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NPI Awards
 Inside the Winner’s Circle
 Interviews with the NPI Award winners provides a fascinating view of the investment of time and energy that goes into taking a new product from concept to production.
 by Kathy Nargi-Toth
 
Modeling
 S-Parameters for Digital Designers
 S-Parameter data can provide valuable information about the characteristics of a PCB interconnect.
 by Timothy Coyle
 
Simulation
 Simulating Fiber Weave Effect
 Glass type does influence skew, impedance and common mode conversion.
 by Chris Herrick, Thomas Buck and Ruihua Ding
 
Drilling 101
 Mechanical Micro Drilling Advances
 The architecture of drilling machines and bits has improved significantly over the past few years, facilitating increased small hole drilling productivity.
 by Pietro Zulli
 
DFA
 PCB Assembly: An Overview for Designers
 Communication platforms help PCB designers and assemblers collaborate effectively, reducing respins, improving overall quality and speeding time to market.
 by Mark Laing
 
Embedded Capacitance
 RCC Capacitive Layers for SBU Applications
 Thin film polymer nanocomposite capacitors can achieve high capacitance density over large areas, reduce process steps and result in a thinner interconnect substrate.
 by Rabindra N. Das, Steven G. Rosser, Konstantinos I. Papathomas, Mark D. Poliks, John M. Lauffer and Voya R. Markovich
 
Design Tools
 Accuracy of Transmission Line Simulators
 By following three key guidelines it is possible to achieve a better than two percent agreement between measured and simulated high-speed performance.
 by Dr. Eric Bogatin
 
Our Line
 Silver linings.
 Kathy Nargi-Toth
ROI
 Finding your plan B.
 Peter Bigelow
EMC for the Real World
 Effective implementation of distributed decoupling capacitors.
 Dr. Bruce Archambeault
 
On the Forefront
 After the recovery, will a new "Bear" emerge from the bear market?
 E. Jan Vardaman
Final Finish Forum
 Short circuiting OSP / ENIG galvanic etch.
 Jim B. Kenny
 
Designer's Notebook
 Understanding test and inspection equipment capabilities.
 Matt Wuensch