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EDN contributor Eric Bogatin sent along an email notifying me that he will be in Hillsboro Oregon August 11-14. He will be giving two classes; cost for each class is $1500 or $1000 if you are a subscriber. On the 11^th and 12^th he is teaching Essential Principles of Signal Integrity. Topics include:

Build your engineering intuition with this two-day class designed and offered by Signal Integrity Evangelist Dr. Eric Bogatin. In this introductory class, the math is stripped away to reveal the underlying truth of how interconnects affect signal integrity. The most essential principles of signal integrity will be introduced and reviewed, including principles of:

·        Characteristic Impedance

·        Ground bounce and cross talk

·        Reflections

·        Bandwidth

·        Inductance

·        Power delivery network design

·        Impedance

·        Differential Pairs

Each of these principles is illustrated by examples of measurements or simulations using structures such as C packages, connectors, printed circuit boards and cables.

The fastest way to find, fix and prevent signal integrity problems is to identify the problems to avoid, find heir root cause and, based on the principles underlying them, establish design guidelines that eliminate hem right from the start. The purpose of this class is to introduce this process and build your engineering intuition. By the end of this class, you will have a strong physical feel for:

·        What characteristic impedance really is and how geometry and material properties affect it.

·        What inductance really is and how physical design affects it.

·        What ground bounce is, how does it arise, and what can be done by design to minimize it.

·        What differential impedance really is and how design affects it.

·        What decoupling capacitors do in the PDN

·        What the most important rules of thumb are that should be used every day.

All attendees receive a copy of Dr. Bogatin’s book, Signal Integrity - Simplified, a copy of the Bogatin Enterprises publication Appendix A and a one month unlimited subscription to the web based training at beTheSignal.com.

On August 13 and 14^th he continues the training with his Advanced Signal Integrity Design course. That course is described as:

Have you ever asked a signal integrity question and gotten the answer “it depends?” Find out how to answer “it depends” questions in this two-day class, designed and offered by Signal Integrity Evangelist Dr. Eric Bogatin. You will learn how to incorporate analysis techniques to add engineering discipline to your design process and eliminate signal integrity problems from your next product.

·        After this class, you will be able to:

·        Design transparent vias

·        Control cross talk and ground bounce

·        Select the best termination strategy

·        Engineer a cost effective PDN

·        Optimize differential pair design

·        Choose the right routing topology

·        Reduce EMI

·        Minimize impact from discontinuities

This class is for hardware or circuit design engineers who must solve layout, circuit, component selection and design problems on a regular basis. Engineers who do not have a firm understanding of the basic concepts of signal integrity are advised to take our EPSI (Essential Principles of Signal Integrity) class.

All attendees receive a copy of Dr. Bogatin’s book, Signal Integrity - Simplified, a copy of the Bogatin Enterprises publication Appendix A, and a one month subscription to the web-based training at beTheSignal.com.

So the way I read it, if you go to both course s you would get two books. Give one to your boss for having the sense to send you to learn things that will prevent the kind of disasters I described in my recent blog on GPS satellites having a signal integrity problem.