Entries from September 2008
Puzzle Event 1 - Open the Eye
Posted October 29th, 2008 by Colin Warwick · 3 Comments · Puzzle
To enter this fun puzzle event, submit your solution to the following signal integrity problem. The eye diagram performance at 6 Gbps for a given set of S-parameters with no equalization is shown below.
Obviously for this long channel the eye diagram is closed. The idea is that you develop a passive or active equalizer circuit [...]
Tags: equalizer·eye opening·Puzzle·s parameters
Tune, Sweep, and Optimize Components Defined in Sets of Data Files
Posted October 21st, 2008 by Colin Warwick · Add the First Comment · Video
A common design task is picking from a candidate list of components, each described by its own data file, such as an S-parameter file. The candidates can come from different members of one product family, or from different vendors, or a mixture. So in general, the characteristics of the candidates are multivariate and unsorted: the [...]
Tags: optimization·podcast·s parameters·sweeping·tuning
Free Agilent Webcast - Back to Basics - Measurement-Based Channel Modeling For Signal Integrity Using Agilent ADS - Oct 23
Posted October 8th, 2008 by Colin Warwick · 1 Comment · Webcast
Note (added Oct 24th): The on-demand recording of the live is event is available at the same link.
I’ll be presenting a free live webcast "Back to Basics: Measurement-Based Channel Modeling for Signal Integrity using Agilent ADS"
Abstract
In this webcast, we’ll demonstrate a rapid technique for "what if" analysis for signal integrity applications.
We first automatically fit an [...]
Tags: design space exploration·tyco backplane·what if·xaui
Visit the Agilent Exhibit at IEEE Electrical Performance of Electronic Packaging Conference (EPEP 2008)
Posted October 3rd, 2008 by Colin Warwick · Add the First Comment · Conference
The 17th Conference on Electrical Performance of Electronic Packaging (EPEP 2008) will be held October 27-29, 2008, in Wyndham Hotel, San Jose, California. The 2007 meeting attracted a large number of professionals to what is now widely recognized as the premier technical meeting on electrical considerations in packaging.
Sponsors are IEEE Microwave Theory and Techniques Society [...]
Tags: CPMT-S·EPEP·IEEE·MTT-S·San Jose CA
