Another common mistake is simply reducing the diameter of the through-holes to permit space to reroute the breakout. To maintain manufacturability, I recommend a minimum 6mil finished hole size/8mil ...
The folks at Mentor Graphics have just announced the publication of a new book written by Charles Pfeil. Charles is the engineering director of Mentor's Systems Design Division, and the book is ...
The following paper provides Via Fanout and Trace Routing solutions for various metric pitch Ball Grid Array Packages. Note: the “metric” dimensions are the ruling numbers. To solve the metric pitch ...
Video system design goes beyond evaluating and using the right microprocessors, peripheral chips and other related components. Consider that high-pin count, fine-pitch BGAs ranging upwards of 1,052 ...
Charles Pfeil is an Engineering Director in the Systems Design Division at Mentor Graphics. My first experience with computerized printed-circuit-board (PCB) design was in 1978 when I acquired two ...