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Is this really how beginners design boards??? | Schematic Review

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This video will help you to understand eye diagrams. Thank you very much Tim Wang Lee
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            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">00:00</span><span class="chapters-text">What is this video about</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">00:17</span><span class="chapters-text">How eye diagram is created and why it´s useful</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">07:35</span><span class="chapters-text">How reflections influence eye diagram shape</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">12:17</span><span class="chapters-text">Simulating reflections and checking eye diagram</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">20:19</span><span class="chapters-text">How crosstalk influences eye diagram shape</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">30:36</span><span class="chapters-text">Simulating crosstalk and checking eye diagram</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">35:09</span><span class="chapters-text">How loss influences eye diagram shape</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">41:13</span><span class="chapters-text">Simulating loss and checking eye diagram</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">50:32</span><span class="chapters-text">Equalization explained</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">57:53</span><span class="chapters-text">CTLE Equalization</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">58:49</span><span class="chapters-text">FFE Equalization</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">1:02:19</span><span class="chapters-text">DFE Equalization</span></li>
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            <li class="links-list-item"><a href="http://www.keysight.com/find/ads-si-workshop">Learn more about Signal Integrity with ADS</a></li>
            <li class="links-list-item"><a href="https://www.keysight.com/us/en/products/software/pathwave-design-software.html">Get a head start with Electronic Design Automation</a></li>
            <li class="links-list-item"><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/timwanglee/">Connect with Tim</a></li>
            <li class="links-list-item"><a href="https://fedevel.com/courses">FEDEVEL Online courses</a></li>
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What does an eye diagram show? Here is how you recognize problems - reflections, crosstalk and loss

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        Watch how differential pair signals are travelling through a PCB. Thank you very much Yuriy Shlepnev 
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            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">00:00</span><span class="chapters-text">What is this video about</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">00:33</span><span class="chapters-text">Differential pairs routed on top / bottom, THIN PCB, 1W</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">12:56</span><span class="chapters-text">3W, Top / Bottom</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">17:17</span><span class="chapters-text">THICK PCB, Top / Bottom</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">23:49</span><span class="chapters-text">No GND plane</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">30:01</span><span class="chapters-text">Differential pairs inside of PCB</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">45:30</span><span class="chapters-text">3D animation, top/bottom, 1W</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">48:51</span><span class="chapters-text">3D animation, top/bottom, 3W</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">57:12</span><span class="chapters-text">3D animation, inside of PCB, 1W</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">58:40</span><span class="chapters-text">3D animation, inside of PCB, 3W</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">1:06:21</span><span class="chapters-text">Crosstalk examples</span></li>
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            <li class="links-list-item"><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/yuriy-shlepnev-7b39136/">Yuriy's LinkedIn</a></li>
            <li class="links-list-item"><a href="https://www.simberian.com/">Yuriy's company</a></li>
            <li class="links-list-item"><a href="https://fedevel.com/courses">FEDEVEL Online courses</a></li>
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Watch Differential Pair Fields and Currents in PCB

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        Change the way how you look at powers on your board.
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                <span class="chapters-time">08:11</span><span class="chapters-text">Pdn Impedance Graph</span>
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                <span class="chapters-time">09:29</span><span class="chapters-text">Ac Analysis</span>
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                <span class="chapters-time">11:28</span><span class="chapters-text">Component Models</span>
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                <span class="chapters-time">17:16</span><span class="chapters-text">Pdn Impedance</span>
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                <span class="chapters-time">28:44</span><span class="chapters-text">Critical Frequency</span>
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                <span class="chapters-time">39:53</span><span class="chapters-text">Circuit Element Equivalents</span>
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                <span class="chapters-time">44:45</span><span class="chapters-text">The Impedance of an Inductor</span>
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                <span class="chapters-time">46:05</span><span class="chapters-text">Impedance versus Frequency for an Inductor</span>
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                <span class="chapters-time">46:47</span><span class="chapters-text">Impedance of an Ideal Capacitor</span>
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            <li class="links-list-item"><a href="https://youtu.be/5Ca0Eah7eKI">Part 1: PCB Layout & Decoupling - Explained why it´s so complicated</a></li>
            <li class="links-list-item"><a href="https://youtu.be/Tt8X6_maj6c">Part 2: PCB Layout & Decoupling - Understanding Impedance</a></li>
            <li class="links-list-item"><a href="https://youtu.be/hZSOhVdzqZk">Part 3: PCB Layout & Decoupling - Measuring and Fixing</a></li>
            <li class="links-list-item"><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/florian-h%C3%A4mmerle-a8304152/?originalSubdomain=at">Florian Hämmerle</a></li>
            <li class="links-list-item"><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/eric-bogatin-368860/">Eric Bogatin</a></li>
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PCB Layout & Decoupling – Explained why it’s so complicated (Part 1)

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        I always wanted to see if for higher frequencies currents really flow under signals. And, here it is …
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Does Return Current Flow Under Signals? Watch these examples …

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        When capacitor is an inductor …
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            <li class="links-list-item"><a href="https://youtu.be/5Ca0Eah7eKI">Part 1: PCB Layout & Decoupling - Explained why it´s so complicated</a></li>
            <li class="links-list-item"><a href="https://youtu.be/Tt8X6_maj6c">Part 2: PCB Layout & Decoupling - Understanding Impedance</a></li>
            <li class="links-list-item"><a href="https://youtu.be/hZSOhVdzqZk">Part 3: PCB Layout & Decoupling - Measuring and Fixing</a></li>
            <li class="links-list-item"><a href="https://www.wikihow.com/Calculate-Impedance">Calculating Impedance Webpage</a></li>
            <li class="links-list-item"><a href="https://youtu.be/YLGrugmDvc0">Series Resonance in RLC Circuit</a></li>
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