High Speed Digital & Mixed Analog-Digital System Designers
Grand Rapids MI, Tuesday May 1,  2012

 

This is a one day "how to do it right the first time" class for FPGA and CAD Layout Designers who need to build digital / digital-analog systems that are functional, reliable and quiet.  This means developing a cohesive plan for Signal Integrity, Power Integrity, Layer Stack-up, and Grounding.  Missing the mark in any on of these areas can result in a system that radiates and can not be shipped.  Worse yet is a system that is simply marginal from a reliability or performance perspective and bleeds money and resources for the life of the design.

"Right the First Time" design requires some front end planning and analysis.  However, with a good solid plan, you can save months of budget busting board spins that  blow through delivery dates and makes the design team look like key stone cops.

Solid planning really works.  A major telecom company documented a 99% first time success rate over a base of 1300 designs using this method.


 

Class information & registration  www.siemc.com/PTU.htm

The class covers:

PCB Stack-up

What is a good high speed stack-up and why?

Routing Topology & Termination for

    SDRAM / DDR2/3..Single ended signaling (Busses, Clocks, & Strobes)

    LVDS differential signaling vs true differential signaling

    SERDES (PCI Express, XAUI, etc)

Power Delivery Network Implementation

    How do planes, capacitors, and interconnect relate to

            Driver / Receiver Performance / Noise / Timing Margin

    Power Delivery Impedance,  Plane Noise and,  Plane Resonance

EMI Suppression by

            Using proper Signal / Power Integrity design to minimize noise creation

            Using proper component placement and routing to minimize antenna creation

            Using filtering to minimize antenna efficiency

            Implementing effective shielding when necessary

Analog Digital System Implementation

    How to maximize isolation while maintaining quiet high speed communications

Basic Theory of Electric & Magnetic Shielding  Don't complain that it does not work if you don't understand how it works.

Class information & registration  www.siemc.com/PTU.htm

These classes are also available as on-site training or as webinar sessions.

Questions.. call Terry Fox                425 391-8696          tfox@siemc.com