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Taught by a process-driven PCB design engineer with more than 30 years of experience in the electronic and aerospace industry, this three-week program aims to improve the board designs from engineers of varying levels of proficiency and elevate your designs to be more precise and yield-worthy. The principles and methods you’ll learn here are essential for adapting to the specific requirements of all boards, including complex RF and mixed-type designs.
In industries where precision and reliability are non-negotiable, from healthcare to automotive, aerospace, and beyond, the presence of counterfeit electronic components can spell disaster. Not only do these components have the potential to cause significant financial loss, but they also pose serious risks to safety and could be life-threatening.
In this course, participants employ the lessons learned in Introduction to PCB Design I to effectively implement their designs using techniques such as multi-layer routing, signal integrity, transmission lines, and more. The course also focuses on how manufacturing and assembly techniques impact design, documentation and manufacturing file generation.
This course introduces advanced PCB design techniques for next-gen applications. Topics include layout, routing, materials, manufacturing, and documentation, with a focus on Ultra HDI, 3D printed electronics, and optical transmission line structures. Learn to design high-performance, manufacturable PCBs for cutting-edge technologies.
This course is designed to provide the skills necessary to effectively implement designs requiring flex and rigid-flex circuits in accordance with product requirements. PCB Design for Flex & Rigid-Flex Boards also focuses on the impact of these designs on manufacturing and assembly techniques, documentation, and manufacturing file generation.
Taught by an industry expert with more than 40 years of experience in the field, this three-week online program is designed to provide the knowledge and skills necessary to reduce or eliminate design, documentation, and capability issues that often arise when completed PCB designs are sent to the fabricator for production.
This course addresses specific design challenges encountered in military and aerospace applications, including the effects of vibration, shock, radiation, and altitude, extended operating temperature range, and other design considerations for high reliability applications. PCB Design for Military & Aerospace Applications also focuses on the impact of these designs on manufacturing and assembly techniques, documentation, and manufacturing file generation.
This course provides the theoretical knowledge and practical skills required to create IPC-compliant PCB designs for high-speed analog, radio (RF), and microwave frequencies. This program is designed to provide circuit board designers with a balanced foundation of theoretical knowledge and practical skills in printed circuit board design. Upon completion, participants will be able to:
Design boards for high-speed analog and RF/microwave frequencies.
Understand the trade-offs in materials used in these applications.
Define a board stackup that implements structures that will meet the needs of these designs.
Understand and mitigate signal integrity issues for these designs.
Understand and define the effects of mechanical retention needs for these applications.
Define and implement the tighter manufacturing tolerances needed for these designs.
Understand the use of mixed material stackups in these designs.
Understand the documentation requirements for these designs.
The Transform Your Constraint Engineering PCB Designs course is developed to provide specific paths to understanding Electrical and Mechanical Models which allows the experienced PCB design engineer opportunities to generate specific routing features to help improve, develop, and advance their design skills into a robust engineering skill set.
Equip your team to quickly and effectively identify, analyze, and address PCBA production defects. Jim Hall and Phil Zarrow, the authors of Troubleshooting for Electronics Manufacturing and the acclaimed BoardTalk podcast, offer decades of practical insights that students can immediately use to increase reliability, yields, and cost savings.