Articles - Printed Circuit Boards (PCB)

Design and manufacture of printed circuit boards (PCB)

1. Surface mount and microwaves
   John Dunn
   Passive Components Printed Circuit Boards (PCB)
   Upside-down mounting can deliver inductance upsides for surface mount passives and other components. Please visualize the structure of a surface mount resistor as shown in the Figure 1. Figure 1. Surface mount resistor constituents include this ...
   Jun 15, 2026
2. Quickly find pc-board shorts with low-cost tracer technique
   Teno P. Cipri
   Measurement Printed Circuit Boards (PCB)
   A predominant failure mechanism for production pc boards is shorted traces. Finding hidden shorts is often time-consuming and frustrating. Typical techniques of cutting traces, lifting pads, and “blowing” shorts are, at best, ...
   Dec 30, 2025

3. Current sensing: PCB traces vs. shunt resistors
   Jerry Steele
   Measurement Printed Circuit Boards (PCB) Microchip MCP6C02 MCP6V11 MCP6V76 2N7002
   When tasked with a current sensing requirement, designers typically look first to using dedicated resistors designed for this task. Occasionally though there is the temptation to consider sensing current in a printed circuit board (PCB) trace. ...
   May 28, 2025
4. Spice models differential stripline
   Vittorio Ricchiuti
   Printed Circuit Boards (PCB) CAD & Software
   Differential signaling is a common technique for obtaining high noise immunity for critical signals in high-speed digital pc-board systems. The pc board's traces, carrying differential signals, are often edge-coupled offset striplines, with the ...
   Mar 18, 2025
5. What's a "thermal jumper" do, anyway?
   Bill Schweber
   Discretes Tools and Technologies Printed Circuit Boards (PCB)
   I’ve always been interested in simple-looking components which solve well-defined, clear, bounded problems. One carpentry example I encountered and used many years ago is formally known as a hanger bolt, Figure 1. One end has a wood-screw ...
   Jun 13, 2024
6. The golden rule of board layout for switch-mode power supplies
   Frederik Dostal
   Beginners Printed Circuit Boards (PCB) Analog Devices LT8640S
   This article explains the basis for achieving an optimized board layout, a critical aspect in the design of switch-mode power supplies. A good layout ensures stable functioning of the switching regulator and minimizes radiated interference as well ...
   Nov 29, 2023
7. Optimize High-Current Sensing Accuracy by Improving Pad Layout of Low-Value Shunt Resistors
   Marcus O'Sullivan
   Measurement Printed Circuit Boards (PCB) TT Electronics ULR
   Introduction Current-sense resistors, which come in a variety of shapes and sizes, are used to measure current in many automotive, power control, and industrial systems. When using very low value resistors (a few milliohms or less), the resistance ...
   Nov 22, 2022
8. PCBWay - more than PCB manufacturing
   Tools and Technologies Printed Circuit Boards (PCB)
   Introduction Every electronic device you can consider containing a PCB is still the best and most reliable way of connecting electronics components. The PCB stands for Printed Circuit Board , on which electronic components are soldered on pads ...
   Apr 19, 2022
9. Improve High-Current DC/DC Regulator EMI Performance for Free with Optimized Power Stage Layout
   Timothy Hegarty
   Printed Circuit Boards (PCB) Supply Texas Instruments LM5146-Q1
   Introduction The high dv/dt and di/dt switching transients during MOSFET commutation are the chief sources of both conducted and radiated EMI from switching DC/DC regulators. While the optimization of PCB layout for gallium-nitride (GaN) switching ...
   Feb 4, 2022
10. What is Glass Circuit Board? A New Revolution in the Electronics Industry
    Printed Circuit Boards (PCB) FX PCB
    Over the past few decades, the circuit board and electronics industry have seen tremendous innovation and technological advancement. Consequently, many types of circuit boards have emerged to fulfill the different electronics and industrial ...
    Jan 27, 2022