Welcome to the IEEE EMC Society

Featuring

Dr. Eric Bogatin

Signal Integrity Evangelist

Topics Include:

Separating Myth from Reality in Signal Integrity

This lecture introduces the idea of a myth and the principle that putting in the numbers is the way to separate myth from reality. We apply this method to three myth examples: the return current in a diff pair is in the second line, corners should be avoided in transmission lines, and FR4 won’t work at GHz speeds. We then explore in what cases the myth might be true and how you can answer your own “it depends” questions.

S-Parameters for SI Applications

S-Parameters have become the defacto standard for high frequency characterization of interconnects used in high speed digital applications. They have a wealth of information, but the good stuff is often buried deep behind confusing formalism, specialized rf terms and complex mathematics. In this talk, I peel away the complications and show what S-parameters really are, how to data mine valuable information and show numerous applications to signal integrity problems.

The Ten Habits of Highly Successful Board Designers

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.

From Bit Banger to Gigabit Guru

There are 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 giga bit per second signals in conventional interconnects. and how you can answer your own “it depends” questions.