This presentation will look at the four problems which prevent interconnects from being transparent at GHz rates. By understanding their root cause and the principles behind them, the solutions to overcome these limitations are obvious. This lecture walks through the problems, the root causes and some of the design directions which enable multi gigabit per second signals in conventional interconnects.

You can’t learn everything you need to about signal integrity in one hour, or in one day or even in one week. But most engineers don’t have the time to spend weeks learning the field. If all you will ever spend studying signal integrity is one hour, this is the hour you should take. By leveraging just ten design habits described in this lecture, any engineer can dramatically improve the signal integrity performance of their high speed products.

President, Bogatin Enterprises, LLC. Dr. Eric Bogatin received his BS degree in physics from MIT, and MS and PhD degrees in physics from the University of Arizona in Tucson. He has held senior engineering and management positions at Bell Labs, Raychem, Sun Microsystems, Ansoft, and Interconnect Devices. Dr. Eric Bogatin has written four books on signal integrity and interconnect design and over 200 papers. His latest book "Signal Integrity-Simplified" was published in 2003 by Prentice Hall. He has taught over 4,000 engineers in the last 20 years. Read his monthly signal integrity column "No Myths Allowed," in Printed Circuit Design and Manufacturing Magazine.

Seating is limited, so please RSVP to Paul Stover (paul.stover@adtran.com) as soon as you can, but no later than close of business September 9, 2008 with your intent to attend. Please specify which presentation, or both, and if you will be joining us for the meal.