X-Parameters, Trace Width, Propagation Delay, and More | 25k Q&A

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It’s been a few months since our last Q&A, so todayTech Consultant Zach Peterson returns to explore a wide array of your PCB Design questions. He explores impedance, x-parameters, s-parameters, parallel resistors, trace width, pulse, propagation delay, and much more!

0:00 Intro
0:33 Impedance and Frequency
1:12 Propagation Delay, Vias, and Altium Designer
2:39 Routing with Differential Pairs and Odd Mode Impedance
4:34 Beads and Parallel Resistors
6:03 X-Parameters
7:09 S-Parameters Block
8:14 S-Parameters and Simulation Results
9:12 Trace Width and Pulse

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