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PCB Design & Signal Integrity
Practical board design for fast edges and RF. Rules of thumb are tested against published measurements rather than repeated, and the conditions that make each one true are kept.
Pricing on registration
- Duration
- 6 weeks
- Modules
- 6
- Format
- Live + Recorded
- Certificate
- Yes
- Tools
- KiCad, Altium, Field solver
You will hear before it is announced publicly
Outcomes
What you will be able to do
- Choose a stack-up for a given signal speed and layer count
- Design controlled-impedance traces and check them
- Route return paths deliberately
- Decouple a power rail with numbers behind the choice
- Anticipate EMI problems at layout time rather than at the test house
Prerequisites
What you need first
- Basic electronics
- Some exposure to a PCB tool
Software
What to install
- KiCad 8+ (free) or Altium
Curriculum
6 modules
Expand a module to see the lessons inside it.
- Copper weights and geometry
- Sheet resistance
- Current capacity
- Net classes
- Two, four and six layers
- Where the planes go
- Dielectrics
- Cost against performance
- Microstrip and stripline
- Field solvers
- Tolerances
- Talking to your fabricator
- Where current returns and why
- Gaps and splits
- Via stitching
- Crosstalk
- Decoupling that works
- Loop inductance
- Plane capacitance
- Measuring rail noise
- A review checklist
- Common failures
- DFM basics
- Preparing for EMC testing
Projects
What you will build
- Stack-up and impedance plan for a four-layer RF board
- Decoupling study for a fast switching load
FAQ
Common questions
No. The course is tool-agnostic and worked examples are given in KiCad, which is free.