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4 The PCB Design Magazine • August 2015 Kelly Dack and Mark Thompson Unite in the War on Failure by Andy Shaughnessy Mentor Graphics Helps Bridge Gap Between PCB and RF by Barry Matties Feature Columns Failure Mode: Hole Wall Pullaway by Paul Reid Failure May not be an Option, but Sometimes it's a Reality by Tim Haag Attention! You may not realize it, but PCB designers are in a veritable war zone, day in and day out. This month, our cover story is an interview with two "soldiers" in this war on failure, Kelly Dack and Mark Thompson of Prototron. We also have feature columns by Paul Reid and Tim Haag, as well as an interview with Per Viklund and Alex Caravajal of Mentor Graphics. 10 30 24 42 Featured Content august 2015 This Issue: The War on Process FaIlure

• Front Cover
• Featured Content — The War on Process Failure
• Table of Contents
• Column — Fighting the War on Failure
• Feature — Kelly Dack and Mark Thompson Unite in the War on Failure
• Feature Column — Failure Mode: Hole Wall Pullaway
• Feature — Mentor Graphics Helps Bridge Gap Between PCB and RF
• PCB007 Highlights
• Feature Column — Failure May Not Be an Option, but Sometimes It's a Reality
• Short — Physicists Develop Ultrasensitive Nanomechanical Biosensor
• Column — Stackup Planning, Part 3
• Short — Protective Shells May Boost Silicon Lithium-ion Batteries
• MilAero007 Highlights
• Column — A Brief Overview of High-Frequency Laminates
• Article — Training the Next-Generation Engineer: When Does it Begin and End?
• Top Ten Recent Highlights from PCBDesign007
• Events Calendar
• Advertiser Index & Masthead