Complete PCB Design Using OrCAD Capture and PCB Editor

by Kraig Mitzner

Overview

This book provides instruction on how to use the OrCAD design suite to design and manufacture printed circuit boards. The primary goal is to show the reader how to design a PCB using OrCAD Capture and OrCAD Editor. Capture is used to build the schematic diagram of the circuit, and Editor is used to design the circuit board so that it can be manufactured.

The book is written for both students and practicing engineers who need in-depth instruction on how to use the software, and who need background knowledge of the PCB design process.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780750689717
Publisher:	Elsevier Science
Publication date:	05/28/2009
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	488
Product dimensions:	7.50(w) x 9.20(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

Kraig Mitzner is a consultant in Silverdale, WA, USA

Bob Doe joined OrCAD UK in April 1999 and moved to Cadence in January 2000 after Cadence acquired OrCAD. When Cadence appointed a UK Channel Partner in 2002, Bob moved to Parallel Systems Ltd. in September 2002 and has worked there since looking after post sales technical support and training courses. Parallel Systems provides front line support, sales and training for the OrCAD and Allegro Products. www.orcad.co.uk Parallel Systems has produced over 400 free tutorial videos for the Cadence software.

Alexander Akulin gained his engineering education in Moscow Aviation University in 1990. He worked for 9 years as an electronics engineer in a Nuclear Physics Institute of Moscow State University. In 1999 he has founded the EMS company in Moscow called PCB Technology, which became a big holding providing PCB design, manufacturing, and assembly services in Russia. Alexander as co-owner and CTO of this company participated in creation of the technical department of PCB supply chain, PCB design center and the assembly factory “from scratch”. In 2012 he founded, together with several partners, PCB SOFT which provided system integration and eCAD sales services. In 2015 PCB SOFT Ltd became Channel Partner of Cadence Design Systems, and started selling OrCAD, Allegro and Sigrity tools in Russia including providing support, education and workshop services.

Anton Suponin graduated in 2005 from Moscow State Technical University. He has considerable experience working at electronics manufacturing facilities, PCB manufacturing and PCB layout and simulation companies. He has accomplished a number of layouts of complex PCB designs with high-speed SERDES links, DDR memory, HDI stackups. While working in PCB design office, he learned Cadence Sigrity software and used it to simulate SI/PI in his PCB projects. Now he is a Cadence certified instructor on Allegro PCB Editor and Sigrity simulation tools

Dirk Müller has an electrical engineering degree from the University of Emden where he completed a thesis on computer architecture and data transmission for high-speed computers based on INMOS transputers. He has worked in customer support and custom adaptation of embedded computers to control industrial laser printers. He founded FlowCAD in 2003, a company selling and supporting PCB Design Software for customers in central Europe. Today he leads the development department and Design Services Group at FlowCAD

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Introduction to PCB Design and Computer-Aided DesignChapter 2 Introduction to the PCB Design flow by exampleChapter 3 Project Structures and the PCB Editor Tool SetChapter 4 Introduction to Industry Standards Chapter 5 Introduction to Design for ManufactureChapter 6 PCB Design for signal integrityChapter 7 Making and Editing Capture PartsChapter 8 Making and editing footprintsChapter 9 PCB Design ExamplesChapter 10 Handling ErrorsChapter 11 Post processing and board fabricationChapter 12 Additional Tools

What People are Saying About This

From the Publisher

A book for those who need to design and lay out a PCB RIGHT NOW!The first book to offer a complete guide on how to use the ORCAD design suite to design and manufacture printed circuit boards. Content spans both the OrCAD software and the design flow for PCB design and fabrication

Editorial Reviews

Reviews of 1st edition posted on Amazon.com:"I've found this book to be very helpful and exactly what I've been looking for. Kraig Mitzner has done a wonderful job of covering the full spectrum of printed circuit board fabrication. The content spans not only the OrCAD Layout software, but the physical process of PCB fabrication and advanced topics such as RF issues." —Written by Jeff Will, Valparaiso University, and posted on Amazon.com.

"It is an excellent book to introduce new users to OrCAD Capture and the OrCAD Layout SW packages. It does NOT cover OrCAD PCB Editor which is completely different from OrCAD Layout. (Layout has a very similar user interface to Capture while PCB Editor is based on Cadence Allegro PCB layout package) I have purchased several copies to use in assisting with training new CAD operators on PCB layout and Schematic capture in general." —Written by David Bing, RF Engineer, and posted on Amazon.com.

"This book is the first book I've read that has relevant up-to-date information on the current version of OrCAD. The book is well written and can be read cover-to-cover or used as a reference. I believe that this book will give a novice designer the information needed to create a circuit board using OrCAD and will give a veteran designer the specifics unique to OrCAD that will help to shorten the learning curve." —Written by Brent Gingrich, Red Dot Electronics, and posted on Amazon.com.

"This book is great if you've got little experience with OrCAD's Layout and Capture software. It's also a really good go-between if you've played with the software, but don't really want to sit down and read the lengthy technical user's guide for the software. Beyond that, it also gives answers questions about the how's and why's of circuit board design that may be difficult to find outside of working in the industry or taking a class directly. Many outside sources and industry standards are referenced for further information if you need it too." —Written by O.Kho and posted on Amazon.com.

From the Publisher