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FEATURES

Designer Salary Survey
Better with Age
Our annual survey finds PCB designers are an even more experienced crowd, with concerns about workload, yet increasingly lucrative compensation.
by Chelsey Drysdale

PCB Design
Placement of Passive Devices Used for Enet Signal Termination
Tips on how to achieve the correct placement of passive devices, including a look at the maximum stub lengths option that helps avoid improper placement issues.
by Andy Buja

Alumina Substrates: Packing More
Passive Components into Less Space
Resistor and capacitors still consume a majority of board space in most electronic devices. Alumina substrate technology can offer a useful solution.
by Mike West

FIRST PERSON

• Caveat Lector
  Black days at the former Big Blue.
  Mike Buetow
  
  

• Talking Heads
  Multek’s Franck Lize and Bill Beckenbaugh.
  Mike Buetow

MONEY MATTERS

• ROI
  Trending.
  Peter Bigelow
  
  

• Focus On Business
  Why succinct surveys count.
  Susan Mucha

TECH TALK

• Designer’s Notebook
  Multi-level HDI.
  W. Scott Fillebrown
  
  

• Solar Technologies
  A sunny forecast.
  Tom Falcon