Licky's Column

Mixed Signal PCB Design Guidelines for Circuit Board Layout

by Licky Li

Mixed Signal PCB Design Guidelines for Circuit Board Layout

Placing components in a mixed signal design. Mixed signal PCB design requirements for power delivery networks. Routing traces on a mixed sign...
Posted in PCB design, PCB layout

Layout Strategies When Using a PCB Autorouter

by Licky Li

Layout Strategies When Using a PCB Autorouter

Preparing the design for PCB autorouting Effective use of a PCB autorouter Different variations and capabilities of PCB autorouting Sc...
Posted in PCB layout

How to Test Circuit Board with Multimeter

by Licky Li

How to Test Circuit Board with Multimeter

Visual inspection after SMD Process Free AOI Testing X-ray Testing for BGA package, Function Testing, etc with extra charges.  Final visual inspec...
Posted in PCB design, PCB fabrication, PCB Impedance Matching, PCB layout, PCB manufacturing

How to Identify Electronic Components in a PCB Layout

by Licky Li

How to Identify Electronic Components in a PCB Layout

Identifying Electronic Components Most electronic components will come with some information you can use to identify each component. At minimum, yo...
Posted in PCB design, PCB Layer stack-up, PCB layout

Top 12 Considerations to Know Before PCB Layout

by Licky Li

Top 12 Considerations to Know Before PCB Layout

High quality of PCB design or layout will take much convenience to PCB fabrication & manufacturing process, and improve the ratability of the S...
Posted in PCB design, PCB layout

10 Tips for Advanced Requirements Impedance Control PCB

by Licky Li

10 Tips for Advanced Requirements Impedance Control PCB

1. It Enables PCBs to Deal with Signal Integrity Issues   Recently, the globe has seen a surge in the switching speeds of most electronic devices. ...
Posted in Impedance, Impedance Control PCB, PCB design, PCB layout

PCB Design Rules For Wiring And Crosstalk

by Licky Li

PCB Design Rules For Wiring And Crosstalk

Today’s electronic devices market demands miniaturized printed circuit boards (PCBs) with a multitude of high-speed functions integrated on a singl...
Posted in PCB design, PCB layout

PCB Layout Guidelines For High Speed Applications

by Licky Li

PCB Layout Guidelines For High Speed Applications

The use of highly complex and intricate PCBs is becoming more and more common and widespread across a variety of applications. But while making PCB...
Posted in PCB design, PCB layout

10 Tips for High-frequency PCB Layout

by Licky Li

10 Tips for High-frequency PCB Layout

First: multi-layer pcb  board wiring High-frequency circuits tend to have high integration and high wiring density. The use of multi-layer boards i...
Posted in HDI PCB, High-frequency PCBs, PCB design, PCB fabrication, PCB layout

Basic PCB Design Rules You Should Know

by Licky Li

Basic PCB Design Rules You Should Know

Circuit design rules Wiring is the most important process in the entire PCB design. This will directly affect the performance of the PCB board. If ...
Posted in PCB design, PCB layout

DC Analysis and Power Integrity in PCB Design

by Licky Li

DC Analysis and Power Integrity in PCB Design

Why Use DC Analysis? Every electronics student unknowingly performs DC analysis in their Electronics 101 classes when they analyze circuit diagrams...
Posted in design, PCB design, PCB layout

What is a Circuit Schematic?

by Licky Li

What is a Circuit Schematic?

What is a Circuit Schematic? A circuit schematic shows a component-level view of your electronic system. Components can appear as individual blocks...
Posted in PCB design, PCB layout, Schematic to PCB