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Eric Bogatin takes a closer look at the potential consequences of the widening gap between industry demand and the supply of engineers with signal integrity design skills, and poses potential solutions to inspire future generations of signal integrity engineers.

Many systems fail to live up to expectations, frequently because of an implementation failure at the breakout region. In this blog, Travis Ellis, SI engineer at Samtec, discusses connector-to-board transitions and common impairments to their performance.

Ken Wyatt recommends planning in advance to install local shields for most critical wireless applications. Read on.

In this installment of Practical EMC, Ken Wyatt proves that when it comes to Apple versus counterfeit power modules, you get what you pay for. 

Kenneth Wyatt and Steve Sandler are inclined to recommend a solid return plane be used for all DC-DC power conversion. Read on to find out why. 

In this article, Eric Bogatin uses the issue of power integrity to illustrate why dialog between experts is crucial. 

In this installment of Practical EMC, Ken Wyatt reviews real-time spectrum analyzers, helping you to pick the one best suited to your needs and within your price range.

About 150 years ago the first stable transatlantic cable was laid and messages were sent between Ireland and Newfound­land over copper. The data rate on this cable was not even 1 bit/sec, it was 0.1 bit/sec. Concerns over the cable reliabil­ity and the slow data rate led some to believe copper was doomed as a communication media for these long cables.

In this edition of Practical EMC, Ken Wyatt walks you through different spectrum analyzers and his experience with them, helping you to pick the one best suited to your needs.