October 2016 • The PCB Design Magazine 71
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The Fundamentals of
Improving PCB Thermal Design
Continental's automobile
engineers have years of
experience building criti-
cal parts and systems for
automobiles. Making sure
that automotive electron-
ics are reliable, safe, and
properly designed begins
at the component level.
Heat must be addressed early in the design pro-
cess for these goals to be achieved. The most im-
portant thermal resistance for heat, outside the IC
package, is the PCB.
6
Mentor's SystemVision
Improves Siemens Building
Tech's Worldwide Flow
Siemens Building
Technologies has
deployed Men-
tor's SystemVi-
sion product with Siemens PCB design teams
around the world, providing an upfront, mecha-
tronic simulation environment and a qualified,
central library for the Mentor Graphics Xpedition
Enterprise PCB design flow. Early simulation using
the SystemVision tool allows designers to make
design decisions regarding component tradeoffs,
find design mistakes, and verify their designs be-
fore PCB layout.
7
Mike Creeden: Care and
Training of Your Designers
The I-Connect007 team recent-
ly visited San Diego PCB Inc.
and received a warm welcome
from CEO Mike Creeden and
his youthful-looking (relatively
speaking) team of designers.
Creeden spoke with Barry Mat-
ties and Judy Warner about what it takes to run a
successful design service center, how to properly
care for the PCB designers of today and tomorrow,
and why IPC's design training is paramount when
training a new designer.
8
PCB West Attendance up
3% YOY
PCB West show
attendance rose
3% year-over-
year, to nearly
2,000 attendees.
This marks the
annual PCB industry trade show's highest turnout
since 2001. Registration for the 25th annual show
was up 6% from 2015 registrants.
9
Beyond Design: How to Handle
the Dreaded Danglers, Part 1
Dangling via stubs can distort
signals passing through your
interconnect, and decrease the
usable bandwidth of the signal.
A via stub acts as a transmission
line antenna, and has a reso-
nant frequency determined by
the quarter wavelength of the
structure. At this frequency, the transmitted signal
is greatly attenuated, by up to 3dB.
J
Zuken USA Announces Dates
for Zuken Innovation World
2017
Zuken Innovation World
(ZIW) Americas 2017 will
take place April 24-26, 2017
at the Hilton Head Marriott
Resort & Spa in Hilton Head
Island, SC. The annual event includes Zuken Uni-
versity classes, Expert Bar and a Technology Show-
case on April 26.
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