High Frequency Measurements
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Douglas C. Smith
Address: P. O. Box 1457, Los Gatos,
CA 95031
TEL:
800-323-3956/408-356-4186
FAX:
408-358-3799
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Email: doug@dsmith.org
Public Seminar: High Frequency
Measurements and Noise in Electronic Circuits
Presented at the Toll House
Hotel in Scenic Los Gatos, CA
September 23rd and 24th, 2002
You have missed the September,
2002 seminar. Click here for details of the
next seminar.
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A Practical Seminar Covering Successful
Techniques for Designing, Debugging, and Reducing Noise!
(with many new experiments and topics)
If you have ever had or currently have a design
or test problem, you will find this seminar very useful. Many design and
troubleshooting techniques are presented that are not published by others
and are unavailable outside of this seminar. |
This seminar has been acclaimed by many as one of the best technical
seminars for design and EMC engineers and technicians available. Some features
include:
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Major principles are demonstrated on real circuits and equipment in real
time for the class.
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Lively multimedia color presentation.
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Attendees receive a paper copy of the
course notes and a CD-ROM with megabytes
of technical information including an electronic copy of the course notes
in pdf format.
The laboratory demonstrations account for about 50% of class time. Students
will have the opportunity to suggest additional experiments or variations
of the original experiments which will be done in real time for the class.
I tell the attendees that I don't expect them to believe anything I say,
I will prove it to them through experiments. This approach is more work
for the instructor, but gives the attendees a
much better experience.
This seminar is an excellent stand alone course or makes a good follow-up
seminar to any of the commercially available design or EMC seminars. Many
students have rated this seminar the best they have ever taken on any topic!
Some students have taken the course multiple times. Former students will
find useful new material and are eligible for a 10% discount on the seminar
price. Click here for a detailed description of
the seminar.
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Recently added material includes:
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Signal measuring techniques above 1 GHz
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How to improve the response and bandwidth of an active probe
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New experiments and data on circuit board design and signal integrity
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Board layer stackup and layout considerations (supported by experimental
results)
The cost of the seminar is shown below and includes course notes, a CD-ROM
of technical information, as well as continental breakfast, lunch, and
break refreshments both seminar days. Former students of this public seminar
taking it again may deduct 10% from the prices below. Three or more students
registering on the same PO or registration form below may also deduct 10%
from the prices below.
For a registration form, click for an html registration
form or pdf registration form
If you are interested in attending or have any questions, click
here.
Seminar Fee Schedule
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Registration form received on or before September13, 2002: |
$875 |
Registration form received after September 13th, 2002: |
$925 |
Purchase Orders as well as personal and company checks are also
accepted.
To submit a purchase order, click
here to send an email message requesting details.
The venue will be the Toll House Hotel at 140 South Santa Cruz Avenue,
Los Gatos, CA 95030. The hotel phone number is 1-800-238-6111 (reservations)
or 1-408-395-7070. Room fee includes airport pickup from San Jose Airport.
For information on the Toll House Hotel or for room reservations on-line,
click
here or on the picture below. Los Gatos is a great place to visit.
For pictures of Los Gatos,
click here.
There are two hotels close to the Toll House for overflow. The Village
Inn is the closest at about one block away. The Garden Inn is about 3 blocks
away. Both are great places. Their room rates are lower than the Toll House
but do not include breakfast or pickup from San Jose airport.
The Garden Inn
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The Village Inn
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46 East Main Street, Los Gatos, CA 95030
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235 West Main Street, Los Gatos, CA 95030
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Web: http://www.gih4me.com
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Web: under construction
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Phone: 1-800-888-8248/1-408-354-6446
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Phone: 1-408-354-8120
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FAX: 1-408-354-5911
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FAX: 1-408-354-8121
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The experiments are possibly the best part of the seminar. They cover
signal integrity and circuit design as well as EMC topics. Experiments
are done in the front of the classroom with the measurement result displayed
by a video projector large enough for everyone to see. A few of the experimental
setups are shown below. For more information on the layout of the room
and experiments,
click here.
A Few of the Seminar Experiments
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Balanced Probe Measurement of Pigtail Shield Connection
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Checking Common Mode Rejection of a Balanced Probe
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Inductive Coupling of Noise onto System Cables
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Split Ground Plane and Circuit Board Noise
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Effects of a Path That Penetrates Two Ground Planes
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Effects of Cable Discharge
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Probe Input Impedance Effects
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The "Black Box" Experiment
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Measuring Probe Performance
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