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PCB Layout Guide to Signal and Power Integrity

PCB Layout Guide to Signal and Power Integrity

Understand the physics behind signal integrity (SI) and power integrity (PI) and how PCB layout decisions directly impact electrical performance, reliability, and product success. Learn practical techniques for managing impedance, return paths, crosstalk, vias, and power delivery in high-speed PCB designs. Download this guide to learn more.


Electromagnetic Design Techniques for PCB Layout

Electromagnetic Design Techniques for PCB Layout

Learn practical PCB layout techniques for controlling EMI, improving signal and power integrity, and preventing costly design issues before fabrication. Download this guide to discover proven electromagnetic design practices and analysis workflows for modern PCB development.


HDI Deconstructed

HDI Deconstructed

Learn the fundamentals of High-Density Interconnect (HDI) PCB design, including microvias, stackup strategies, material selection, signal integrity, reliability, and manufacturability considerations. Download this guide to understand the design and fabrication principles behind successful HDI implementations.


A Smarter Way to Manage Electronics Development

A Smarter Way to Manage Electronics Development

Discover how engineering managers reduce rework and scale with confidence. Get structured collaboration, clear workflows, and full project visibility.


Ultra-Low-Profile Current Sensing for Next-Generation Power Architectures

Ultra-Low-Profile Current Sensing for Next-Generation Power Architectures

Learn how ultra-low-profile current sensing helps engineers overcome mechanical, thermal, and routing challenges in today's high-density power architectures for AI, servers, and advanced electronics.


Low Voltage, High Current Design for Advanced SoC, FPGA, and Microprocessor Solutions

Low Voltage, High Current Design for Advanced SoC, FPGA, and Microprocessor Solutions

Learn practical techniques for improving efficiency, thermal performance, EMI behavior, and stability in low-voltage, high-current SoC, FPGA, and processor power designs.


Passing EMI Compliance Testing the First Time: The Physics of Low-Emissions PCB Design

Passing EMI Compliance Testing the First Time: The Physics of Low-Emissions PCB Design

Find out why EMI happens at the physics level and what it means for cleaner PCB design and first-pass compliance.


Realizing the Benefits of Quality Inspection Reports

Realizing the Benefits of Quality Inspection Reports

Independent PCB quality inspection reports validate manufacturing standards, helping engineers optimize designs, ensure reliability, and ease regulatory compliance.


Testpoint Manager

Testpoint Manager

Design for test with confidence using Altium Testpoint Manager, a centralized solution for assigning and managing PCB testpoints with speed and precision. Explore how to improve test coverage, reduce debugging time and streamline the path from design to production. Read the guide to learn more.


Guide to Lean Requirements for Space Engineering

Guide to Lean Requirements for Space Engineering

Optimize your space‑engineering workflows with practical strategies to modernize requirements management, improve traceability, and prevent costly project failures. Download the Space Requirements Management Guide to learn how high‑performing teams accelerate development without compromising reliability.


Quad HDMI Input Fast Switching Solution with ADV7612

Quad HDMI Input Fast Switching Solution with ADV7612

In this application note from Analog Devices, learn how to implement a quad-input HDMI receiver using dual ADV7612 devices and an ADV7511 transmitter, focusing on fast switching, signal integrity, and reliable I2C control. It details bus management, tri-stating, trace routing, and termination strategies for video, audio, and line-locked clock signals, along with optional CEC and interrupt handling.


Overvoltage Protection for Power Semiconductors in Solid-State DC Breakers for BESS and Datacenter Applications

Overvoltage Protection for Power Semiconductors in Solid-State DC Breakers for BESS and Datacenter Applications

Learn how TVS diodes protect power semiconductors in solid-state DC breakers through surge thermal modeling, with insights on switching behavior, packaging, and design optimization.


The Electrical Engineer’s Desk Guide

The Electrical Engineer’s Desk Guide

Bridge the gap between PCB manufacturing and real-world electronics design with Summit Interconnect’s Electrical Engineering Desk Guide, covering fabrication, stack-up, EMI, power delivery, and regulation fundamentals that drive manufacturable, high-performance hardware.


A Signal Integrity Guide to HSD PCB Design

A Signal Integrity Guide to HSD PCB Design

Download this comprehensive guide and get a blueprint for mastering Signal Integrity fundamentals in complex, high-speed PCB systems.


Ensure Long Life Code with VTI’s RESTful Driverless Software

Ensure Long Life Code with VTI’s RESTful Driverless Software

Future-Proof Your Test Systems: Discover Driverless Control with VTI’s RESTful Software Traditional driver-based architectures are holding your test systems back—creating costly dependencies and risking obsolescence. Learn how VTI’s RESTful approach delivers platform independence, scalability, and long-term reliability.


Understanding Power Integrity in PCB Design: Power Analyzer by Keysight

Understanding Power Integrity in PCB Design: Power Analyzer by Keysight

This white paper explores the importance of power integrity in PCB design and demonstrates how the Power Analyzer by Keysight, integrated with Altium Designer, helps engineers identify and resolve voltage drop and current density issues early in the design process.


Digital Thread for Electronics: Synchronizing PCB, Multi-Board, and Harness Design

Digital Thread for Electronics: Synchronizing PCB, Multi-Board, and Harness Design

Discover how a unified digital thread connects PCB, multi-board, and harness design into one synchronized workflow. Learn how integrated data and real-time collaboration help teams eliminate errors and accelerate system development.


Industrial Wireless Solutions: The Ultimate Wi-Fi 7 Solutions for Industrial Innovation

Industrial Wireless Solutions: The Ultimate Wi-Fi 7 Solutions for Industrial Innovation

Download the eBook to discover how Advantech’s Wi-Fi 7 solutions are driving industrial connectivity and accelerating AIoT innovation.


PCI Design Guide — Q&A (Gen 4,5,6) Part 1 — For Engineers Building High Speed PCB Systems

PCI Design Guide — Q&A (Gen 4,5,6) Part 1 — For Engineers Building High Speed PCB Systems

High-speed PCB design for PCI Express Gen4, Gen5, and Gen6 pushes every dimension of signal integrity and layout engineering. This PCIe Design Guide – Q&A (Part 1) compiles 60 of the most common real-world design questions that engineers face—and provides detailed, practical answers grounded in simulation data, field experience, and compliance testing.


Top Cool Package for Power Discrete MOSFETs

Top Cool Package for Power Discrete MOSFETs

onsemi’s Top Cool MOSFET package enhances thermal performance by exposing the drain on the top side of the device, allowing direct heatsinking and freeing PCB space for additional components. Testing of the TCPAK57 Top Cool device showed up to 11× lower thermal resistance and greater power-handling capability compared to traditional SO8FL packages. This application note explains how this enables smaller, cooler, and more efficient designs for high-power applications in automotive, industrial, and energy systems.