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Heat kills. No one knows this better than electrical engineers, where a hot spot can kill like a heart attack. With every design, power requirements get bigger while the design envelope shrinks. The result: too much heat produced and too little dissipated. Think of the laptop too hot for your lap, a smartphone so skinny it can’t have any air flow and lithium batteries that light up from overcharging.

For this, Cadence, best known for its EDA software, has announced the Celsius Thermal Solver, a…

In PCB design,. there are many risks if your library and component data are not managed efficiently and effectively. Inefficiency occurs when multiple users define and create components in their own way or style, which can also lead to redundant component definitions being used across multiple libraries. This in turn, when no standardized template is used, can lead to inaccurate and incomplete component data and a lack of visibility into component status.

Altium Concord Pro is a state-of-the-art on-premise library and component management product that you’ll want to incorporate into your workflow to minimize those risks, and ultimately reduce costs.

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A silkscreen layer is often deemed unimportant in the whole PCB assembly process because it has no direct impact on the electrical functionality of a PCB. As a result, little attention is usually given to the silkscreen compared to the great value it brings and the importance it holds.

Silkscreen serves as a means of providing information about a PCB. It is mainly used for PCB identification and labeling, with zero connection to the electrical functionality of the PCB.

The silkscreen simply refers to the printed text on a PCB board containing information regarding the PCB assembly process, especially in the placement of components such as the references, identifiers and also the company logos.

The silkscreen is usually used on the component side to identify…

Rogers Corporation is exhibiting at the upcoming PCB West show. The PCB West exhibition will be held on September 10, 2019 at the Santa Clara Convention Center (Santa Clara, California). Visitors will find plenty of the latest high-performance circuit materials from Rogers Corp. at booth 201.

The PCB West Conference and Exhibition (www.pcbwest.com) is one of the electronic industry’s major events for PCB design, fabrication and assembly.

Rogers Presentation

John Coonrod, Rogers’ technical marketing manager, will present “An Overview of Glass-Weave Effect for PCB-Based RF and High-Speed Digital Applications” on Tuesday, September 10, from 2:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. during the free sessions.  This presentation will include an overview of basic PCB…

According to a new market report published by Lucintel, the future of the PCB market looks promising with opportunities in the computer/peripherals, communications, consumer electronics, industrial, automotive, and military/aerospace industries. The global PCB market is expected to reach an estimated $89.7 billion by 2024 with a CAGR of 4.3% from 2019 to 2024. The major growth drivers for this market are increasing demand for PCB in the communication industry, growth in connected devices, and advancement in automotive electronics.

In this market, different types of PCB such as standard multilayer, flexible, HDI/microvia/build-up, IC substrate, rigid 1-2 sided, rigid-flex, others are used as substrate. On the basis of comprehensive research, Lucintel forecasts that standard…