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Understanding Circuit Material Performance Concerns for PCBs at Millimeter-Wave Frequencies

Millimeter-wave (mmWave) frequency applications are becoming more common. There are applications utilizing PCB technology at 60 GHz,77 GHz and many other mmWave frequencies. When designing a PC .. read more

Effect of Permittivity and Dissipation Factor of Solder Mask Upon Measured Loss

Existing coated microstrip trace impedance estimation usually uses the dielectric constant (Dk) of solder mask ink measured at 1 MHz from its datasheet. Or,some printed circuit board (PCB) manu .. read more

Insertion Loss Comparisons of Common High Frequency PCB Constructions

Printed Circuit Boards (PCB’s) have been used for many years in low loss,high frequency microwave applications and many of these circuits have become increasingly complex. Often these complex c .. read more

Why Signal Always Be Loss in a High Speed Frequency Transmission Line

The high speed transmission applications in the electronic product become inevitable developing trend. The signal integrity becomes the most important issue in the electronic industry. The mate .. read more

Behavior of Materials in the Manufacturing Environment

This study was conducted to understand seven materials reliability,behavior of Dielectric constant and Dissipation factor over medium to high frequencies. A modified version of HDPUG design was .. read more

New Developments in PCB Laminates

Executive Summary There are many issues to consider when developing a new circuit material for the PCB industry. It is a given assumption that the new material must be compatible to standard PC .. read more

Step Stress Testing of Solid Tantalum Capacitors

Solid tantalum capacitors were introduced to the market more than five decades ago and continue to be widely used. Reliability issues arise when tantalum capacitors are exposed to excessive the .. read more

Thermal Characteristics of PCB Laminates used in High Frequency Applications

As technology advances,understanding thermal management issues of high frequency PCB’s increases. There are many different aspects to consider for PCB thermal management. This paper will invest .. read more

Failure Mechanisms in Embedded Planar Capacitors during High Temperature Operating Life (HTOL) Testing

High temperature operating life (HTOL) testing was performed on embedded planar capacitors (with epoxy- BaTiO3 composite dielectric) by subjecting these devices to highly accelerated temperatur .. read more

Understanding when to use FR-4 laminates or High Frequency Laminates

Over the years a question that has been asked repeatedly of material suppliers is: “when do I need to use a high frequency laminate over the choice of a standard FR-4 substrate”? The answer has .. read more

Thermal Effects on PCB Laminate Material Dielectric Constant and Dissipation Factor

Values for printed circuit board (PCB) laminate dielectric constant (Dk) and dissipation factor (Df) used in circuit design and signal integrity (SI) modeling are typically those presented on l .. read more

Effects of Moisture Content on Permittivity and Loss Tangent of Printed Circuit Board Materials

Printed circuit board laminate datasheets provide permittivity (dielectric constant,Dk) and loss tangent (dissipation factor,Df) values that are used for specification and board design. But pas .. read more

Low Loss & Novel Halogen-Free Laminates for High Frequency Device Applications

In this paper,ITEQ demonstrates outstanding performance of new halogen-free and low loss laminates,IT-258GA,IT-168G,and IT-150D,for the coming halogen free generation,and higher frequency appli .. read more

Determining Dielectric Properties of High Frequency PCB Laminate Materials

This paper will focus on understanding the dielectric constant (dk) of high frequency laminate materials. The dissipation factor (df) and other electrical properties will be discussed as well,h .. read more

A Novel Halogen-Free Material for High Speed PCB

The mobile communication devices such as cell phones require high speed transmission of large volume data as well as reduction in size and weight. When signal is transmitted in high speed and f .. read more

Polyphenylene Ether Macromolecules. VI. Halogen Free Flame Retardant Epoxy Resins

An important criterion for dielectric materials used in the microelectronics industry is their flammability. Typically,flame retardant epoxy resins use bromine-containing flame-retardants. In t .. read more

Effect of Environmental Stress and Bias Conditions on Reliability of Embedded Planar Capacitors

The reliability of an embedded planar capacitor laminate under a variety of environmental stress and bias conditions was investigated. The dielectric consisted of a composite of BaTiO3 particle .. read more

Effect of Conductor Surface Roughness upon Measured Loss and Extracted Values of PCB Laminate Material Dissipation Factor

Prediction of accurate values for insertion loss (S21) on printed circuit boards has become ever more critical to SI modeling as signal speeds required for next-generation networking equipment .. read more

Polyphenylene Ether Macromonomers. Iii. Enhancement of Dielectric Materials

Two major trends in printed wiring boards electronics are applications that require higher operating frequency,often in the radio frequency range (GHz),and the use of lead free solder assembly. .. read more

Novel Dielectric Materials: Breaking the Gigahertz Barrier

For many critical electronic applications,there is a need for dielectric systems that exhibit better electrical insulation performance than epoxies and other conventional materials. In the prod .. read more

The Influence of Material Reactivity in Dk/Df Electrical Performance

Over the years,signal integrity performance and bandwidth gets more critical for today’s higher signal transmission speeds and bandwidth demand in every field of applications such as computing, .. read more

Base Material Consideration for High Speed Printed Circuit boards

Over these years,EU RoHS restriction and lead-free capability is the hottest environmental protection subject. In technology trend,signal integrity performance gets more critical upon today’s h .. read more

Electrical Characteristics of High Speed Materials

This paper will discuss the two primary transmission components that concern designers today. These components affect the signal integrity of all high-speed transmissions in printed circuit boa .. read more

High Frequency Dielectric Constant and Dissipation Factor Performance of Electronic PWB Substrates

Design of printed wiring boards allowing devices to function at increasing signal transmission rates is a difficult task. As operating frequencies increase beyond one Gigahertz the availability .. read more

Understanding Circuit Material Performance Concerns for PCBs at Millimeter-Wave Frequencies

Millimeter-wave (mmWave) frequency applications are becoming more common. There are applications utilizing PCB technology at 60 GHz,77 GHz and many other mmWave frequencies. When designing a PC .. read more

Effect of Permittivity and Dissipation Factor of Solder Mask Upon Measured Loss

Existing coated microstrip trace impedance estimation usually uses the dielectric constant (Dk) of solder mask ink measured at 1 MHz from its datasheet. Or,some printed circuit board (PCB) manu .. read more

Insertion Loss Comparisons of Common High Frequency PCB Constructions

Printed Circuit Boards (PCB’s) have been used for many years in low loss,high frequency microwave applications and many of these circuits have become increasingly complex. Often these complex c .. read more

Why Signal Always Be Loss in a High Speed Frequency Transmission Line

The high speed transmission applications in the electronic product become inevitable developing trend. The signal integrity becomes the most important issue in the electronic industry. The mate .. read more

Behavior of Materials in the Manufacturing Environment

This study was conducted to understand seven materials reliability,behavior of Dielectric constant and Dissipation factor over medium to high frequencies. A modified version of HDPUG design was .. read more

New Developments in PCB Laminates

Executive Summary There are many issues to consider when developing a new circuit material for the PCB industry. It is a given assumption that the new material must be compatible to standard PC .. read more

Step Stress Testing of Solid Tantalum Capacitors

Solid tantalum capacitors were introduced to the market more than five decades ago and continue to be widely used. Reliability issues arise when tantalum capacitors are exposed to excessive the .. read more

Thermal Characteristics of PCB Laminates used in High Frequency Applications

As technology advances,understanding thermal management issues of high frequency PCB’s increases. There are many different aspects to consider for PCB thermal management. This paper will invest .. read more

Failure Mechanisms in Embedded Planar Capacitors during High Temperature Operating Life (HTOL) Testing

High temperature operating life (HTOL) testing was performed on embedded planar capacitors (with epoxy- BaTiO3 composite dielectric) by subjecting these devices to highly accelerated temperatur .. read more

Understanding when to use FR-4 laminates or High Frequency Laminates

Over the years a question that has been asked repeatedly of material suppliers is: “when do I need to use a high frequency laminate over the choice of a standard FR-4 substrate”? The answer has .. read more

Thermal Effects on PCB Laminate Material Dielectric Constant and Dissipation Factor

Values for printed circuit board (PCB) laminate dielectric constant (Dk) and dissipation factor (Df) used in circuit design and signal integrity (SI) modeling are typically those presented on l .. read more

Effects of Moisture Content on Permittivity and Loss Tangent of Printed Circuit Board Materials

Printed circuit board laminate datasheets provide permittivity (dielectric constant,Dk) and loss tangent (dissipation factor,Df) values that are used for specification and board design. But pas .. read more

Low Loss & Novel Halogen-Free Laminates for High Frequency Device Applications

In this paper,ITEQ demonstrates outstanding performance of new halogen-free and low loss laminates,IT-258GA,IT-168G,and IT-150D,for the coming halogen free generation,and higher frequency appli .. read more

Determining Dielectric Properties of High Frequency PCB Laminate Materials

This paper will focus on understanding the dielectric constant (dk) of high frequency laminate materials. The dissipation factor (df) and other electrical properties will be discussed as well,h .. read more

A Novel Halogen-Free Material for High Speed PCB

The mobile communication devices such as cell phones require high speed transmission of large volume data as well as reduction in size and weight. When signal is transmitted in high speed and f .. read more

Polyphenylene Ether Macromolecules. VI. Halogen Free Flame Retardant Epoxy Resins

An important criterion for dielectric materials used in the microelectronics industry is their flammability. Typically,flame retardant epoxy resins use bromine-containing flame-retardants. In t .. read more

Effect of Environmental Stress and Bias Conditions on Reliability of Embedded Planar Capacitors

The reliability of an embedded planar capacitor laminate under a variety of environmental stress and bias conditions was investigated. The dielectric consisted of a composite of BaTiO3 particle .. read more

Effect of Conductor Surface Roughness upon Measured Loss and Extracted Values of PCB Laminate Material Dissipation Factor

Prediction of accurate values for insertion loss (S21) on printed circuit boards has become ever more critical to SI modeling as signal speeds required for next-generation networking equipment .. read more

Polyphenylene Ether Macromonomers. Iii. Enhancement of Dielectric Materials

Two major trends in printed wiring boards electronics are applications that require higher operating frequency,often in the radio frequency range (GHz),and the use of lead free solder assembly. .. read more

Novel Dielectric Materials: Breaking the Gigahertz Barrier

For many critical electronic applications,there is a need for dielectric systems that exhibit better electrical insulation performance than epoxies and other conventional materials. In the prod .. read more

The Influence of Material Reactivity in Dk/Df Electrical Performance

Over the years,signal integrity performance and bandwidth gets more critical for today’s higher signal transmission speeds and bandwidth demand in every field of applications such as computing, .. read more

Base Material Consideration for High Speed Printed Circuit boards

Over these years,EU RoHS restriction and lead-free capability is the hottest environmental protection subject. In technology trend,signal integrity performance gets more critical upon today’s h .. read more

Electrical Characteristics of High Speed Materials

This paper will discuss the two primary transmission components that concern designers today. These components affect the signal integrity of all high-speed transmissions in printed circuit boa .. read more

High Frequency Dielectric Constant and Dissipation Factor Performance of Electronic PWB Substrates

Design of printed wiring boards allowing devices to function at increasing signal transmission rates is a difficult task. As operating frequencies increase beyond one Gigahertz the availability .. read more