2016 Magazine Archives
August 2016 issue
FEATURES
TRACE MODELING
How AC Currents Affect PCB Trace Temperatures
Methods for estimating how AC currents behave on PCB traces, and verification with empirical testing.
by Douglas G. Brooks, Ph.D., and Dr. Johannes Adam
RIGID-FLEX DESIGN
Ensuring Reliable Products with New Rigid-Flex Design Rules
Using both the rigid and the flexible areas of a PCB for component placement, while possible, introduces new design constraints that require more advanced PCB design strategies. Rules and guidelines for routing and placement.
by Jim Frey
IPC Material Declarations: Sufficient for Automotive Electronics?
IMDS and IPC-1752A are different tools for reporting materials data, created by separate industries for different purposes. Suppliers of automotive electronics are obligated to use both, but should they?
by Derrik Snider
FIRST PERSON
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CAVEAT LECTOR
Seller beware.
Mike Buetow
MONEY MATTERS
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ROI
Printing money.
Peter Bigelow - FOCUS ON BUSINESS
Researching your investments.
Susan Mucha - GLOBAL SOURCING
A broker is not a builder.
Greg Papandrew
TECH TALK
- ON THE FOREFRONT
Big fans of fan-out.
E. Jan Vardaman - DESIGNER’S NOTEBOOK
Designing in “robustness.”
Josh Moore - THE FLEXPERTS
All wrapped up.
Mark Finstad
