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PCB Parameter Extraction for Frequencies up to 120 GHz

2024· article· en· W4403277909 on OpenAlexaff
Kaisheng Hu

Bibliographic record

Venuenot available
Typearticle
Languageen
FieldEngineering
TopicMicrowave Engineering and Waveguides
Canadian institutionsCiena (Canada)
Fundersnot available
KeywordsExtraction (chemistry)Computer scienceElectronic engineeringAcousticsMaterials sciencePhysicsEngineeringChemistry

Abstract

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This study emphasizes the critical role of PCB material parameters, including dielectric constant (Dk), dissipation factor (Df), and surface roughness, in signal integrity analysis for high-frequency designs. The conventional reliance on vendor datasheets often results in substantial disparities between simulation outcomes and actual lab measurements due to production variations. Furthermore, lacking vendor-provided parameters in the millimeter-wave frequencies complicates accurate analysis. To address these challenges, a unique approach is proposed, involving the design, fabrication, and measurement of a dedicated test coupon board. Parameters extracted from lab measurements, rather than datasheets, are utilized in simulations, ensuring a design's success by predicting transmission line performance on real PCB products with reliable accuracy up to 120 GHz. This methodology offers a pragmatic solution for enhancing precision in signal integrity analysis, especially in the demanding millimeter-wave frequency domain.

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How this classification was reachedexpand

Full frame machine prediction

Teacher imitation

Not calibrated prevalence, not ground truth. Human validation pending. The Gemma side is a direct model label for every work in the frame, read from the title-only record. The Codex side is a classifier learned from the 10,348 direct Codex labels and calibrated to design-weighted sample rates; fields without enough sample support carry no Codex call. Candidate is the union of the two sides; consensus is their intersection. These outputs are machine_predicted_unvalidated and are not human labels.

metaresearch head score (Codex)0.000
metaresearch head score (Gemma)0.001
Version: metacan-v3-hybrid-931329e0061cValidation status: machine_predicted_unvalidated
Candidate categoriesnone
Consensus categoriesnone
DomainCandidate signal: none · Consensus signal: none
Study designCandidate signal: Simulation or modeling · Consensus signal: none
GenreCandidate signal: Empirical · Consensus signal: none
Teacher disagreement score0.005
Threshold uncertainty score0.017

Distilled classifier scores by category (both heads)

CategoryCodexGemma
Metaresearch0.0000.001
Meta-epidemiology (narrow)0.0010.000
Meta-epidemiology (broad)0.0000.000
Bibliometrics0.0010.001
Science and technology studies0.0000.000
Scholarly communication0.0010.001
Open science0.0000.000
Research integrity0.0000.000
Insufficient payload (model declined to judge)0.0050.003

Machine scores (provisional)

The two teacher heads of the student model, read on this work. A score orders the frame for review; it never asserts a category, and the validation status ships verbatim with every row.

Baseline scores from an immature model (maturity gate not passed, 7 training rounds). Scores rank; they never assert a category.

Opus teacher head0.020
GPT teacher head0.256
Teacher spread0.236 · how far apart the two teachers sit on this one work
Validation statusscore_only:v0-immature-baseline · verbatim from the scoring run: score_only means the number may rank works, and no category label ships from it

Classification

machine, unvalidated

Machine predicted; a candidate call from one source (direct Gemma or distilled Codex), not a consensus.

The models applied no category: nothing in the taxonomy fit this work.
Study designSimulation or modeling
Domainnot available
GenreEmpirical

How this classification was reached, model by model and score by score, is at the end of the page under "How this classification was reached".

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Published2024
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