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4 DESIGN007 MAGAZINE I JULY 2022 FEATURE ARTICLES The Practical Side of Using EM Solvers by Heidi Barnes FEATURE COLUMNS Field Solver Finesse for Modelling Transmission Lines by Martyn Gaudion 2D Field Solver—An Essential Tool for High-speed PCB Design by Barry Olney FEATURE INTERVIEWS & ARTICLES Surveying the Land of Field Solvers Interview with Todd Westerhoff and Bill Hargin The Great Divide in PCB Simulation Software by Zach Peterson Cadence Provides 'Clarity' in Design Tool Interview with Brad Griffin JULY 2022 • FEATURE CONTENTS Thanks to the "left shift" of signal integrity functionality to early in the design cycle, more designers are using field solvers than ever before. But even experienced SI engineers risk "garbage in, garbage out" if they input the wrong data. This month, we focus on the proper use of field solvers and how to avoid getting hurt by GIGO. Field Solvers 52 26 40 10 20 34 10 34 20