy Shaughnessy chats with
Lawrence Romine about Alti-
um's new subscription model
for their Altium 365 platform.
ey discuss what this means
for existing and future Altium
customers, and some of the drivers leading to
this development, including evolving use pat-
terns among customers during the pandemic.
Karen McConnell
Mike Creeden
Lawrence Romine
