RMCEMC November 18, 2008

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Three LIVE Presentations!

Tuesday, November 18, 2008

Dr. Stephan Frei
Dortmund Technical University, Germany


3:30 - 4:45 PM:  "Simulation Methods for Signal Integrity of Automotive Bus Systems: How to simulate the signal integrity of bus systems like CAN or FlexRay"

Abstract:

·      LIN, CAN, FlexRay – modern automotive bus systems

·      Signal Integrity of bus systems

·      VHDL-AMS as modeling language

·      Model Order Reduction to include component behavior

·      Modeling of multi-conductor transmission lines

·      Modeling of common mode chokes and termination networks

·      Model generation for bus transceivers

4:45 - 5:15 PM:  Snack Break

5:15 - 6:30 PM:  "Computational Methods in automotive EMC: What is possible today and what are the limiting factors"

Abstract: 

·      EMC problems in automobiles

·      The automotive EMC development process

·      Data processing and model generation

·      The data availability problem

·      Computational methods for automotive EMC

§         Overview

§         Method of Moments

§         Methods for multiconductor transmission line

§         Circuit simulation

·      Model Order Reduction

·      Application examples

6:30 - 7:00 PM:  Catered Dinner

7:00 - 8:30 PM:  "ESD in Automobiles: Overview about ESD and special issues in automobiles"

Abstract: 

·      The automobile as ESD environment

·      Computation of ESD currents

·      ESD protection in the automobile production

·      Important test standards and current activities

·      Testing of ESD on integrated circuit level

·      Packaging and handling tests

·      Testing on system level

·      Automotive ESD testing

Bio:  From 1995 till 1999 Stephan Frei was research assistant for EMC at the Technical University in Berlin, Institute of Electrical Power Engineering. Here he investigated the influence of ESD on electronic devices and the occurrence rate of ESD in typical environments. 1999 he started to work at the car manufacturer AUDI AG. Here he introduced and developed new methods for the computation of EMC in automobiles. Also the data flow and process integration of EMC-computation were important topics of his work. Beginning from 2001 he was as senior engineer responsible for the EMC development of a product line and international standardization. Since 2006 he is professor for vehicular electronic systems at Dortmund University of Technology. At University he works on automotive Signal Integrity, EMC, and ESD problems. Stephan Frei is member or chairman of numerous standardization and working groups.
 

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