Share on:

Share on LinkedIn Share on X Share on Facebook Share with email


Advanced Electronics Packaging Digest

Subscribe

Stay ahead of the technologies shaping the future of electronics with our latest newsletter, Advanced Electronics Packaging Digest. Get expert insights on advanced packaging, materials, and system-level innovation, delivered straight to your inbox.

Subscribe now to stay informed, competitive, and connected.

Suggested Items

Powering the Future: When Material Choice Defines RF Performance

06/10/2026 | Brian Buyea -- Column: Powering the Future
In RF and microwave design, deciding on which materials to use determines whether your design merely works or truly performs. Yet, designers too often fall back on material selection that is familiar, available, or “good enough.” However, once you move into higher frequencies, higher power densities, and tighter performance tolerances, “good enough” becomes the very thing that holds your design back. That’s where ceramic substrates become a fundamentally different approach to solving RF challenges.

Beyond Design: How Signals Survive the Hostile PCB Environment

06/03/2026 | Barry Olney -- Column: Beyond Design
Modern digital signals exhibit behavior more characteristic of RF waveforms than the slow logic transitions of the past. With fast rise times, a PCB is no longer a collection of copper traces, but a distributed electromagnetic system. Successful design isn’t about routing signals anymore; it’s about engineering transmission lines, preserving uninterrupted return‑current paths, and controlling the resonant structures that naturally form within the multilayer PCB.

Navigating the Hidden Hurdles: Mastering Return Path Discontinuities for Robust Signal Integrity

05/26/2026 | Stephen V. Chavez, Siemens EDA and PCEA
In the race toward higher bandwidth, tighter form factors, and faster time-to-market, engineering teams focus heavily on device performance, routing density, and advanced materials. Yet one of the most critical determinants of system success remains largely invisible—and too often underestimated: the integrity of the return path. Signal integrity (SI) failures rarely originate from the signal trace alone. More often, they stem from what designers don’t see—the disruption of the signal’s return path. These disruptions, known as return path discontinuities, are a leading cause of late-stage failures, unexpected EMI issues, and costly respins.

Signal Integrity Meets Additive Innovation in the Latest Issue of I-Connect007 Magazine

05/18/2026 | I-Connect007 Editorial Team
Signal integrity and metallization are deeply intertwined, and this month’s I-Connect007 Magazine explores that convergence in detail. As Managing Editor Marcy LaRont explains, achieving electrical performance targets doesn’t stop at design; it depends heavily on how boards are fabricated, particularly through precise metallization processes.

Target Condition: The Modern Masters of Signal Integrity and AI-driven Design

05/21/2026 | Kelly Dack -- Column: Target Condition
Signal integrity (SI) in PCB design has moved from a niche engineering concern to the defining factor in whether modern electronics succeed or fail. As data rates push beyond PAM4 (4-level 112G) gigabit territory and SerDes components exhibit edge speeds as fast as 50–100 picoseconds, PCBs behave less like collections of simple traces and more like complex electromagnetic systems.
Copyright © I-Connect007 | IPC Publishing Group Inc. All rights reserved. Log in