We just pulled this gem from our recent webinar, and it’s too good not to share. If you’re working on RF layouts, these are the trace routing habits you’ll want to keep in your back pocket:
• Keep your traces short → less attenuation, cleaner signals.
• Terminate wisely → series resistors up front, or parallel at the receiver to tame reflections.
• Match bends & bias on differential pairs → symmetry matters.
• Separate arc traces from straight traces → reduce coupling headaches.
• Coplanar waveguides? Keep that gap uniform with your ground pours.
• Skip the test points on arc lines → they’ll only add parasitics.
• Solder mask on arc traces? You can remove it, but mind your gap so fab registration stays clean.
Little layout details = big signal integrity wins.
Watch the full webinar recording on common RF layout errors here.