Thinking to Simulate Your PCB Layout This May Help ... (with Steve Sandler)
What you are expecting may be completely different from what is happening on your PCB. Also, this video shows how you can do some simulations of your PCB and what you may learn from these simulations.
Links:
- Steven Sandler:
- Steve’s company Picotest:
- The software we used is ADS:
Chapters:
00:00 What this video is about
03:25 About the board we are simulating ( Altium )
06:33 The board we are simulating in ADS
07:58 DC Analysis
11:48 Power plane resonances analysis ( PPR )
18:27 Closer look at the PCB stackup
20:46 SI Analysis
29:19 SI Analysis - Schematic
30:43 Analyzing the results of SI simulation
40:17 How to match impedance of vias
47:06 AC Analysis
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