102 The PCB Design Magazine • July 2017
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Mentor Introduces Unique Valor
NPI Automated Technology
Solution to Ease PCB DFM
With the increasing
complexity of PCB
technology, there is
a greater burden put
on manufacturers to
create useful DFM
rules. Unlike tradi-
tional DFM methods that limited DFM technology
use to subject matter experts, with the new Valor
NPI, designers can benefit from DFM without hav-
ing to be an expert.
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A Deep Look Into Embedded
Technology
We set up a conference call
with the goal of uncovering the
challenges and opportunities
related to embedded technol-
ogy. Invited were a handful of
the industry's heavy hitters in
the embedded world: Retired
technologist and I-Connect007
Contributing Editor Happy Holden, and Ohmega's
Technical Director Daniel Brandler and Design &
Test Engineer Manuel Herrera.
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Orange County Chapter of
IPC Designers Council
Lunch 'n' Learn Meeting July 19
For the July Lunch 'n'
Learn meeting on July
19, speakers will ex-
plore the advances
in embedded pas-
sives, which can ben-
efit many designs today. Speakers include Bruce
Mahler of OhmegaPly Technologies and Jin Hyun
Hwang of DuPont.
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Beyond Design: The Dark
Side–Return of the Signal
Barry Olney has
written about cur-
rent flow actually
being a round trip—
the current must re-
turn to the source
to complete the
loop. What about
crosstalk in the return path of the reference planes
as the current weaves its way back through the
expansive wasteland of copper? This month's col-
umn elaborates on crosstalk in the unseen "dark
side" of the signal.
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