Electronic – Standard PCB Layout Book

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Are there any good references on advanced PCB design/layout/routing? There seems to be a large wealth of circuit design books, books about RF PCB design, and books dealing with high-speed digital design. None of these books are what I'm talking about. The type of book I am looking for is along the lines of PCB best practices for general digital/low speed analog/power supply layout & routing. What is the de-facto standard book they use in college classes for this topic (similar to the way that Oppenheim et. al.'s Discrete-Time Signal Processing is used in many DSP classes, or Sedra & Smith's Microelectronic Circuits is popular in many Circuit Design Classes)? Can anyone recommend a good PCB design/layout/routing book for this type of design? Would a high-speed design book be a sufficient in that it would be overly-strict based on lower speed designs?

Best Answer

The standard IPC-2221, "Generic Standard on Printed Board Design" is quite complete - it covers:

  • General Requirements
  • Materials
  • Mechanical/Physical Properties
  • Electrical Properties
  • Thermal Management
  • Component and Assembly Issues
  • Holes/Interconnections
  • General Circuit Feature Requirements
  • Documentation
  • Quality Assurance

It is intended to

establish design principles and recommendations that shall be used in conjunction with the detailed requirements of a specific interconnecting structure sectional standard ... to produce detailed designs intended to mount and attach passive and active components.

(and you can check out the other IPC dependencies related to specific subjects such as rigid/flex circuits, high speed design etc...)

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