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In this Extreme Measurement Example, see how measurements were used to resolve the shield resistance issue, where the authors redesigned the PCB to clear the DUT contact, but also identified alternate solutions in the event they could not wait for a new PCB.

This first post in a new blog series, Extreme Measurements, introduces how an extreme measurement is defined. Find out how your extreme measurement story can end up on SIJ!

Semiconductor ICs are the key components of complex electronic circuits. In countless technical applications, these small processing, control and memory components help master the great challenges of our time.

SIJ editorial advisory board member Yuriy Shlepnev offers a comparison of three ways to visualize the same s-parameter data, identifying how to get the most information from a plot.

Bends in PCB traces look like very basic, simple structures that are easy to simulate. Technically, one can do the analysis with any electromagnetic solver with sufficiently accurate port de-embedding capabilities. The reflections from a bend in fine-line, high-speed digital interconnects are relatively small and may not even be detectable with measurement. So, who cares? Read on to find out more.

Data usage is increasing every year, and the communications industry is working diligently to support the increased demand. This article discusses why we need more data, what data center physical layer architecture changes are needed to support higher data rates, and how connector manufacturers are improving designs to support higher data rate systems.

This is an overview of how Ansys 3D components with design encryption offered a way for Samtec to share designs with their customers, allowing them to design Samtec interconnects into their systems.

As electronics package sizes become smaller and more densely packed, it is necessary to optimize the entire signal path to reduce signal loss and eliminate interference. See more.

In the January 2021 print issue and the April 2021 online issue of the Signal Integrity Journal, I wrote an editorial in which I threw down a gauntlet to tool vendors to offer low cost or free versions of their tools to help engineers accelerate up the learning curve. Ansys picked up that gauntlet and now offers a free version of their industry standard electromagnetic simulator suite, Electronics Desktop. 

It has been a year and a half since we last met in person for DesignCon 2020, and the event organizers are aiming to make the in-person experience of DesignCon 2021 in California compelling and educational. Here’s a look at what to expect.