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Deterministic Solutions to Solve Skew Problems

Judy Warner
|  已创建：October 14, 2021
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Avoid getting your design "skewed"! Today's guest is Z-Zero's Founder and CEO, Bill Hargin. Together we will dive into the cause of getting skews in your board. Watch now to get answers to your "skews" questions.
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Deterministic Solutions to Solve Skew Problems

Everything that goes to making a board works against signal integrity...physics screw things up.
 -Bill Hargin

Avoid getting your design “skewed”! Today’s guest is Z-Zero’s Founder and CEO, Bill Hargin. Together we will dive into the cause of getting skews in your board. There are many details, and many questions answered, so make sure to watch through the end and check out the additional resources below.

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Show Highlights:

  • Introduction, a brief overview of Z-Zero and Bill’s background
    • Hardware Manager at Boeing (Electronic cooling and CAD design)
    • He became the Director of Sales and Marketing at Hyperlynx
    • High-speed marketing and five years in laminate space
    • Sharing his deep knowledge of signal integrity - travel around the world doing workshops
    • 2018 - full time at Z-Zero, a software company he founded. Z-Zero is an EDA start-up that offers solutions for stackup design, field solver, automation, library
  • Bill presents every year at the PCB West on topics of stackup design and material selection
  • Bill offers more resources through webinars and blog articles on z-zero.com
  • What are Skews, and why is it’s a problem?
    • Comprehensive overview and solutions
      • Deterministic solutions
      • Stochastic Solutions
  • What is a Glass-weave skew (GWS)?
  • Prepreg glass types, what is spread glass?
  • Bill’s deterministic solutions to avoid skew
    • Angled routing
    • Rotating artwork 10 degrees (waste about 15% of the material, higher cost)

Links and Resources:

Bill Hargin on LinkedIn
Z-Zero Website
Who Should Be Concerned about the Fiber-Weave Effect?

Read the blogs:
How to Avoid Getting Totally Skewed, Part 1
How to Avoid Getting Totally Skewed, Part 2
How to Avoid Getting Totally Skewed, Part 3
How to Avoid Getting Totally Skewed, Part 4

Watch the Webinars:
Glass-Weave Skew - Part 1 - Who Cares?
Glass-Weave Skew - Part 2 - Mitigation Methods  

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Judy Warner在电子行业的不同领域有超过25年的经验。她拥有PCB制造、射频和微波PCB以及合同制造的背景，专攻Mil/Aero应用。她还在多家行业出版物撰写文章、博客和日志，例如Microwave Journal、PCB007 Magazine、PCB Design007、PCD&F和IEEE Microwave Magazine，并且是PCEA（印刷电路工程协会）的活跃委员会成员。2017年，Warner加入Altium，担任社区参与总监。除了主持OnTrack Podcast和创建OnTrack Newsletter外，她还推出Altium年度用户研讨会AltiumLive。Warner致力于为全球PCB设计工程师提供资源、支持和建议。

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