Webinar: Resolving Common Errors in RF PCB Layout Design

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Welcome to the first webinar of our RF series!

#1 Resolving common errors in RF PCB layout design
#2 Techniques for building reliable RF PCB stack-ups
#3 BGA fanout strategies for RF applications
#4 Thermal management in RF circuits

Webinar agenda:

  • Design mistakes RF engineers make:
    • o Overlooking via design and stubs
    • o Unintended ground loops and split ground planes
    • o Impedance mismatching among various RF components
  • How to design like a pro:
    • o Crafting vias and avoiding via stubs
    • o Best grounding practices and designing stitching vias
    • o Layout tips to ensure uniform impedance
  • Industry standards for designing radio frequency boards

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Question Answer
Copper roughness is always 6? How do we get this specification? 6 microns is a typical roughness value for standard copper foil, but it is not fixed. The actual roughness depends on the type of copper foil used, such as standard, low-profile, or very low-profile foils. You can find a table listing the typical roughness values for various foil types in the help (?) section of that input field in the tool.
What is the max frequency your online calculators work up to? Most of our calculators are independent of frequency and can be used across a wide range of applications.
1. Impedance calculators use lossless models, so they are not frequency-dependent. The Dk/Df values used in our impedance calculations are typically based on measurements at 10 GHz.
2. Loss calculators can be used for high-frequency analysis and are suitable for very high-frequency ranges.
3. Via impedance calculators are generally valid up to a few gigahertz (GHz), but their accuracy at higher frequencies has not been extensively validated.