PC Board Design & Layout
The integrity of PC board design is critical to the success of high-speed and high-power applications. Oztek’s in-house board designers work closely with our hardware engineers to ensure that the final PC board layout fully meets performance and manufacturability requirements.
Mixed Signal Processing
An effective design adeptly handles analog and digital signals at all levels. Component placement, ground plane design, and signal routing must all be carefully considered to maximize the performance and accuracy of signals crossing between analog and digital domains.
High-powered circuits generate noise, which poses a particular challenge to the precise control of minute analog signals. Our engineers have specialized expertise in designing high-speed DSP boards for these demanding environments.
EMI, EMC and ESD Compliance
To be successful, a product must operate harmoniously within its intended environment. To ensure this occurs, Oztek engineers address EMI, EMC and ESD compliance by minimizing noise and sensitivity at the source.
With careful control of line impedances and grounding, and thoughtful use of filters and clamp networks during the board design phase, our engineers achieve robust and cost-effective solutions.
High Speed and Controlled Impedance
Many of Oztek’s boards employ transmission line design to ensure optimal performance of high speed circuitry. Our present designs operate up to 500MHz, and utilize circuitry requiring low jitter clock distribution.
We also often utilize controlled dielectrics and controlled impedances on slower circuits. Examples include using low level instrumentation to reduce EMI sensitivity and, in the case of power circuits, to also reduce distribution impedances, parasitic ringing and associated EMI.
Oztek recognizes that the circuit elements you don’t see on the schematic are often just as critical as the ones you do.
Advanced Thermal Management
Successful power board design requires integration and consideration of thermal system design, as well as careful control of power interconnects. Oztek has experience in high-current PC board layout for power stage circuits. We routinely work with heavyweight copper to design boards that operate in excess of 100 amps.
Using conventional thermal management and heat sink technologies, along with innovative, high-conductivity substrates, Oztek engineers highly reliable boards that are optimized for manufacturability.
Our engineers are prepared to work with you to develop a thermal approach that meets your cost target, application requirements and environmental demands