Rushing a design through to production without absolute confidence in its performance and simply hoping for the best could lead to costly re-spins and time-to-market delays. The shrinking of printed circuit boards (PCBs) and their components with every new product generation requires that the high-speed transmission lines (traces on a PCB) become smaller and more closely packed, increasing the likelihood of signaling problems from noise and interference.Īt the same time, customer demands for quicker availability of new products means less time for engineers to design and test their latest innovations. The chances for signal interference and timing delays in these systems, among other key properties, are constantly increasing.

Here’s a metric that brings home the ever-increasing speed of electronic devices: TVs that can handle 4K videos support frequency ranges of 1.4 GHz or higher. As the electrification of so many of the products we use every day accelerates and intensifies, the market demands faster, smaller, smarter electronics at an ever more rapid pace, which means engineers are tasked with navigating increasingly complex challenges in a hurry.

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