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FLEX CIRCUIT DESIGN
Ensuring First-Time Success in Rigid-Flex PCB Layout
For designers of products such as wearables, where every cubic millimeter of space within the enclosure is used, and two or more PCBs must be folded into place in final assembly, flex is becoming a popular choice for more than just a replacement for cable. One flex section can replace a cable plus two connectors, offering cost savings on top of the space benefits.
by Robert Huxel

HIGH-SPEED DESIGN
Designing PCBs for DDR Busses
The DDR bus is one of the widest commercial high-speed busses, if not the widest. Designing the bus comes with a set of challenges that can be intimidating to designers new to the bus. In the first of a series on DDR, the author looks at bus concept basics.
by Nitin Bhagwath

ZIW RECAP
Zuken Conference Transforms PCB Design Landscape
End-to-end design takes center stage at Zuken’s annual users conference.
by Chelsey Drysdale

BASE MATERIALS
Avoiding Self-Limitation in PCB Materials Specification
Designers tend to focus on electrical performance of base materials, while the fabricator must somehow make it work. Could understanding the full scope of the tradeoffs unchain users from basing decisions on dielectric performance alone?
by Roy Akber

FIRST PERSON

• CAVEAT LECTOR
  In print.
  Mike Buetow

MONEY MATTERS

• ROI
  Viasystems redux? Not exactly.
  Peter Bigelow
  

• FOCUS ON BUSINESS
  The permeation of ERP and shop-floor control.
  Susan Mucha

TECH TALK

• DESIGNER’S NOTEBOOK
  Flex: All stacked up.
  Alex Grange
• THE FLEXPERTS
  Weaknesses of the flex standard.
  Nicholas Koop

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