Calculations of parasitic elements in high speed PCB.
High speed PCB
ECE 511 – ENGINEERING PRODUCT DESIGN design and points to be considered for designing the high speed PCBs
Jack Onyango, AMEI, GEng, MIEK Mounting in presence of vibration. SMD assemblies
Course Description Board layout check list. Tests for multilayer PCB
Product Design and development (Chapter 1 & 2) Hardware design and testing methods (Chapter 5)
An overview of product development & product assessment, Pilot Logic analyzer, its architecture & operation and Use of logic analyzer
production batch, Concept of availability, Screening test, Environmental
Spectrum analyzer
effects on reliability, Redundancy, Failsafe system, Ergonomic &
aesthetic design considerations, Packaging & storage Network analyzer,
Estimating power supply requirement (Power supply sizing), Power Oscilloscope , DSO trigger modes
supply protection devices
Examples using MSO
Noise consideration of a typical system, Noise in electronic circuit,
Measurement of noise Signal integrity issues
Grounding, Shielding and Guarding Use & limitations of different types of analysis
Enclosure sizing & supply requirements & materials for enclosure and Monte Carlo analysis
tests carried out on enclosure Product testing (Chapter 7)
Thermal management and its types Environmental testing for product. Environmental test chambers &
PCB designing (Chapter 3 & 4) rooms. Tests carried out on the enclosures
Layout, PCB sizes, Layout general rules & parameters. Electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) with respect to compliance.
Recommendations for decoupling & bypassing. Design rules for digital Electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) testing. Conducted emission test
circuit PCB & analog circuit PCBs (time domain methods). Radiated emission test
Noise generation, Supply & ground conductors Basics on standard used. Instrument specifications
Multilayer boards Documentation (Chapter 8)
Component assembly & testing of assembled PCB, Bare boardtesting. PCB documentation- Specifying laminate grade, drilling details, PCB
Component assembly techniques finish- Tin, solder, gold, silver plating, hot air leveling, and bare board
testing. Understanding advantages and limitations of each
Automation & computers in PCB design, Computer aided design ,
Design automation Product documentation- bill of materials, Production test specification-
a case study for real circuit, Interconnection diagram- A case study.,
Soldering techniques, Solderability testing Front and rear panel diagrams for selected product
Study of packages for discrete devices & ICs, IC reliability issues. Manuals- Instruction or operating manual, Service and Maintenance
manual, Fault finding tree.
Parasitic elements