Advanced post–layout analysis laboratory platform

The laboratory platform developed and presented in this paper is destined to teach and train the under-graduate students on the importance of post-layout analysis in advanced PCB/HDI design. The electronic project consists in a digital high speed pseudo-random generator, designed with high-speed logic families and operating at 50 MHz. Two (of four) modules of the platform, one non-optimized (“wrongly”) created (NO4L-PCB) and one with an optimized design (O4L-PCB), were investigated after manufacturing for highlighting the special signal integrity issues.