The EEcosystem Podcast

High-Speed Technical expert and luminary, Lee Ritchey is our guest today to discuss what engineers need to know to understand differential pair signal skew caused by the PCB fiber weave effect. Ritchey will discuss things you need to know in order to master and mitigate them in your designs. We also talk about things the industry is doing to solve the problem long term.

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Show links: ✏️Speeding Edge offers a large library of technical articles available for purchase on its website at: www.speedingedge

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💾 For free Technical Resources and to Learn more about Keysight Pathwave EDA Software Solutions visit the homepage now. https://www.keysight.com/us/en/products/software/pathwave-design-software/pathwave-advanced-design-system.html

👀 Visit Summit Interconnect for all your complex PCB manufacturing needs. https://www.summit-pcb.com/

🎯For all of your high-speed and RF connectors visit the Samtec website and access excellent engineering resources while you there. https://www.samtec.com/

Visit the SIGLENT website to learn more about their test and measurement solutions For Every Bench. Every Engineer. Every Day. https://siglentna.com/ For Custom RF and MW PCBs visit the

Transline Technology Website to learn more. https://translinetech.com

For high complexity EDA solutions visit SIEMENS EDA Website https://eda.sw.siemens.com/en-US/

Picotest specializes in high fidelity testing and measurement tools, primarily for power-related applications. Visit their website for more product information and excellent training materials from expert Steve Sandler. https://www.picotest.com

Siglent's Chris Armstrong gives updates on Siglent's latest products, particularly their latest VNAs and handheld portable scope that makes higher performance test and measurement equipment available at a competitive price point.

Siglent Website

Higher Frequency interconnects are driving Samtec to continually develop high-frequency products with smaller footprints. Jim talks about what they are highlighting at this year's International Microwave Symposium.

Samtec IMS Landing Page https://blog.samtec.com/post/ims-2023...

Samtec Homepage https://www.samtec.com/

Daren McClearnon talks about the latest release of ADS 2024 and the evolving complexity of design processes RF/MW/mmWave of chip and module design. The overall trend is in more functionality in smaller spaces with less power and how Keysight is working to help designers meet these challenges.

Keysight Pathwave ADS Announcement https://www.keysight.com/us/en/about/...

Keysight IMS Landing Page https://www.keysight.com/us/en/events...

John Coonrod, Technical Marketing Manager at Rogers Corporation, is our guest in this bonus IMS series. He talks about the challenge of designing for mmWave. He also talks about Radix, a new 3D printable RF material, and what he and Rogers are focusing on at this year's IMS 2023.

Rogers Corporation Advanced Electronics Solutions

Technology Support Hub

Radix Printable Dielectric

Laura Martin, Industrial Engineer and Director of Application Engineering for Summit Interconnect talks about her unlikely path to becoming a subject matter expert in PCB Technology and how we might inspire more women to follow her lead into the technology sector.

As Frequencies increase in today's demanding applications, the challenges and complexity of effectively managing interconnects grow exponentially. Samtec's David Beraun and Steve McGeary join in this episode to talk about what Samtec is doing to help engineers to push the limits. They also talk about new products they will be introducing and highlighting at IMS 2023 in San Diego

Samtec IMS show page

Tech Library (resources, white papers, etc)

Samtec website

Alignment Features 

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For SI/PI/EMI News and Technical Resources and to register for a free subscription visit the Signal Integrity Journal today.

For free Technical Resources and to Learn more about Keysight Pathwave EDA Software Solutions visit the homepage now.

For Custom RF and MW PCBs visit the Transline Technology Website to learn more. 

Visit Summit Interconnect for all your complex PCB manufacturing needs.

For all of your high-speed and RF connectors visit the Samtec website and access excellent engineering resources while you are there. 

Visit the SIGLENT website to learn more about their test and measurement solutions For Every Bench. Every Engineer. Every Day.

For high complexity EDA solutions visit SIEMENS EDA Website

Picotest specializes in high fidelity testing and measurement tools, primarily for power-related applications. Visit their website for more product information and excellent training materials from expert Steve Sandler.

John Wood and Gayle Collins are the General Co-Chairs of this year's IMS 2023 which will be held in San Diego June11-16, 2023. They join us to talk about all the robust technical content that will be presented at this year's show along with social gatherings and over 90,000 square feet of exhibitor space full of companies from all across the globe.

Links for IMS 2023

IMS Website

https://ims-ieee.org/

IMS Registration Page

https://ims-ieee.org/registration

IMS Technical Teaser Videos

https://ims-ieee.org/node/487

IMS Social Media

LinkedIn Page

https://www.linkedin.com/company/ieee-mtt-s-international-microwave-symposium-ims/

Instagram

https://www.instagram.com/mtt_ims/

Sean Patterson, COO of Summit Technologies joins us for this episode focusing on PCB technology. As an engineer who has spent a couple of decades focused on technology and PCB Manufacturing operations, he shares what engineers can do to help drive both design and career success. He also shares his insights on the state of PCB fabrication in the United States. He talks about some promising legislation that may help strengthen the supply chain--and how this will directly impact you.

00:00:00 Intro

00:02:07 Sean's unique background and perspective on PCBs

00:03:11 What should engineers understand about PCBs and the surprising complexity

00:04:09 How many engineering disciplines make up a PCB?

00:09:42 The importance of self-education and fun field-trips

00:12:43 The hidden perils of transitioning from prototype to production

00:14:26 Erroded PCB Capacity and Geopolitical factors

00:16:15 Modernizing PCB Fabrication with AI, Machine Learning, and new tools

00:19:40 Summit Companies as a customer-obsessed cohesive platform

00:23:02 Fueling industry-wide success and leadership

00:26:34 How PCB industry success will have direct impact to engineers

00:32:13 Where to find additional resources

💻 Summit Website https://summitinterconnect.com/

📆 Visit factories–Online Form Request https://summitinterconnect.com/tours/

📖 Blog https://summitinterconnect.com/blog/

🧐 Resource Links 🧐

Subscribe to The EEcosystem newsletter and community and receive a free download of Samtec’s recently updated SI Handbook. Also, receive a free 90-day subscription to all of Eric Bogatin's training at The Signal Integrity Academy https://theeecosystem.com/

For SI/PI/EMI News and Technical Resources and to register for a free subscription visit the Signal Integrity Journal today. https://www.signalintegrityjournal.com/

For free Technical Resources and to Learn more about Keysight Pathwave EDA Software Solutions visit the homepage now. https://www.keysight.com/us/en/products/software/pathwave-design-software/pathwave-advanced-design-system.html

Visit Summit Interconnect for all your complex PCB manufacturing needs. https://www.summit-pcb.com/

For all of your high-speed and RF connectors visit the Samtec website and access excellent engineering resources while you there. https://www.samtec.com/

Visit the SIGLENT website to learn more about their test and measurement solutions For Every Bench. Every Engineer. Every Day. https://siglentna.com/

For Custom RF and MW PCBs visit the Transline Technology Website to learn more. https://translinetech.com

For high complexity EDA solutions visit SIEMENS EDA Website https://eda.sw.siemens.com/en-US/

Picotest specializes in high fidelity testing and measurement tools, primarily for power-related applications. Visit their website for more product information and excellent training materials from expert Steve Sandler. https://www.picotest.com/

Increasingly, a wide variety of electronic design applications face signal integrity issues. Therefore, engineers need to understand the fundamental principles of SI--not only techniques. SI expert, Scott McMorrow, and HS technical marketing expert, Matt Burns join us this week to talk about the state of SI know-how across the industry and why Samtec is investing heavily to create new resources to teach the needed fundamentals for professional engineers.

00:00:00 - Introduction

00:01:23 - Background Scott McMorrow and Matt Burns

00:04:30 - How are universities and industry working together to create more SI Engineers?

00:07:31 - Covid and the Pivot to Samtec GEEk SpEEk and SI training (and beyond)

00:16:21 - Intel case study and why Samtec focused on the final inch and making better engineers

00:18:11 - SI 101 Training focused on Principles, Applications, and Importance

00:20:41 - What does Samtec do with 80 SI Engineers?

00:26:48 - What other educational resources are available

📘 Show Notes 📘

SI Handbook 🔌  www2.samtec.com/si-handbook

Samtec gEEk® spEEk Webinar Series 🤓 www.samtec.com/geekspeek

Coming soon! 👍🏼 Samtec gEEk® spEEk Video Series www.youtube.com/samtecvideo www.samtec.com/geekspeek

🧐 Resource Links 🧐

Subscribe to The EEcosystem newsletter and community and receive a free download of Samtec’s recently updated SI Handbook. Also, receive a free 90-day subscription to all of Eric Bogatin's training at The Signal Integrity Academy https://theeecosystem.com/

For SI/PI/EMI News and Technical Resources and to register for a free subscription visit the Signal Integrity Journal today. https://www.signalintegrityjournal.com/

For free Technical Resources and to Learn more about Keysight Pathwave EDA Software Solutions visit the homepage now. https://www.keysight.com/us/en/products/software/pathwave-design-software/pathwave-advanced-design-system.html

Visit Summit Interconnect for all your complex PCB manufacturing needs. https://www.summit-pcb.com/

For all of your high-speed and RF connectors visit the Samtec website and access excellent engineering resources while you there. https://www.samtec.com/

Visit the SIGLENT website to learn more about their test and measurement solutions For Every Bench. Every Engineer. Every Day. https://siglentna.com/

For Custom RF and MW PCBs visit the Transline Technology Website to learn more. https://translinetech.com

For high complexity EDA solutions visit SIEMENS EDA Website https://eda.sw.siemens.com/en-US/

Picotest specializes in high fidelity testing and measurement tools, primarily for power-related applications. Visit their website for more product information and excellent training materials from expert Steve Sandler. https://www.picotest.com/