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Technical Seminar


Measurement, Modeling and Simulation Techniques for High-Speed Transmission Lines


DATE/TIME  Wednesday, October 6, 2004 (4:30pm to 5:30pm)
PLACE  Bldg. 1 Room WLL2/3 (Agilent Technologies, Fort Collins, CO)  
Non-Agilent Attendees:  Please arrive punctually at 4:15pm as you will need to be escorted to the seminar room.  Please RSVP to bob_barnes@agilent.com to expedite sign-in.

DIRECTIONS  From I-25, take Harmony Road Exit (Exit 265) westbound, and enter Agilent/HP campus on right.  Agilent/HP campus is on the NE corner of Harmony Road and Ziegler Road.  Proceed to Bldg. 1 Lobby to sign-in and meet host for escort to Room WLL2/3.


ABSTRACT  Measuring, modeling and simulating systems with Trise < 10d / sqrt(er*c) can present a challenge.  Measurements will vary from point to point in a properly operating system even with 200fF wideband active probes.  Common extracted board, package, bond wire, and on-chip connectivity models are often composed of single-lumped L and C elements for 1-3 cm conductor lengths and they can "fall apart" at relatively low speeds presented by HS USB.  At 1Gb/s and up, these types of models usually generate erroneous results.  Measurement, modeling, and simulation techniques will be presented to help in the quest for system understanding and signal integrity.

PRESENTATION SLIDES  pdf
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KEN RICHARDSON (LSI Logic, Fort Collins, CO)
Kenneth G. Richardson earned the BSEE and MSEE degrees from Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO.  He has worked in a number of industries performing varying engineering and technical tasks and as an independent consultant for a number of clients.  He holds 15 patents and is currently a Principal Engineer designing analog and mixed signal CMOS integrated circuitry at LSI Logic.