Wednesday, March 13, 2019

Tips for Cross talk Reduction

Tips for Cross talk Reduction - Reference Designer

Thursday, March 7, 2019

IPC-2581B Test Cases


Link: http://www.ipc2581.com/b-test-cases/


Friday, January 4, 2019

Inductors - Best Practices

Per the manufacturer datasheet your should NOT route traces or place vias under inductors.

DR1040 Series

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Inductors generate magnetic fields which can couple to adjacent circuitry and induce unwanted current and voltages.

That's it !

Tuesday, October 23, 2018

DC Bias Effects on X5R & X7R Capacitors


If this capacitor was used as a bypass capacitor with 15V applied, the effective capacitance is not 4.7uF, but only 20% of 4.7uF, or 0.94uF.

Wednesday, August 15, 2018