Uploaded March 2024 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

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Should you use a special PCB material? Maybe ... Explained by Alun Morgan. Thank you very much Alun.

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Chapters:
00:00 What is this video about
00:40 Loss in PCB vs. signal shape
09:10 Materials used in PCBs
15:34 How to decide which material to use?
17:26 Why do there are losses in PCB dielectric?
21:48 Why 2.45GHz is in microwave#
23:04 Loss factor
26:27 Filler
28:36 PTFE - Teflon
34:29 Using special material on selected layers only
37:14 Structure of materials in PCB and its effect on signal
49:28 Dielectric constant
52:46 Losses in copper - skin effect
1:05:01 What Alun does
1:08:48 Tolerances in PCB
1:14:43 Dielectric constant vs. trace width
1:17:48 PCB materials in FLEX

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