FEBRUARY 2023 I DESIGN007 MAGAZINE 63
Keysight Technologies, a leading technology
company that delivers advanced design
and validation solutions to help accelerate
innovation to connect and secure the world,
introduces the Electrical Performance Scan
(EP-Scan), a new high-speed digital simulation
tool that supports rapid signal integrity
(SI) analysis for hardware engineers and
printed circuit board (PCB) designers.
When I first started designing cir-
cuit boards, components were less
dense and more generic in both size
and shape. I remember being told
to leave enough room at the top of
my through-hole 14-pin DIPs for a
bypass cap. When I asked for the size, shape, or part
number, I was told that it wasn't important; I just needed
to create a generic part with a 0.4" x 0.1" rectangle using
62-mil pads spaced 300 mils apart from each other.
Technology has always invoked
radical changes, but unlike today,
there used to be one major revo-
lutionizing technology trend at
a time. The world is becoming
increasingly connected, more
automated and more intelligent,
driven by generational driv-
ers—hyperscale computing, 5G,
artificial intelligence and machine
learning (AI/ML), industrial IoT
(IIoT), and autonomous vehicles.
Nolan Johnson recently met
with Alun Morgan, technology
ambassador at Ventec, and
Ventec COO Mark Goodwin
to discusses the industry's determination to
cling to outdated processes and standards,
and some potential consequences. To maintain
efficiency and keep pace with the market's
newest entries in Asia, Alun and Mark believe
that legacy companies in the West must be
open to challenging conversations that will
require questioning old practices.
Dan Amiralian will be responsible for build-
ing the capabilities to fulfill the requirements
of turnkey electronic product development,
by augmenting Freedom's 20 years of com-
plex PCB design experience. Dan has been
in the electronics industry for over forty
years predominately in EMS market. His
prior employments include Efficiency Prod-
ucts International, Fairchild, Cybermation,
Distron, Virtex, and Bedrock Automation. He
was president and owner of New Age EMS
before selling the company in 2016.
In today's ever-shrinking
world of electronics
designs, the use of BGA
parts with very fine pitch
features is becoming more
prevalent. As these fine-
pitch BGAs continue to
increase in complexity and user I/O (num-
ber of balls), the difficulty of finding escape
routes and fan-out patterns increases.
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Through Advanced Packaging
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Integrity Simulation Software
for Hardware Engineers
Advanced Packaging Means
Advanced Routing Issues
Everyone Wants Change: Who
Wants to Lead the Way?
Freedom CAD Services Hire
Chief Strategy Officer
Kris Moyer
