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Conception de PCB
Sabeur JEMMALI Module 5
Enseignant, Chercheur
sabeur.jemmali@telecom-paristech.org
sjemmali2000@gmail.com

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PCB Design Flow,

Transferring a Design

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Create PCB

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Design Synchronization

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Exercice 1 (1)

▪ File > New > PCB

▪ File > Import > DXF/DWG

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Exercice 1 (2)

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Exercice 1 (3)

▪ Transferring the design (Design > Update PCB Document…)

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Enabling Layers

▪ Design > Layer Stack Manager

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Enabling Layers

▪ Signal Layers
▪ Internal Planes
▪ Silkscreen layers
▪ Mechanical layers
▪ Solder Mask
▪ Paste Masks
▪ Drill Drawing/Drill Guide
▪ Keep Out layer
▪ Multi-layer

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PCB Panel

▪ Browse mode selection list

– Components (and then
Component Classes)
– Nets (and then Net Classes)
– From-Tos
– Split planes
– Differential pairs
– Polygons
– Hole sizes
– 3D Models

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PCB Panel

▪ Browsing nets and net classes

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PCB Panel

▪ Browsing components and

component classes

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PCB Panel

▪ Hole Size Editor

– Pad and/or via holes
– Plated and/or non-plated holes
– Free or component pad/via holes
– Type of hole (all, round, square or
slotted holes)
– Selected and/or unselected holes
– Only the layer-pairs of interest

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Compileing the PCB Project

▪ Compiling means creating a connective model (internal netlist)

which converts a set of drawings into an electrically wired
project
▪ Design navigation is also enabled by compiling the design
▪ To compile a PCB project, select Project > Compile PCB
Project. (CC)

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Placement and Re-annotation

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Placing Components

▪ Components coming from schematic are placed outside lower

right corner of the board
▪ If Rooms are created, a Room including components may be
moved
▪ During placement, the component may be moved, rotated
(press SPACEBAR) or swapped to the bottom layer (press L)

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Re-Annotation And Back-Annotate

▪ Tools > Re-Annotate

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Exercice 2

▪ Component Placement

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Design Rules

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Adding Design Rules

▪ Design > Rules

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How Rules are Checked

▪ Online DRC
▪ Tools > Design Rule Check

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Exercice 3

▪ Setting up design rules

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Routing and Polygons

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Interactive Routing

▪ Once components are placed into a PCB file, connection lines

display to indicate which pads belong in each net, and must be
routed to create the connectivity defined in the schematic

▪ Interactive Routing
– Ignore Obstacles
– Push Obstacles
– Hug‘n Push Obstacles
– Walkaround Obstacles
– Stop at first obstacle

– <Ctrl><RMB> ro auto-finish track

▪ Differential Pair Routing

– Needs to be defined as diff_pairs

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Automatic-Routing

▪ Prerequisites
– The board must include a closed boundary on the Keep Out layer.
– Design rules must be correctly defined
– Routing layer directions must be configured

▪ Other considerations
– You can protect pre-routed connections, fan-outs and entire nets
– Objects with a net name that are not locked may be moved/ripped
up during routing
– Objects placed on the Keep Out layer create blocks for the router
on all layers
– Signal layer keepout objects create blocks for the router on that
signal layer

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Auto-Routing

▪ Route > Auto Route > All

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Exercice 4

▪ Interactive Routing

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Exercice 5

▪ Autorouting

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Placing a Polygon

▪ Place » Polygon Pour

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Editing a Polygon

▪ right-click on the polygon and select the

‘Move Vertices’ command from the
‘Polygon Actions’ submenu

▪ Polygon Cut-Outs
▪ Slicing into 2 or more polygons
▪ Shelving
– Temporarily remove polygons
▪ Convert hatched polygons to solid

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Exercice 6

▪ Working with polygons

with 3V3, and not GND

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