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EDICONUSAisthefirstindustryeventintheUSAtobringtogetherRF,microwave,EMC/EMI,andhigh-speeddigitaldesignengineersandsystemintegratorsfornetworking,productdemonstrations,training,andlearningopportunities.Gotadesignchallenge?BringittoEDICONUSAandaskyourpeersandindustryexpertsaboutit.Thisconferenceguideincludesthefullabstractsforthetechnicalprogram(conferencepassrequired)aswellastheplenarykeynoteandthespeed-trainingsintheFrequencyMattersTheater(EXPOorconferencepass).

EventatAGlanceMonday,September11Registration:8:00am-5:00pmShortCourses:9:30-12:30pmNetworkingLuncheon:12:30-1:30pmShortCourses:1:30-4:30pmWelcomeReception:4:30-5:30pmTuesday,September12Registration:8:00am-7:00pmTechnicalSessions:9:00-10:15amPlenaryKeynote:10:30am-12:00pmExhibits:12:00pm-7:00pmFrequencyMattersTheaterSessions:12:45-5:00pmTechnicalSessions:1:00pm-2:50pmEuropeanRadarSummit:1:00-4:50pmHigh-SpeedDigitalSymposium:1:00-4:50pmPanel:TheStateoftheSelf-DrivingCar:3:20-4:50pmWorkshops:3:20-4:50pmWelcomeReception(allpassholders):5:00-7:00pmWednesday,September13Registration:8:00am-5:00pmTechnicalSessions:9:00-11:30amExhibits:9:00am-5:00pmFrequencyMattersTheaterSessions:10:20am-5:00pmWorkshops:1:00-4:00pmOutstandingPapersAwards:4:30-5:00pm

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Monday,September11,2017•9:30-12:30RF&MicrowaveDesignRoom:Room107StreamlineFlexibleSystemDesignswithRFDataConvertersDelJones&MicheleViani,AnalogDevices,Inc.ThelatestRFADCandDACproductsarehighlyintegratedandversatilecomponentsthatsupportalargevarietyofapplicationsandsystemdesignswiththeirdigitalsignalprocessingfeaturesets.ThisshortcoursewillexploreavarietyofdifferentapplicationsandsystemrequirementsthatRFGSPSconverterscansupportwiththeirintegrateddigitalfunctionstoeasethesystemdesigncomplexities.ItwillcoverexamplesofvariousradioarchitecturesandcommunicationsystemsincludingPoint-to-PointandE-bandcommunicationsystems,IF/RFtransmitandreceiverdesignsformultibandradiosandobservation(DPD)paths,aswellasradarandinstrumentationapplications.

• Topic1:SystemLevelRFSignalChain:ThistopicwilllookfirstatthesystemlevelRFsignalchainandhowRFconvertersaresimplifyingthesesystemarchitecturesinvariousapplicationspaces.

• Topic2:UtilizingtheFullPotentialoftheConverter(RFDACandRFADCDSPDetails):ThistopicwillgivemorespecificexamplesandsystemusecasesfortheDSPfeaturesofRFconverters.ThefirstpartwillfocusontheDACDSPfeaturessuchastheuseofchannelizersandNCOupconverterblocksforsystemfrequencyplanning.ThesecondpartwillfocusontheADCDSPfeaturessuchastheDDCdownconverterblocksandfrequencyplanningofareceiver.

• Topic3:BuildingtheRightCommunicationSystemfortheApplication:ThistopicwillprovideacloserlookatthesupportcircuitryaroundtheRFconverterandprovidespecificexamplesforoptimizingthedesignofthepowerdistributionnetwork,clockdistribution,andanalogfront-endamplifier/filteringdesigns.

MicheleViani,ApplicationsEngineer,hasworkedintheHighSpeedConverterGroupatAnalogDevicesfor8years.MichelehasworkedasbothaProductEngineerandApplicationsEngineer,responsibleforevaluatinghighspeeddigital-to-analogconverterproductsandprovidingtechnicalsupporttocustomersinsolvingimplementationissues.MicheleholdsaBachelor’sDegreeinElectricalEngineeringfromRensselaerPolytechnicInstituteandMaster’sDegreeinElectricalEngineeringfromTuftsUniversity.DelJonesisanApplicationsEngineerfortheHighSpeedConvertersteamatAnalogDevices,Inc.(Greensboro,NC).Hehasworkedforthecompanysince2000andhasover30yearsofexperienceinelectronics.Hehasheldanumberofpositionsinvaryingindustries,includingFPGAandboarddesigninTelecommunicationsandprovidingapplicationssupportforavarietyofADCandhigh-speedinterfaceapplicationsinthesemiconductorindustry.DelearnedhisBachelor'sdegreeinElectricalEngineeringfromtheUniversityofTexasatDallas.PowerIntegrityRoom:Room108PracticalBoardLevelPowerIntegrityMeasurementandDesignPrinciples(sponsoredbyTeledyneLeCroy)EricBogatin,TeledyneLeCroySignalIntegrityAcademyTheidealpowerrailproducesastableDCvoltagewithnovoltagenoiseandzerooutputim-pedance.Entertherealworld.Hownon-idealisyourpowerrail?Eventheprocessofmeasur-ingitsvoltagecanaffectwhatyoumeasure.Howmuchnoiseisthereunderloadconditionsandwhatelementsinyourproductareaffectedbythevoltagenoise?Whatistheoutputimpedanceandwhatcanbedoneattheboardleveltoimprovetheperformanceofthepowerdistributionnetwork,forwhichthevoltageregulatorispart?Inthisshortcoursewewillillustratesomeofthebestdesignandmeasurementspracticesforprobingthevoltagerailsonaboard,interpretingthemeasurementswhichcharacterizetheVRManditsimpactonboardcomponents,andwhatwecandoattheboard


leveltoimproveperformance.Thisworkshopwillillumi-natetheprinciples,tipsandtricksformoreproductivepowerrailmeasurementsandtroubleshooting.EricBogatiniscurrentlytheDeanoftheTeledyneLeCroySignalIntegrityAcademy,atwww.beTheSignal.com.Additionally,heisanAdjunctProfessorattheUniversityofColorado-BoulderintheECEEdept,andeditoroftheSignalIntegrityJournal.BogatinreceivedhisBSinphysicsfromMITandMSandPhDinphysicsfromtheUniversityofArizonainTucson.HehasheldseniorengineeringandmanagementpositionsatBellLabs,Raychem,SunMicrosystems,AnsoftandInterconnectDevices.Hehaswrittensixtechnicalbooksinthefieldandpresentedclassesandlecturesonsignalintegrityworldwide.SignalIntegrityRoom:Room109HealingAchillesheelofHWEngineers:PracticalHigh-SpeedMixed-SignalDesign-TransferringBoardDesignintoPCBDesignRighttheFirstTimeShalomShlomiZigdon,BoardDesignforSI/PIEMCCollegeThefinalsystemperformanceandreliabilityisaresultofthedesignoftheprintedcircuitboard[PCB].ItmakesthePCBDesignforSignalIntegrity&EMCtobeasimportantasthecircuit[Board]design.AstheboarddesignerhasthefullresponsibilityforthePCBDesign,itisimportanttogetitrightthefirsttime.Thisshortbutintensivecourseprovidespracticalguidelinesandsuggestionsfordigital/analog/RFmixed-signalprinted-circuitboard(PCB)designandlayout.Itwillhelpthedesignertofindthe"EutecticPoint"ofhemixedsignals,byconsideringthecost/performancetradeoffforeachparameter,effectingtheperformance,reliabilityandcostofthedesign.Topicsincludesdistributedcircuitsandlosslesstransmissionlines,non-idealtransmissionlineeffects,crosstalkmitigation,differentialpairsandRFcircuit.Selectionanddesignoftherightstack-uptoensureEMC,signal&powerIntegrity,Componentplacementofsignaltransmitterandreceivercircuits,ADC,DAC,analog&RFcomponents,Impedancecontrolleddesignoftraces,routingofhigh-speedserialsignals,minimizingcrosstalkbetweenthesignalchannelsandboardlevelfilteringanddecoupling.Shalom-ShlomiZigdonisChairmanoftheIEEEEMC&SIPIIsrael2014-2017-BoardDesignforSI/PI/EMCConferenceaswellasCEO&ownerofiTechiCollegeIsrael.Heisalecturerandconsultantforhigh-speedboarddesignandmixedsignalsPCBlayoutdesign,aswellasacertifiedC.I.DtrainerforPCBDesign.HeisacommitteememberofthefollowingIPCstandardscommittees:IPC-2251HighSpeedBoardDesign;IPC-2221PCBDesign;IPC-2226HDI[HighDensityInterconnection]PCBDesign.Formerly,heservedasCEOandVPofMedicalSimulator,ahardwareengineeratIAI,andatechnologistforPCB&MCMatElbitSystem.RF&MicrowaveDesignRoom:Room110PracticalAntennaDesignforWirelessProductsHenryLau,LexiwaveTechnology,Inc.Tostaycompetitiveintoday’sfastevolvingbusinessenvironment,shorttime-to-marketisamustforanywirelessproductdevelopments.Playingacriticalroleindeterminingthecommunicationrangeofproducts,RFdesign,particularlytheantennadesign,becomescrucialtothesuccessoftheintroductionofnewwirelessproducts.Competenceinadvancedantennadesignscandefinitelystrengthenthecompetitiveedgeofwirelessproductdesignormanufacturingcompanies.Thisshortcoursecoversthefundamentalantennaconceptsanddefinitions,specificationsandperformanceofdifferenttypesofcommonly-usedandadvancedantennasinwirelessproducts.Itaimstoprovideparticipantswithtechnicalinsightsonthevitalaspectsofantennadesignfromapracticalandindustrialperspective.Simulationtoolswillbeintroducedanddiscussed.Practicalimplementationstrategiesforoptimumantennaperformanceinwirelessproductswillalsobepresented.


HenryLaureceivedhisM.Sc.andMBAdegreesfromUKandUSArespectively.Hehasmorethan26yearsofexperienceindesigningRFsystems,productsandRFICsinbothHongKongandUS.HeworkedforMotorolaandConexantinUSasPrincipalEngineerondevelopingRFICsforcellularphoneandsilicontunerapplications.MrLauholdsfivepatentsallinRFdesigns.HeiscurrentlyrunningLexiwaveTechnology,awirelessandIOTsolutionscompanyinHongKongandUSdesigningandsellingRFICs,RFmodulesandRFsolutions.HehasalsobeenteachingnumerousRF-relatedcoursesinternationally.

Monday,September11,2017•1:30-4:30Low-PowerRF&IoTDesignRoom:Room107RF&BenchEssentialsforIoTDeviceDebugging(sponsoredbyRohde&Schwarz)GregoryBonaguide,Rohde&SchwarzWirelessandRFtechnologyhasrapidlyenteredmanytraditionallydigitalproducts.IoTiseverywhereandnowengineersneedtoutilizealabbenchthatincludesbothRFandtimedomaininstruments.Thisworkshopwilltrainattendeesinsomekeyconceptsoftestandmeasurementaswellasthebasicsofboardbring-upanddebug.AttendeeswilllearnhowtodebugIoTdevicesusinginstrumentsincludingspectrumanalyzers,VNAs,oscilloscopesandmodernpowersupplies.Thedaystartswithsomeexpertleadinstructionandthenfocusesonhands-on-labswhereattendeeswillbring-up,measureanddebugaBluetoothLowEnergydevelopmentsystem.Topicsinclude:

• IntroductiontoIoTandBluetoothLowEnergy(BLE)withT&MFundamentals• Introductiontothedeviceundertest(DUT).• FunctionalityandhighlevelschematicsoftheBLEdevelopmentsystem,includingthe

measurementanddebugtaskathand• Introductiontobasicmeasurementfundamentals.• Howtosetupandapplymeasurementswithspectrumanalyzer,oscilloscopes,VNA’sand

powersuppliestotheDUT.• Initialboard-bring-up,powerrailandcurrentdrawmeasurements.• Totalandindividualchannelbandwidthmeasurements• Signalintegritymeasurementsincludingcablelossanddistancetofaultmeasurements• Busdecodingandserialdatameasurements,includingdataanalysisacrossdifferentareasof

theDUTandacrossthetimeandfrequencydomain.GregBonaguideisaSeniorProductLineEngineerforRohde&Schwarz,specializinginSpectrumAnalyzersandVectorNetworkAnalyzers.HehasworkedintheRF&Microwavefieldsince1982inrolesinvolvingDesign,SystemsEngineering,andTest&Measurement.HisexperienceincludesstintswithbothCommercialandAerospace/DefensecompaniessuchastheAmericanRadioRelayLeague,CubicCorporation,E-Systems,GTESpacenet,Raytheon,andPhilipsSemiconductors.HeholdsMastersDegreesinbothElectricalEngineeringandEngineeringManagementfromtheUniversityofSouthFlorida,andhaspublishedinjournalssuchasQST,theARRLHandbook,Microwaves&RF,Test&MeasurementWorld,andEvaluationEngineering.HehasalsoauthoredanddeliveredseveralpresentationsatpastIEEE-MTTshows.Heservedonthe2016EDICONTechnicalAdvisoryCommittee,wasco-chairmanforthe2014InternationalMicrowaveSymposium(IMS)MicrowaveApplicationSeminars,andservedasChairmanoftheIEEEFloridaWestCoastSectionMTT/AP/EDSocieties(1999-2000).SignalIntegrityRoom:Room108FiveStepstoEngineerTransparentViasinHigh-SpeedCircuitBoards(sponsoredbyMentorGraphics,ASiemensCompany)EricBogatin,TeledyneLeCroySignalIntegrityAcademy&ChuckFerry,MentorGraphicsViasareanecessarypartofallhighdensitydesigns.Ifattentionisnotpaidtotheirdesign,theycanalsobethebiggestsourceofproblemsinhighspeeddesigns.Inthisthreehourtutorialwewillidentifythefivemostimportantdesignguidelinestofollowtoengineertransparentvias,sotheydo


notcontributetoreflectionnoiseorchanneltochannelcrosstalk.Wewillintroducethebestdesignpracticesforbothsingle-endedanddifferentialvias.EricBogatiniscurrentlytheDeanoftheTeledyneLeCroySignalIntegrityAcademy,atwww.beTheSignal.com.Additionally,heisanAdjunctProfessorattheUniversityofColorado-BoulderintheECEEdept,andeditoroftheSignalIntegrityJournal.BogatinreceivedhisBSinphysicsfromMITandMSandPhDinphysicsfromtheUniversityofArizonainTucson.HehasheldseniorengineeringandmanagementpositionsatBellLabs,Raychem,SunMicrosystems,AnsoftandInterconnectDevices.Hehaswrittensixtechnicalbooksinthefieldandpresentedclassesandlecturesonsignalintegrityworldwide.ChuckFerrymanagesaproductengineeringgroupatMentoraSiemensBusinessfocusedonarchitectingsystemlevelsignalandpowerintegrityanalysissolutions.Hehasspentthelast20yearstacklingabroadrangeofhighspeeddigitaldesignchallengesspanningfromsystemlevelmotherboarddesigntomulti-gigabitchannelanalysisincorporatingdetailedcharacterizationsoftheIC,packages,connectorsandmultipleboards.ChuckgraduatedMagnacumlaudefromtheUniversityofAlabamawithaB.S.Einelectricalengineeringandcontinuedgraduatecourseworkintheareasofsignalprocessingandhardwaredescriptionlanguages.PowerIntegrityRoom:Room109PowerIntegrity101SteveSandler,PicotestPowerIntegrity(PI)isessentialtoolforensuringproperperformanceofhigh-speedcircuitsaswellassensitivecircuits,suchasclocks,transceivers,ADCsandLNAs.Unfortunately,theassessmentiscomplexandforthosejustgettingstarted,itcanseemoverwhelming.Thistutorialaddressespowerintegrityrightfromtheverybeginningwithnopriorknowledgeorexperiencerequired.IfyouarejustgettingstartedinPI,justcuriousorwanttolearnhowpowerintegrityintersectswithsignalintegritythissessionisforyou.You’lllearnaboutthesetopicsandmore:

• WhatisPIandhowdoesitimpactme• PIisn’tjustabouthighspeedorhighpower• Decouplingisn’tarbitrary• Whyexcellenttransientresponsecanbeaverybadthing• SimulatingPIend-to-end

SteveSandlerhasbeeninvolvedwithpowersystemengineeringfornearly40years.SteveisthefounderofPICOTEST.com,acompanyspecializinginpowerintegritysolutionsincludingmeasurementproducts,servicesandtraining.Hefrequentlylecturesandleadsworkshopsinternationallyonthetopicsofpower,PDNanddistributedsystemsandisaKeysightcertifiedexpertforEDAsoftware.HefrequentlywritesarticlesandbooksrelatedtopowersupplyandPDNperformanceandhislatestbook,PowerIntegrity:Measuring,OptimizingandTroubleshootingPower-RelatedParametersinElectronicsSystemswaspublishedbyMcGraw-Hillin2014.Radar/DefenseRoom:Room110Radar,Phased-Arrays,MetamaterialsandMIMO–Basics,AdvancesAndBreakthroughsEliBrooknerThetutorialwillbegearedtothoseunfamiliarandexperiencedwithphasedarrays.First,wewilldoashorttutorialonarraybasics:Phaseandtimedelayscanning,thinnedarrays,arrayelements,mutualcoupling,arrayerrors,frequencyscanning.Followedbylatestdevelopmentsandfuturetrendsin:GaNpoweramplifiers,MMICandExtremeMMICmicrowavecircuitintegration,AESAandT/Rmodulecostreduction,siliconRFperformanceto>100GHz,potentialsforMoore’slawcontinuation,electro-opticintegration,digitalbeamforming(DBF),newmaterials:metamaterial(for


lowcostESAs,stealthing),graphene(forTHzclockspeed)andcarbonnanotubes,andnewMIMOphasedarrays.Dr.EliBrooknerisrenownedforhiscontributionstoradartechnology.HeretiredfromRaytheonasPrincipalEngineeringFellowin2014afteralonganddistinguishedcareerspanningmorethan50years.Hehascontributedtoradarsforairtrafficcontrol,defense,spaceandnavigation–virtuallyeverymajordefenseradarprogram.Elihasbeenrecognizedwithnumerousawardsandhonors,includingFellowoftheIEEE,AIAA,andMSS;the2006IEEEDennisJ.PicardMedalforRadarTechnologyandApplication;andthe2003IEEEWarrenWhiteAward.Hehaswrittennumerouspapersandarticlesandfourbooksonradarsystems,phasedarraysandtracking.Elireceivedhisbachelor’sdegreeinelectricalengineeringfromtheCityCollegeofNewYorkandhismaster’sandDr.Sc.fromColumbiaUniversity.

Tuesday,September12,2017•9:00-9:30Test&MeasurementRoom:Room107MakingAdvancedJitterMeasurementswithOscilloscopeAlanGosselin,KeysightTechnologiesTocharacterizehigh-speedserialbuses,jittermeasurementsarekeytodeterminethequalityofthesignalbeingtransmittedandprovideaquickviewofthebiterrorratio(BER)thatthelinkssupport.Themeasurementofjitterisasophisticatedprocesstakingintoaccountreceiverclockrecovery,knowledgeofphaselockedloops(PLLs),jitterdecompositiontechniques,effectsofcrosstalkandwaveformstatisticsinordertoproduceafairlyaccuratejitterdecompositionmodelfortherealworlddesigns.WiththeadoptionofPulseAmplitudeModulation-Four(PAM-4)formatthatdoublestheeffectivebitratefromtheNonReturnZero(NRZ)format,thejitteranalysisisgoingtobemorecritical,andatthesametimemorechallenging.Thispaperwillreviewthedetailsandconsiderationsformakingadvancedjittermeasurementstoincreaseyourconfidencelevelinyourjitterseparationresults.AlGosselinisaSeniorFieldApplicationsEngineerandisresponsibleforsupportingKeysight'sLogicAnalysis,ProtocolAnalysis,andOscilloscopetoolsforDigitalandPulsedRFapplications.AlhasworkedforHP,Agilent,andKeysightfor36yearssupportingavarietyofproducts,includingEmulators,DesignSW,andCommunicationsTestEquipment,inadditiontothecurrentsetofproducts.Hehasbeenfocusedonhelpingengineersmakevalidanaloganddigitalmeasurements.AlhasaBachelorofScienceinEngineering,inComputerSciencefortheUniversityofConnecticut.Test&MeasurementRoom:Room108TransientLoadTesterforTimeDomainPDNValidationEthanKoether&IstvanNovak,OracleCorporationTargetimpedanceanalysisiscurrentlytheleadingsystematicPDNdesignmethodologyinpractice.Forsometimenow,however,powerintegrityengineershavebeencravingasystematicPDNdesignmethodologybasedontimedomainanalysis.ThetargetimpedanceconceptisbasedonfrequencydomainanalysistechniquesandassumesalinearPDNandaflatimpedanceprofile.Atransientloadtester(TLT)hasbeendevelopedfortimedomainvalidationofaPDNdesign,whichallowsforamorethoroughanalysisthanthetargetimpedanceconceptbecauseatransientbehavioranalysisdoesnothavetomakethesamelinearityandflatprofileassumptions.TheTLTtoolallowsforamorethoroughPDNdesignmethodologythanpreviousmethodologies.ThepowerengineertestingtheDUTcandropthelinearityandflatprofileassumptionsthatarenecessaryforthetargetimpedancedesignmethodologyandthetraditionalLTIstabilityanalysistools,whilestillthoroughlycapturingthebehavioroftheDUTinordertoensuretheDUT’soperationissafeandreliable.Ultimately,becauseofthis,theTLTtoolallowsfortheimplementationofmoreadvancedtechnologiesthatwerepreviouslylimitedwherepastdesignstrategiescouldnotbeused


toguaranteeappropriatepowerdeliveryandsupport.Thepaperwilloverviewthecircuitschematics,thelayoutandboardrequirementsandwillconcludewithtestresults.EthanKoetherisaHardwareEngineeratOracleCorporation.Heiscurrentlyfocusingonsystempower-distributionnetworkdesign,measurement,andanalysis.Hereceivedhismaster'sdegreeinElectricalEngineeringandComputerSciencefromtheMassachusettsInstituteofTechnology.IstvanNovakisaSeniorPrincipleEngineeratOracle.Besidessignalintegritydesignofhigh-speedserialandparallelbuses,heisengagedinthedesignandcharacterizationofpower-distributionnetworksandpackagesformid-rangeservers.Hecreatessimulationmodels,anddevelopsmeasurementtechniquesforpowerdistribution.Istvanhastwentyplusyearsofexperiencewithhigh-speeddigital,RF,andanalogcircuitandsystemdesign.HeisaFellowofIEEEforhiscontributionstosignal-integrityandRFmeasurementandsimulationmethodologies.BroadbandNetworksRoom:Room109ChallengesandBenefitsofImplementingUWBDigitalPre-Distortion(DPD)inCableDistributionSystemsPatrickPratt&FrankKearney,AnalogDevicesThefirstcablesystemsintheUSstartedtoappearintheearly1950s.Evenwiththerapidchangesintechnologyanddistributionmethods,cablehasmaintainedaprominentpositionasaconduitforthedistributionofdata.Newtechnologieshave‘layered’themselvesontheexistingcablenetwork.Thisarticlefocusesononeaspectofthatevolution:poweramplifier(PA)digitalpre-distortion(DPD).It’satermthatmanyinvolvedincellularsystemnetworkswillbefamiliarwith.Transitioningthetechnologytocablebringssubstantialbenefitsintermsofpowerefficiencyandperformance.Withthesebenefitscomesubstantialchallenges;thisarticledoesadeepdiveintosomeofthesechallengesandprovidesanoverviewastohowtheymaybesolved.PatrickPrattisaseniorresearchscientistheadinguptheAnalogdevicesCableDPDalgorithmdevelopment.Hiscareerspansoverthirtyyearsandencompassesalgorithmresearchanddevelopmentactivity,bothinprivateorganizationsandacademicinstitutions.PatrickholdsaPhDinElectronicEngineeringfromCorkInstituteofTechnology.FrankKearneyworksasAlgorithmDevelopmentManagerintheCommunicationSystemsEngineeringteamatAnalogDevicesLimerick.HehasworkedatADIsincegraduationin1988.HerecentlyreturnedfromChinawhereheheldthepositionofSnr.ApplicationsmanagerforthesystemsengineeringteaminAsiaPacific.HeiscurrentlyadoctoratecandidateatUniversityCollegeDublin.RF&MicrowaveDesignRoom:Room110PracticalRFPCBDesignHenryLau,LexiwaveTechnology,Inc.Oneofthemostdemandingconsumerproductsinthemarketisthewirelesstelecommunicationproduct.Awell-designedRadioFrequencyPrintedCircuitBoard(RFPCB)contributessignificantlytothesuccessofanywirelessproductasthelayoutofthePCBplaysacrucialroleondeterminingtheperformance,stabilityandreliabilityoftheproduct.Intoday’shighlycompetitivewirelessproducts'market,thereisastrongdemandforRFprofessionalswhopossesstheknowledgeandexperiencetodesigntop-performingRFPCBsinlessnumberofiterationstocompressthedevelopmenttime.ThisworkshopofferstechnicalinsightsonthecriticalaspectsofRFPCBdesignfromapractical,industrialperspective.Participantswillbeledthroughasystematic,theoreticalpresentationwithcasestudiesoncommercialproductsintheworkshop.ItissuitableforRFprofessionalswhowanttokeepup-to-datetheirskillsandknowledgeinRFPCBdesignandstaycompetitive.HenryLaureceivedhisM.Sc.andMBAdegreesfromtheUKandUSArespectively.Hehasmorethan22yearsofexperienceindesigningRFsystems,productsandRFICsinbothHongKongandtheUS.HeworkedforMotorolaandConexantintheUSasPrincipalEngineerondevelopingRFICsforcellularphoneandsilicontunerapplications.Mr.LauholdsfivepatentsinRFdesigns.Heiscurrentlyrunning


LexiwaveTechnology,afablesssemiconductorcompanyinHongKongandtheUSdesigningandsellingRFICs,RFmodulesandRFsolutions.HehasalsobeenteachingnumerousRF-relatedcoursesinternationally.RF&MicrowaveDesignRoom:Room111OvercomingAssemblyChallengeswithBottomTerminationComponentsBrookSandy-Smith,IndiumBottomterminationcomponents(BTCs)havebecomeoneofthemostcommonpackageswiththehighestgrowthrate.Typicalassembliesnowhavemanyofthesecomponents,oftenwithvaryingtypesofBTCsononeassembly.WhatcanbedonewhenoneormoreBTCsstarttoshowincreasedvariationwithinthesameprocess?Investigationshavebeenconductedtofindmaterialsthatofferthelowestvoidinginlargegroundplanesolderjoints.Inaddition,processmodificationshavecontinuallybeenproposedtohelpalleviatevoidinginBTCcomponents.Theseincludebutarenotlimitedto:paddesign,padpatterning,stencildesign,viapositioning,solidsolderaddition,andreflowprofileoptimization.Furthermore,improvedpaddesignstrategieshavebeenprovenintheindustry.IPCcommitteesareupdatingrecommendationsfordesignandimplementationofBTCs,includingmajorchangestoIPC-7093.ThispresentationwilldiscussthesechangesandhowthesestrategiescanbeusedtominimizevoidingandensurerobustBTCassemblies.BrookSandy-SmithisaTechnicalSupportEngineeratIndiumCorporation,specializinginprintedcircuitboardassemblymaterials,particularlysolderpaste.Sheconductsapplicationtestingandqualificationsfornewproductintroductions.Sandy-Smithearneddegreesinchemicalengineering(withafocusonmaterials)andGermanlanguagefromtheUniversityofRhodeIsland.ShepreviouslyworkedinR&D,developingconductiveadhesivesfordie-andstrap-attach,aswellasconductiveinksforRFIDapplications.Herareasofexpertiseincludeanalyticaltestingofconductivematerials,applicationssuchasscreen-printingandjetdispensing(jetting),aswellasscale-upandpre-productionofdevelopmentalmaterials.

Tuesday,September12,2017•9:45-10:15Test&MeasurementRoom:Room107DemystifyingPhaseCoherentSignalGenerationMathieuCaillet,Rohde&SchwarzPhasecoherentRFandmicrowavesignalsarerequiredinmanyapplicationslikemassiveMIMO,beamforming,radar,etc.Inparticular,phasestabilitybetweenthesignalsiscritical.Generatingsuchsignalsinareliableandrepeatablemannerhaslongbeenachallenge.Thiscomesfrom2mainsaspects:thedifferentbasebandsandRFchannelsneedtobeverywellcoupledtoguaranteethebestaccuracy,andtheRFchannelshavetobealignedinphaseandtime.Asifthingsweren'tdifficultenough,frequencyandamplituderangesareusuallyfairlywideinradarsystems.Thisaddsanotherlayerofcomplexitytothegenerationofphasecoherentsignals.Rohde&Schwarz(R&S)signalgeneratorspresentacompactandeasy-to-usesolutionforgeneratingphasecoherentsignals.Highphasestabilityistypicallyachievedusingacommonsynthesizersignal(localoscillator)forallsignalgeneratorsinatestsystem.Thegenerators’phasecoherenceoptionenablesLOcouplingofmultipleinstrumentsbydistributingthesynthesizersignalofoneinstrumenttotheothers.R&Svectorsignalgeneratorsallowtocontrolthephaseoffsetbetweensignalsinthebaseband,andtheyofferalotofflexibilitywhenitcomestogeneratingphasecoherentsignalsthankstotheiruniquearchitecture.Configurationswithupto8timesynchronizedbasebandsand2RFchannelsinoneunitcanbeachieved.TheR&Ssolutionisthereforeflexibleandscalable.Inaddition,itiseasytosetupmultipleRFchannels.Finally,theR&SPulseSequencersoftwaresimplifiesthe


calibrationandgenerationprocessestoalignthechannelsandtakeintoaccounttheradiationpatternandantennascansinvolvedinradarscenarios.Inthispaper,aconfigurationforwidebandphasecoherentsignalgenerationispresentedandthekeycomponentofthearchitecturearehighlighted.Theperformanceandstabilityovertimeareshownatdifferentfrequenciesupto40GHz.Furthermore,theoptionsforphaseandtimealignmentarereviewed,andaneasyprocedureisproposedusinganetworkanalyzer.Toconclude,thefactorsthatinfluencethelongtermstabilityofthesesignalsarediscussed.MathieuCailletreceivedtheEngineeringandM.S.degreesinsignalprocessingandtelecommunicationsfromtheUniversityofRennes1,France,andthePh.D.degreefromtheRennesInstituteofElectronicsandTelecommunications,France.Cailletheldvariouspositions,includingresearchAssistantintheElectricalandComputerEngineeringDepartmentoftheRoyalMilitaryCollegeofCanadainKingston,Ontario.Hisresearchincludednewconceptsofcompactantennasandcircuits,andtheanalysisanddevelopmentofacomputationmoduleforaphasedarrayantennasimulationtool.AsanapplicationengineerwithRohdeandSchwarzsupportingcustomersdevelopingleadingedgetechnologies,hisfocusismicrowaveandaerospace&defenseapplications.Caillet‘sexpertiseisinnetworkanalysis,signalintegrity,andwidebandphasecoherentsignalgeneration.PowerIntegrityRoom:Room108CorrelationofPowerIntegritytoLPDDR4andDDR4MemoryActivityAlanGosselin,KeysightTechnologiesPowerintegrityissuescausesignalintegrityissuesanareoftentherootcausewhensystemsdon’tbehaveasexpected.ThispapercoversnewtechniquestogainrapidinsightintopowerintegrityinsystemswithhighspeedDDR4/LPDDR4memory.Observehowtousecross-correlatedmeasurementsoftrafficonDDR/LPDDRbusesandpowerintegrityofthesystemstounderstandsystemissuesfaster.ExamplesfromLPDDR4andDDR4systemswillbeusedtoillustratecorrelationofspecificeventsandactivityonthememorybusestopowerrailfluctuations.KeyTakeaways:*UnderstandofcommonproblemareasforLPDDR4andDDR4*Understandlimitationsofblockingcapacitors*ExperienceexamplesofcorrelationofsystempowerintegrityandsignalflowinDDR/LPDDRmemoryRF&MicrowaveDesignRoom:Room109HowComplexModulation,ZeroIF,andAdvancedAlgorithmsEnableNextGenerationTransceiverRadiosFrankKearney,AnalogDevicesThereisaninterestingassociationbetweencomplexmodulation,zeroIFandadvancedalgorithmdevelopment.Thisobjectiveofthisarticleisfirstlytoestablishthebasicfundamentalsofeach,thatisthebasicprinciplesofoperation,thevaluetheydeliverintermsofsystemdesignandlastlytheinter-dependabilityofthethree.RFengineeringisoftenregardedasthe‘blackart’ofelectronics.Itcanbeastrangemixofmathematics,mechanicsandinsomeinstancesjusttrialanderror.Itunsettlesmanygoodengineersandmanyotherssettleforunderstandingtheoutcomeratherthanthedetail.Muchoftheexistingliteraturejumpsstraightintothetheoreticalandmathematicalexplanationwithoutfirstlyestablishingtheunderlyingconcepts.WithinthisarticlewehavechosentofocusonprovidingastepbystepguidetocomplexmodulationandzeroIF.Ourobjectiveistofirstlyclarifybothconceptsandthenprovidemorespecificdetailonthebenefitsandchallengesofeach.FrankKearneyworksasAlgorithmDevelopmentManagerintheCommunicationSystemsEngineeringteamatAnalogDevicesLimerick.HehasworkedatADIsincegraduationin1988.HerecentlyreturnedfromChinawhereheheldthepositionofSnr.ApplicationsmanagerforthesystemsengineeringteaminAsiaPacific.HeiscurrentlyadoctoratecandidateatUniversityCollegeDublin.


Radar/DefenseRoom:Room110RapidPrototypingofan8x8ButlerMatrixBeamformingNetworkforPhasedArrayAntennaApplicationsJiyounMunn,COMSOL5G,orthe5thgenerationmobilenetworks,istheproposednextgenerationoftelecommunicationstandardsthatwillprovideultrafastcommunication.High-speedcommunicationwithanexpandeddataraterequireshigherfrequenciesthathavetheunfortunatecomplicationofgreaterpathloss.Millimeterwavephasedarrayantennasareacompellingoptiontosupportawiderbandwidthandcompensateforthishigherpathloss.Thispresentationdemonstrateshowdesignerscanuseefficientnumericalsimulationfortheeasyvirtualprototypingofmicrostripphasedarrayantennas.The8x8Butlermatrixisacost-effectivepassivebeamformingfeednetworkforphasedarrayantennaapplicationsbecauseitdoesnotuseactivedevicessuchasmixers,switches,phaseshifters,andtransceivers.However,thetypical8x8Butlermatrixdesignsthathavebeenintroducedrequiredeployingmanyair-bridges,vias,andbentcablesthatresultinacomplicatedprototypingprocess.Itwouldbecumbersometoconnecttheoutputportsofthebeamformingnetworktoan8x1antennaarraywhereeachelementisevenlyspacedfortheoptimalgainandsidelobelevel,soextracablesmighthavetobeadded,stretched,andbent.Thesimulationmodelsizewouldalsobetoobigforperformingconventional3Delectromagnetic(EM)simulationsforrapidprototyping.Inthiswork,thefrequency-domaintransmissionlineequationintheCOMSOLMultiphysics®softwareisusedtomodelan8x8Butlermatrixat30GHzveryquicklywithoutconcerningthecomputationalcost.TheproposedButlermatrixcircuitdesignaccountsforasinglelayerfabricationwithoutusinganyair-bridgesormetalizedviasbyutilizingmultipleladder-shapedcrossoverstructureswhichcanbeturnedintoeasy-to-fabricateplanarmicrostriplinesandarereadytobeconnectedtoan8x1antennaarray.Thesimulationcomputesthearithmeticphaseprogressionateachoutputportofthebeamformingnetwork.TheButlermatrixisalsocoupledtoafull-waveFEMsimulationofan8x1patchantennaarrayonasingle-layersubstrate.Theresultsshowthefar-fieldradiationpatterngeneratedbyan8x1patchantennaarraywheneachinputportoftheButlerfeedingnetworkisexcited.The112.5-degreearithmeticphaseprogression,controlledbytheexcitationport,steersthemainlobeoftheantennaarrayfromoneendtotheotherendofthesubstrate.RF&MicrowaveDesignRoom:Room111ReliabilityWithoutHermeticity:VaporDepositedCoatingsforEnvironmentalprotectionofHigh-FrequencyRFMicro-ElectronicsAustinNowak,GVDCorporationRadiofrequency(RF)micro-electronicsareusedeverywhereintoday’stechnology,fromtheinternetofthingstomilitaryradarsystems.Manyofthesesystems,suchasmilitaryactiveelectronicallyscannedarray(AESA)radar,readandanalyzeahighvolumeofRFsignalsanddatausingsophisticatedanalog-to-digitalconversationandhigh-powerprocessors.However,astheRFfrequencyutilizedbythesedevicesincreases,itischallengingfortheseadvancedRFsystemstomeetsize,weight,powerandcostrequirementssetbyconsumermarketordefenseagencydemand,whatthemilitarycalls“SWaP-C”,duetotheneedforpackagingoftheRFcomponentsandintegratedcircuits(ICs)intoensurelongtermreliability.Reliability&performanceconcernstraditionallynecessitatetheenvironmentalprotectionofthesehigh-frequencyRFdevicesateitherthecomponentortheassemblylevelbyhermeticallysealingthedeviceinabulky,heavyexpensivemetalenclosuretopreventdegradationcausedbyhazardsindeviceoperatingenvironments.IndustrystandardconformalcoatingsareunusableduetothesignificantsignaldegradationwhichoccursifapplieddirectlyoverahighfrequencyRFcircuit.Thereisacriticalneedforacoatingalternativewhichiscompatiblewithhigh-frequencyRFdevicestoprovidealowerweightandlowervolume


environmentalprotectionschemewithhighreliabilityandnegligibleperformanceimpactforRFdevices.ThisapproachwouldallowRFdeviceintegrationonSWaP-CeffectivePCBsandeliminatethehermeticallypackagedchip-and-wireassembliescurrentlyinuse.Toaddressthisneed,newcoatingshavebeendevelopedthatcanbeappliedtoboththebaredeviceandcompletedRFassemblies.Thesecoatingsareappliedthroughadry,room-temperaturevapordepositionprocessthatgentlyencapsulatesRFboardsand/orcomponentsinathin(~1micron)film.Byusingmaterialswiththeproperdielectricconstantandbykeepingthefilmthin,thesecoatingshavebeendemonstratedtohavenegligibleimpactonRFsignalintegritywhenapplieddirectlytothesurfaceofMonolithicMicrowaveIntegratedCircuits(MMICs)operatinginKu,Ka,andWbands,asvalidatedbyindependenttesting.Anotherimportantfactortoconsideristhecoatings’thermalstability,inorderforthesetechnologiestobecompatiblewithhot-runningsemiconductortechnologiessuchasgalliumnitride(GaN)components.Thedepositionprocesssimultaneouslyadsorbsmoleculesofmonomerunitsonthesurfaceofthedeviceandcrosslinksthosemonomerunitstogrowacohesivepolymerfilm,resultinginmolecular-levelconformalcoverageofthesurface.Thismolecular-levelcoverageensuresexcellentadhesiontothedevice,whichiscriticalinprovidingprotectionfromexposuretoharshoperatingenvironments.Thedensenetworkedstructurerendersthesepolymercoatingsresistanttodissolutionordelamination.Chemicalcompatibilityhasbeendemonstratedthroughlong-termsoaktestingwithavarietyofsolventsandliquids,specificallyinaerospaceoperatingenvironments,suchasacetone,isopropylalcohol,jetfuel,hydraulicfuel,andde-icingagents.Coatingproperties(dielectricconstantandthickness)becomeevermoreimportantastheoperatingfrequencyofthedevicebeingcoatedincreases,sincetheimmediatedielectricenvironmentsurroundingthecircuitcreatesamoresignificantimpact.Forinstance,aRFdeviceoperatingatCbandcanaccommodateaparylenecoatingwithalowimpactonsignalperformance;however,aKabanddeviceoperatingat40GHzcoatedwithparylenewouldseesuchalargeperformanceshifttorenderthedeviceunusable.ThisperformanceimpactduetoconventionalconformalcoatingsistypicallyseenstartingatX-band(8-12GHz)andincreasesoverhigherRFfrequencies,atwhichpointhermeticpackagingisseenastheonlyhigh-reliabilityoptionforenvironmentalprotection.InRFtesting,thesenewcoatingsshownegligibleimpactons-parameters,gain,isolation,andreturnlossfrom0to20GHzfrequency;thislowimpactwasobservedbeforeandafter8daysofenvironmentalexposureat85°C/85%relativehumidity(RH).ThislowperformanceimpactwhenapplieddirectlyovertheRFcircuitenablesachip,component,orassemblydesignertoconsiderhigh-reliabilityenvironmentalprotectionwithouttheaddedweight,volume,andexpenseofhermeticpackaging.

Tuesday,September12,2017•10:30-12:005GAdvancedCommunicationsRoom:Room3025GFiveYearsFromNow–HowdoweGetThere?ThomasCameron,ADIHardlyadaygoesbywithoutanewsfeedlandinginmyinboxdeliveringupdateson5Gtrialsorforecastsof5Gsubscriberuptake.Mostwillagreethatby2022,therewillbeathriving5Gecosysteminsomeregionsoftheworld.Butwhatwillthe5Gnetworklooklike?Willbreakthroughsinmmwavetechnologyenableawholenewcellularinfrastructure,orwillweseeamassivedeploymentofmassiveMIMOinsub6GHzspectrum?Inmanyways,thefutureof5GreliesonustheRFengineeringcommunitytodelivertheadvancedtechnologyoftomorrow.Let’stakethisjourneyintothefuturetogether.Duringthisplenarypresentationwe’llstartbybrieflydiscussingthe5Gindustrygoalsandmotivations.Thenwe’llreviewthetechnologiesthatareindevelopmenttodayenablingtheearly5Gradiodesignsandwe’llhighlightsomeofthechallengesthatlayaheadfortheRFdesigncommunity.


Dr.ThomasCameronistheCTOfortheCommunicationsBusinessUnitatAnalogDevices.Inthisrolehecontributestoindustryleadinginnovationinintegratedcircuitsforradiobasestationsandmicrowavebackhaulsystems.Heiscurrentlyworkingontheresearchanddevelopmentofradiotechnologyfor5Gsystemsinbothcellularandmicrowavefrequencybands.PriortohiscurrentroleatAnalogDeviceshewasDirectorofSystemsEngineeringfortheCommunicationsBusiness.Dr.Cameronhasover30yearsofexperienceinresearchanddevelopmentoftechnologyfortelecomnetworksincludingcellularbasestations,microwaveradiosandcablesystems.PriortojoiningAnalogDevicesin2006,hecontributedtothedevelopmentofabroadrangeofRFsystemsandtechnologiesoverhiscareeratBellNorthernResearch,Nortel,SirenzaMicrodevicesandWJCommunications.Dr.CameronholdsaPh.D.inElectricalEngineeringfromtheGeorgiaInstituteofTechnology.Room:Room302BettingYourJob–FindingYourVoiceandBeingaChangeAgentinaCorporateWorldScottMcMorrow,SAMTEC,Inc.Asanexternalconsultantforyears,Icouldminutelyimpactthedesigndevelopmentofmycustomer’sproducts.Asanengineer,Iamachangeagent,aproblemsolverandatrustedtechnicaladviser,bothinsideandoutsidethecorporateenvironment.Everyrecommendationwasan“IBetMyJob”momentforme,andItreatedthemthatway.Myrecommendationswouldoftendeterminethepotentialforelectronicsuccessorfailure,wherefailurecouldhavebeencatastrophicforthecompaniesIworkedforaswellasanactualliabilityand/orreputationalinjuryformyselfandmycompany.Duringmypresentation,Iwilldiscusshowmyphilosophyhashelpedinthedevelopmentofdiverseproductswherefailurecouldplace$100Mto$1B+atrisk.Bothhorrorstoriesandsuccessesintheelectronicsindustrywillberevealed.SincemovingfromexternalconsultanttoakeyengineeringcontributorwithinSamtec,I’velearnedthatIstill“BetMyJob”onaday-to-daybasis…and,infact,everyengineerdoes,everyday.Whetheryouknowitornot,yourdecisionshaverippleeffectsthroughoutthecompanyyouworkfor,astheydothroughoutyourpersonallife.Onceyouembraceanethosof“Ibetmyjob,”youbecomeanengineerthathasintegrityandcanindividuallyalterthecourseofacompanyattheleast,andpotentiallytheworld.Withtherapidaccelerationofelectronicsgrowth,someofthisaudiencewillbetrulyinvolvedinchangingtheworldbybettingtheirjobs.ScottMcMorrowisCTOforSignalIntegrityProductsatSamtec.Asaconsultantforyearstoonumeroustomention,Scotthashelpednumerouscompaniesdevelophighperformanceproducts,whiletrainingsignalintegrityengineers.Todayheworksfor“theman,”wherehecontinuesbeingaproblemsolver,achangeagentand“bettinghisjob”everyday.Room:Room302‘Deliveringvalue’everybodysaysit,butwhatdoesitmean–AlookbehindtheScenesofTest&MeasurementFarideAkretch,Rohde&SchwarzWehaveallheardit:"DeliveringValuetoourcustomers".Asanengineerandcustomer,Ihaveheardthatphrasealltoooften.Moreover,asaMarketingManagerIseemtosayitonaregularbasis.Butwhatdoesitreallymean?Whatdoesitmeantoyouinyourjob?It'seasytogetcaughtupinthedailyfrenzyofdeadlines,meetingsanddesignhurdlesthatweforgetabouttheimportanceofdeliveringvalue.Inthisplenarysession,wewilltakealookbehindthescenesofRohde&Schwarzandexplorewhatvaluemeanstothedifferentdepartmentsofthecompany.Asafamilyownedcompanyitisaconceptthatstartswiththefamilyandcontinuesthroughalllevels.Beitinproductdefinition,design,development,manufacturing,sales,marketingorservice–itisacompanyculturethataffectseverythingandeveryone.We’llexplorespecificexampleswheretheconceptofdeliveringvaluetoourcustomersandalongtermvisionhaveproducedsomeextraordinaryproductsandservices.


Theseexamplescouldhaveeasilydisappearedbackintoadrawerifanalltoocommonphilosophyofshort-term-gainshadbeenapplied.FarideAkretchissegmentmarketingmanagerforRohde&Schwarz.Inmorethan20yearsintheindustryhehasheldavarietyofpositionsinGermany,Japan,andtheUnitedStates,includingapplicationengineer,productmarketingandbusinessandmarketdevelopment.Heholdsamaster’sinelectricalengineering/electronicsfromtheTechnicalUniversityofBerlin.

Tuesday,September12,2017•12:45-1:15Room:FrequencyMattersTheaterPrintedElectronicsandAdditivePackagingforRF/MicrowaveApplicationsCraigArmiento,UMASS-LowellThereisgrowinginterestinadoptingadditivetechnologiesfortheproductionofRF/microwaveelectronics.Thisinterestismotivatedbytheneedforrapidprototyping,lowercostandtheabilitytodevelopsolutionsthatareflexible,lightweight,conformableorwearable.InadditiontouseinDoDsystems(e.g.,flexibleradars)it’sexpectedthatthistechnologywillbeappliedtocommercialapplicationssuchasIoTand5Gtelecommunicationproducts.ThistalkwilldescriberesearchunderwayattheUniversityofMassachusettsLowell(UML)thatincludesdesignmethodologies,materialsdevelopment,printingtechnologiesandcharacterizationtechniquesneededforadditivemanufacturingofRF/microwaveelectronics.TheuniversitypartnershipwithRaytheon(Raytheon-UMassLowellResearchInstitute)willbedescribedaswellasabroaderorganizationofcorporateparnershipscalledthePrintedElectronicsResearchCollaborative(PERC).Ongoingresearchonprintedvaractorsandphaseshifters,madepossiblebyaproprietaryferroelectricinkdevelopedatourcenter,willbedescribed.Approachestoadditivemicroelectronicpackagingandthepotentialforeliminationofwirebondswillalsobediscussed.Thedevelopmentofprinted2Dand3Dantennaarrayswillalsobepresented.CraigArmientoisaProfessorintheElectricalandComputerEngineeringDepartmentattheUniversityofMassachusettsLowell.HeisafounderandCo-DirectoroftheRaytheon-UMassLowellResearchInstitute(RURI)andistheDirectorofthePrintedElectronicsResearchCollaborative(PERC).HeisalsotheDirectoroftheCenterforPhotonics,ElectromagneticsandNanoelectronics(CPEN).Prof.ArmientoservedasECEDepartmentChairfrom2005-2011.HiscurrentresearchinterestsincludeprintedRFelectronicsandantennas,photonicdevices,additivemicroelectronicpackaging,Flex-Hybridintegration,andRFIDs.PriortocomingtoUMassLowellin2003,Prof.ArmientohadovertwentyyearsofindustrialR&Dexperience.HeledresearchprojectsatGTELaboratories(nowVerizon)onprojectsincludingFiber-to-the-Home(nowFiOS),optoelectronichybridintegration,III-Vdevicefabrication,photonicpackagingandGaAsICs.HealsowasDirectorofOpticalNetworkingatLightchipOpticalNetworksInc.andwasaresearcheratMITLincolnlaboratory.Prof.Armientohasover100publicationsandpresentationsand16U.S.patentsandearnedhisPh.D.andtwoMastersdegreesfromMITandhisBSEEfromManhattanCollege.AlkimAkyurtlureceivedtheB.S.degreeinelectricalengineeringfromtheVirginiaTech,Blacksburg,in1994,andtheM.S.andPh.D.degreesinelectricalengineeringfromThePennsylvaniaStateUniversity(PennState),UniversityPark,PA,in1996and2001,respectively.In2002,shejoinedtheDepartmentofElectricalandComputerEngineeringatUniversityofMassachusettsLowell(UML),Lowell,MA,wheresheisaFullProfessor,DeputyDirectorofPrintedElectronicsResearchCollaborative(PERC),andCo-DirectoroftheCenterforPhotonics,ElectromagneticsandNanoelectronics(CPEN).Herresearchinterestsareindesignandapplicationofmetamaterialsandcomputationalelectromagneticswithemphasisonmodelingofelectromagneticwaveinteractionwithmetamaterialsandcomplexmedia,includingchiralmaterials,antennas,andmicro-andnano-scaledevices.HerfundingresourcesincludetheAirForce,NSF,DARPA,ONR,andNASA.PriortocomingtoUML,Dr.AkyurtluworkedatMITLincolnLaboratorywiththeSystemsandAnalysisGroupasaTechnicalSpecialistconductingresearchon


electromagneticmodelingandstatisticalanalysisofradarsystems.ShewasaSummerFacultyFellowattheAirForceResearchLaboratory,HanscomAirForceBase,MA,inthesummerof2004andattheNASALangleyResearchCenterinthesummerof2003,whereshereceivedtheBestFacultyFellowPaperAward.ShewasawardedtheOutstandingTeachingAwardintheElectricalEngineeringDepartmentforthe2002-2003andthe2010-2011academicyearsatUML.Dr.AkyurtluwasanAcademicComputingFellowatPennState.ShewasarecipientoftheBestStudentPaperAwardatthe2000AppliedComputationalElectromagneticsSocietySymposium.Prof.AkyurtluisamemberofTauBetaPi,IEEEAntennasandPropagationSocieties,andhasbeenanEditorfortheIEEEAntennasandTransactionsMagazine.SheisaSeniorMemberofIEEE.

Tuesday,September12,2017•1:00-1:30Test&MeasurementRoom:Room107AdvancedTechniquesforSpuriousSearchinRFandMicrowaveDevicesLauraSanchez,Rohde&SchwarzSpuriousemissionsearchisoneofthemostdemandingmeasurementinthedesign,verificationandproductionofRFandmicrowavedevices.Inthispaperwewillreviewthebasicsofspuriousmeasurementswithspectrumanalyzersandhowthemeasurementparameterscanaffectthesystemperformanceincommonapplications.Itwillthendescribetraditionalmeasurementmethodsandintroduceanewtechniquethatprovidesabetterusabilityandspeed,especiallywhensearchingforlowlevelspurioussignals.Attendeeswillgetabetterunderstandingofthedifferenttechniquesavailableforspurioussearchwithspectrumanalyzers.Thosewhoneedtodetectverylowlevelspurswilllearnhowtotakeadvantageofanewtechniquewhichmakesspurioussearchfasterandeasiertoconfigurewithoutcompromisingtheinstrumentssensitivity.LauraSanchezisProductManagerforsignalandspectrumanalyzersatRohde&SchwarzinMunich(Germany)since2012.Duringher17years’experienceintheRFandtelecommunicationsindustry,shehasworkedasanRFengineer,engineeringteamleaderandproductmanagerformajorequipmentmanufacturersandnetworkoperatorsinseveralEuropeanandAsiancountries.Sheholdsanengineeringdegreeinelectronics,specializedintelecommunicationsystems,fromthePolytechnicUniversityofMadrid(Spain)andhascarriedoutherdiplomathesisattheUniversityofAppliedSciencesinMannheim,Germany.PowerIntegrityRoom:Room108DesigningPowerforSensitiveCircuitsSteveSandler,PicotestWhilepowerintegrityisbecomingmoremainstream,thecurrentfocusisonPDNimpedancerelatedtohighspeedcircuits.Arelatedtopicthatisworthyof,butreceivingfarless,attentionishowtodesignpowerforsensitivecircuits,includingLNAs,clocksandPLLcircuits.Whilethesecircuitsconsumelowpower,theyaresensitivetoevenverylowlevelspowerrailnoise.Engineersfrequentlyuseferritebeadstoreducethenoiseatthesensitivecircuitandthisoftenmakesthenoiseevenworse.Thispaperwilldiscussthevariousnoisepathsthatcontributetothedegradationofthesensitivecircuitaswellashowtooptimize,measureandtroubleshootpowersupplyrelatednoisefortheseapplications.SteveSandlerhasbeeninvolvedwithpowersystemengineeringfornearly40years.SteveisthefounderofPICOTEST.com,acompanyspecializinginpowerintegritysolutionsincludingmeasurementproducts,servicesandtraining.Hefrequentlylecturesandleadsworkshopsinternationallyonthetopicsofpower,PDNanddistributedsystemsandisaKeysightcertifiedexpertfrEDAsoftware.HefrequentlywritesarticlesandbooksrelatedtopowersupplyandPDNperformanceandhislatestbook,Power


Integrity:Measuring,OptimizingandTroubleshootingPower-RelatedParametersinElectronicsSystemswaspublishedbyMcGraw-Hillin2014.Low-PowerRF&IoTDesignRoom:Room109PracticalSmallAntennaDesignforWirelessandIoTProductsHenryLau,LexiwaveTechnology,Inc.AntennaperformanceplaysacriticalroleindeterminingthecommunicationrangeandqualityofserviceforwirelessandIoTdevices.Ashandhelddevicesaregettingsmallerbutwithanincreasingnumberofcomponentsforadditionalfunctionsandfeatures,smallantennadesignbecomescrucialtothesuccessofnewwirelessorIoTproducts.Competenceinsmallantennadesignstrengthensthecompetitiveedgeofsuchproductsfortheirmanufacturers.Thispaperofferstechnicalinsightsonthevitalaspectsofantennadesignfromanindustrialandpracticalperspective.Itcoversfundamentaltheory,concepts&definitionstothefeatures,specificationsandperformanceofdifferenttypesofcommonly-usedandadvancedantennasfoundinwirelessproducts.Practicalimplementationstrategiesonoverallproductdesignforoptimumsmallantennaperformancewillalsobepresented.HenryLaureceivedhisM.Sc.andMBAdegreesfromtheUKandUSArespectively.Hehasmorethan22yearsofexperienceindesigningRFsystems,productsandRFICsinbothHongKongandtheUS.HeworkedforMotorolaandConexantintheUSasPrincipalEngineerondevelopingRFICsforcellularphoneandsilicontunerapplications.Mr.LauholdsfivepatentsinRFdesigns.HeiscurrentlyrunningLexiwaveTechnology,afablesssemiconductorcompanyinHongKongandtheUSdesigningandsellingRFICs,RFmodulesandRFsolutions.HehasalsobeenteachingnumerousRF-relatedcoursesinternationally.

Tuesday,September12,2017•1:00-4:50Radar/DefenseRoom:Room110DesignAspectsforDual-PolarizedPhasedArrayAntennaswithLowX-polContributionDennisVollbracht,Selex-ESGmbHAntennaengineersknowaboutthechallengetodesignphased-arrayantennaswithverylowx-polcontributionforthebeamsteeringrange.Thispapergivesanoverviewaboutthedesignaspectsofdual-polarizedmicrostrippatchphased-arrayantennaswithverylowx-polcontribution.Startingfromasingleradiatordesign,two32-element-arraysareinvestigatedinx-polcontributionduringphased-arrayoperationwithCSTMWSandcompactrangemeasurements.Inparticular,theperformanceparametersforphase-taper-optimizedanddifferentially-feedantennaarraysarehighlighted.Itwillbeshown,howthex-polradiationwillbegeneratedandhowtheantennaradiationpatterncanbeusedtoidentifythedominatingsourceofx-polcontributionofantennaarrays.In2006,DennisVollbrachtreceivedthediplomadegree(Dipl.-Ing.(FH))inelectricalengineeringfromtheUniversityofAppliedSciencesMünster,Germany.Inthesameyear,hejoinedtheweatherradarsupplierSelexESinNeuss,Germanyandiscurrentlyworkingthereassystemsengineerandprojectmanager.From2006to2008hedevelopedreceiverupgradesforweatherradars.From2008-2016hewasthetechnicalresponsibleforcustomersastheGermanyAerospaceCenter(DLR-OberpfaffenhofenPOLDIRAD)andMeteoSwiss.HerehewasactingastheheadofthedevelopmentofAntennaMountedReceiverRadars(AMR)andhasdelivered5dual-polarizedAMRintheswissalpsupto3000mabovesealevel.Since2016heisresponsiblesystemsengineerfortherenewaloftheCanadianweatherradarnetworkwithupto33S-Bandklystronradars.Furthermore,heleadsthedevelopmentoftransportableC-BandradarfortheIndiancustomerIITM,whichwillbeinstalledin2017.Hiscurrentradarresearchinterestsareantennamountedreceivers,polarimetricradarcalibrationanddual-polarizedphasedarrayradars.Since2010heisworkinginparttimeonhisPhDunderthesupervisorofProf.Dr.rer.nat.


MadhukarChandrafromtheUniversityofChemnitz.Hisdissertationfocusedonthedesignanddevelopmentofpolarimetricantennaarraysforphasedarrayweatherradarapplications.HeiscashpricewinnerofU.R.S.IYoungScientistAwardProgram2014andhasauthoredorcoauthoredover10researcharticles.Radar/DefenseRoom:Room110Enhancedtargetdetectionandlocalizationbycueinginmultistaticpassive-activeradarsystemsTadeuszBRENNER,PIT-RADWARSATheDeployableMultibandPassiveActiveRadar(DMPAR)concepthasbeenoriginallyproposedby[1],[3],[4]andtheSET-152RTGintheFinalReportofthegroup[6].Inthisapproach,acollocatedsystemcomprisingof4passiveandactivecomponentshasbeenconnectedthroughthealgorithmsofcentralizedanddecentralizedfusionofsignalsorplots,respectively.PerformedsimulationsgavepromisingresultsandthroughthecourseofworkofSET-195[2]thesewereconfirmedbyexperimentaldata.Thescenariosfromtrialsonwhichweregisteredsignalsanddataaredescribedin[2,11].Thealgorithmsofsignalsanddatafusionwasdevelopedonbasis[8]anddescribedin[9].Inthispaperweanalyzeasystem,thatconsistsofhighpower,lowfrequency,longrangeradar(denotedasEarlyWarningRadar–EWR)andasetofcollocated/dislocatedactiveandpassivecomponents–DMPAR.OuraimistoshowperformanceofthepassivecomponentsthatarecuedbyEWRandrelateittoperformanceoftheactivecomponentworkingindependentlyorincooperationwithpassiveelements.Theschemeofdataprocessinginthesystemwillbepresented.ThefirstelementistheEWRunit,whichcontinuouslyscanstheareafortargets.Itworksindependentlywithitsownprocessing,detectionandtrackingalgorithms.TheEWRoutputsitsdatainaformoftracksandsendsittothecollocatedDMPARsystem(bymeansofCommandandControlsystem).Ascueinginformationisfedintoeachchannelofthepassivecomponent(eachtransmitter-receiverpair)thedatafromcuedregionsisprovidedonaper-targetbasistocentralizeddetectionmodule.Inthesametimeeachsensorcontinuesitsoperationandallsensordetectionsaresenttothedecentralizeddetectionmodule.Thiswayofoperationallowsforsimultaneousoperationofdataandsignalfusiononseparableareasofdetectiongrid.Thankstothefeedingthepassiveradarbytheexogenousradartracks(cueingbyEWR),coverttrackingofaerialtargetscanbecontinuedbythecentralizedfusionexcludingthedecentralizedfusion.Theaddedvalueofsuchapproachistheextendedrangeofpassiveradarthatisnotlimitedtooneofitsworkingchannels.IfthetargetislocatedwithintheoperationalrangeofthepassiveradarandhasnotbeendetectedbytheEWR,thedecentralizedfusionisperformedaswellandmaystillprovidedetectionandtrackingofthetarget.Inthispaperweusedandshortlywillshowcentralized(fusionofsignalstatistics)anddecentralized(fusionofdetections)fusionstrategy,analysisofsystemprobabilityoffalsealarm,thresholdmanagementforcentralizedanddecentralizedprocessing,systemmodellingandsimulationwhichwaspresentedin[8,10]andwillpresentanddiscussedsimulationresultsofdetectionforcollocatedpassive-activesystemscenario[10]andsimulationresultsofthetargetlocationaccuracy,comparinglocationandtrackingaccuracy,when(a)onlypassiveradaristrackingthetarget,(b)passiveradaraswellasthefirecontrolradaristrackingthetarget[12].Basedonresultsonregisteredsignalsanddatadescribedin[9,2]wewillshowresultsofdetectionforcollocatedanddislocatedpassive-activesystemscenario.ThispaperdemonstratesanovelapproachtoDMPARsystem,whichplacesthedescribedconceptinairandmissiledefenseoperationalcontext.AsSET-195teamhasproventheapplicabilityof“DMPARshorttermsolutionverification”,itmakesimplementationofpresentedprocessinginrealsystemevenmorelikely.Thepresentedradarmodelshavebeenimplementedandanumberofsimulationsandofflineregistereddataprocessinghasbeenconducted.Elementaryscenarioconsistedofapoint


targetwhichtrackwastransferred(cued)fromEWRtopassiveradar.Ineachcasetheprobabilityofdetectionasafunctionoftargetrangehasbeenevaluated.TheresultsareverypromisingaswecanimprovetheperformanceofPCLsensorsystemtoalmostmatchthisofactiveFireControlRadar,whileatthesametimeremainingcovertandundetectabletopotentialthreat.Allinallthisopensupanewlineofresearchinpassive-activeairandmissiledefensesystems.References[1]T.Brenner,J.Hardejewicz,M.Nałęcz,M.Rupniewski,“Signalsanddatafusioninatwo-bandradar”,Proc.Inter.RadarSymposium(IRS),Warsaw2012,15-18[2]“SET-195RTGtechnicalreport:DMPARshorttermsolutionverification”,NATOSTOpublishing,STO-TR-SET-195(inprogress).[3]M.Rupniewski,“Simulationresultsofdecentralizedandcentralizeddetectionoftargetsintwobandradar”,(inPolish),InstituteofElectronicSystems,Warsaw,April2011.[4]T.Brenner,G.Weiss,M.Klein,H.Kuschel:“Signalsanddatafusioninadeployablemultibandpassive-activeradar(DMPAR)”,Proc.IETInter.Conf.onRadarSystems,Glasgow20121–6.[5]A.Farina,M.Grazzini,“Radarfusiontodetectdimtargets”SignalProcessing80(9):1833-1847·September2000[6]“SET-152RTGtechnicalreport:DeployableMulti-BandPassive/ActiveRadarforAirDefense”,NATOSTOpublishing,RTO-TR-SET-152,2014[7]M.Malanowski,“Signalprocessingalgorithmsandtargetlocalizationmethodsforcontinuous-wavepassivebistaticradar”,OficynaWydawniczaPolitechnikiWarszawskiej,Warsaw2012[8]T.Brenner,L.Lamentowski,M.Rupniewski,“ProcessingofmeasurementsinDMPAR”10-thmeetingofSET195,November2015Prague..[9]T.Brenner,L.Lamentowski,L.Raczyński,L.Żochowski,“Off-lineDMPARregisteredsignalprocessingandanalysisoftheresults”RSMSET231,Lisbone,October2016.[10]T.Brenner,L.Lamentowski,R.Mularzuk,“EnhancedtargetdetectionbycueingandthresholdmanagementinsensornetworkwithDMPARprocessing”–IRS2017Prague,June2017(inprogress)[11]V.Stejskal,H.Kuschel,T.Brenner,L.Lamentowski,I.Norheim-Næss,P.Samczynski,J.Kulpa,„DETOURtrials:themissionanditsresults”-IRS2017Prague,June2017(inprogress)[12]T.Brenner,L.Lamentowski,R.Mularzuk,“TheanalysisoftargetlocationaccuracyenhancementviacueinginsensornetworkwithDMPARprocessing”PCLFocusDay,FraunhoferFHR,May2017(inprogress).TadeuszBrenner-ScientificExpertinPITRADWARcompany.HeisspecialistinRadarSystemsespeciallyinSignalProcessing.HedevelopedmanyactiveradarsinL,S,Cband.Heworksfrom18yearsinpassiveradars(PCL)also.HeisnowProjectmanagerofPET-PCLsystem.Hepublishedalmost60papersinconferenceproceedingsandjournalsandistheauthorandco-authorabout60technicalreports.HeisveryactiveinRTGSETSTONATOgroups.Radar/DefenseRoom:Room110InnovativeAlgorithmforWideBandDigitalSignalProcessinginmodernAESARADARArchitectureCaterinaRapisarda,LeonardoCompanyS.p.A.RFsamplingtechnology,alreadyavailableinL,SandCbands,allowsacquiringthewholeoperativeRADARbandwidth.Inthiscontext,toovercomedigitalprocessingbottlenecks,aninnovativeFPGAbasedalgorithm,targetingwidebandRADARsignalhasbeendesigned.Thealgorithmisabletodigitallyprocesswidebandsignals,withaFPGAoperativeclockfrequencylowerthantheonerequestedbystandardNyquist-basedprocessing.ThesamealgorithmcanalsobeusedtoreducetheFPGAoperatingclockfrequencyandthereforepowerconsumption,aburningissueforsmallformfactormodules.Thealgorithmischaracterizedintermsoffunctionalities,performanceandFPGAimplementation;anactualcasestudyispresented.


RobertoLalliwasborninRome,Italy,in1974.HereceivedtheLaureadegreeinelectronicengineeringfrom“RomaTre”University,Rome,Italy,in2000.FromMarch2001toOctober2002,hewaswithCoRiTel,Rome,Italy.SinceNovember2002,hehasbeenwithLeonardo(formerlyAleniaMarconiSystems),Rome,Italy.HeiscurrentlyheadofreceiverdepartmentinLeonardoCompany,Land&NavalDefenceElectronicsDivision.HiscurrentinterestsincludeRF/IFreceiverarchitecturesandinnovativereceiversbasedonmixedsignal(analog-digital)circuits.CaterinaRapisardawasborninRome,Italy,in1985.ShereceivedtheLaureaTriennaledegree(cumLaude)inelectronicengineeringandtheLaureaSpecialisticadegree(cumLaude)inelectronicengineeringfrom“TorVergata”University,Rome,Italy,respectivelyin2008andin2010.FromDecember2010toApril2011shewaswithMicrolease,authorizedtecnologypartnerofKeysightTechnology(formerlyAgilentTechnology).SinceApril2011shehasbeenwithLeonardoCompany(formerlySelex-SI),Land&NavalDefenceElectronicsDivision.HercurrentinterestsincludedigitalsignalprocessingalghoritmsforAESARadar,high-levelsynthesisandMatlabmodelling.ValerioToccareceivedhisMSCfrom“UniversitàLaSapienza”ofRomein2006intelecommunicationengineering.HismasterthesisinvolvedthestudyandtheperformanceevaluationofamultiantennaradioreceiverforindoorenvironmentscharacterizedbyLog-Normal,GaussianandNakagamidistributions,employingultra-widebandsignals.AfteranexperienceinnetworksecurityformobileGSM/UMTSnetworksinNTTData,hejoinedLeonardoCompany(formerlySelex-SI),in2007asafirmwareandhardwaredigitaldesigner,realizingradartimingandsignalprocessingarchitecturesforbothcivilianandmilitarysystems.Heiscurrentlyintheradarcapability/CTOdepartmentinLeonardoCompany.Radar/DefenseRoom:Room110TechnologyTrendsforFutureRadarJohannesPieterBezouwen,HENSOLDTThecontinuouslygrowingcomplexityofmilitaryandcommercialscenariosrequiresaprogressivedevelopmentofnovelradartechnologiesalongwithitssophisticatedalgorithmsandmodeoperations.Oneofthestrongtrendsinradarapplicationsistheprogressionofsignaldigitizationalongwithitsprocessingcapabilitiestowardsthefrontendforboththewaveformgenerationintransmitaswellastheechodiscretizationonreceive.Theradarantennafrontendsaresplit-upinevermoresub-apertures,drivingtheincreaseofRF-channelstosupplytheradarprocessingchainandenablingadvancedprocessingtechniques.Examplesareadaptivenullingofantennadirectivitiestowardjammers,spacetimeadaptiveprocessing(STAP)toeffectivelysuppressclutterandinterferenceswhilemaintainingtargetdetectionsensitivities,aswellasmultiplebeamsonreceiveandgenerationofmultipletransmitbeamse.g.toenablesimultaneousmodeoperations,enhancetargettrackingandincreasetargetdetectionverification.HENSOLDTisdeployingtheseadvancedtechniquesinitsproductsforNaval&GroundaswellasforAirborneapplications.SuchtechniquescanberegardedaspredecessorstowardsfullydigitizedRFfrontends,wheretransceivermodulesareplacedbehindeachradiationelement(RE),digitizingechosignalsfromeachREandgeneratingwaveformsviadigitalanalogconversionforeachRE.Suchdigitalfrontendsaretheenablerforfullysoftwaredefinedradarsinthefuture.Earlysignaldigitizationenablesalreadytoday’sradarstomakeuseofknowledgebasedprocessingschemesandself-learningapproachesoftheenvironmenttoimprovedetectionprobabilitiesandtoreducefalsealarms.Thisisasteadilygrowingtrendtowardscognitiveradarfunctionalities.Furthermore,anemergingtrendistheMultiple-In,Multiple-Out(MIMO)radartechnique,usingorthogonalwaveformsonusuallyverysparselypopulatedradarantennaarrays.Thistechniquemaybeacostefficientapproachforshortandmediumrangeapplicationswherehighangularresolutionsarerequired.HENSOLDThasbuiltupaMIMOradardemonstratortoinvestigatetheperformancesofsuchsystems.


Oneofthemajortrendsinradarapplicationsisthecontinuousincreaseofoperationalradarfrequencyrangesandsensorbandwidthsontheonehand,tomakejammingandinterferencewithradarsignalssignificantlymoredifficultandontheotherhand,toenhancesurveillanceresolutionoftargetsforimagingsyntheticapertureradars(SAR)ingeneral.Thesebroadbandtechniquesaswellastheearlydigitizationinthesignalchainenablehigherflexibilitiesinwaveformgeneration,signalprocessingaswellasinCmd&Ctrl,sothatsuchadvancedradarsensorscantakeoveralargevarietyofdifferentmultifunctionalmodeswithmulti-missioncapabilities.ModularityandscalabilityofmodernradarsensorsareprogressivetrendsandoneoftheimportantfactorstobuildupcosteffectivesensorfamiliessuchasHENSOLDT’sTRS,TRML,Spexer,andPrecISRradarfamilies.Thesetrendsareevenextendedbeyondsingleradaroperation,throughnetworkedoperationalcapabilitiesanddistributedradaraperturesystems,inordertoincreasediversityofdetectioninformation,tolowertimeontargets,toimprovetargetrevisittime,andtoprovidebetterandmorecompletesituationalawareness.Thesenetworkcapableoperations(NCO)caneffectivelybeusedinactiveandinpassivesurveillancesystems.Itisthedrivingprincipleofpassivecoherentlocatingradars,whichisanemergingradartechnology.TheyutilizepublicbroadcaststationsastargetilluminatorinFM,DAB,andDVBTandareinherentlyverydifficulttodetectandthustojam,duetotheirpassivenature.HENSOLDThasbeenworkingonsuchsystemsandhasanadvancedmobilepassiveradardemonstratorsysteminitsportfolio.Allthesetrendswillbepresentedinfurtherdetailandexemplaryresultsshowntodemonstratetheirbenefits.JohannesvanBezouwenisHeadofGlobalBusinessRadar-IFF-Datalinks.HestartedhisprofessionalcareerintheNetherlands,withintheAppliedPhysicsResearchOrganisationTNO,in1982.HislastpositionwasHeadofSensorandWeaponElectronics.In1999hejoinedtheformerDASAandwasappointedHeadofNaval&GroundRadar&EWSystemsEngineeringinUlm,Germany.AfterhavingheldseveralmanagementpositionsinSystemEngineeringwithinEADSDefence&Security,hemovedtoBangalore,India,early2010tosetupaDesign&EngineeringCentreforCassidianElectronics,themilitaryandsecuritydivisionofAirbus.AfterhisreturnfromIndiaearly2016hismainprofessionalinterestshavebeentoinitiateandmanagebusinessdevelopmentinitiativesbothinGermanyandinaglobalcontext,operatingfromthemainhomebaseofHENSOLDTinUlm,Germany.JohanneshasaMasterDegreeinAvionicsandControlEngineeringfromtheTechnicalUniversityDelft,TheNetherlands.Dr.MichaelBrandfassworksforHensoldtSensorsGmbHinFriedrichhafen,GermanyastheSeniorExpertforRadarSystemswhichinvolvestechnicalsupportofallDepartmentsonRadarApplicationsthroughouttheRadarPrograms.Dr.BrandfasshasbeenactingastheChiefEngineerforAirborne-&SpaceborneGroundSurveillanceRadarsformanyyearsandworksinfieldofRadarSystemsEngineeringformorethan15years,developingRadarConceptsandleadingthesystemdesignsofRadardevelopmentprojectsasTechnicalProjectLeader.HesupervisedtheSARradarprocessinggroupasTeamLeaderforRadarAlgorithmsforseveralyears.HeactedasaRadarConsultantfortheIndianDRDOontheirindigenousAEW&CRadarformorethan4yearsaswellasaTechnicalConsultantandReviewerontheEuropeanEurofighterAESARadarProgram.Dr.BrandfassledtheSystemEngineerIntegration&TestinggroupontheCentralElectronicsoftheTerraSAR-XRadarInstrument,whichwassuccessfullylaunchedtoorbitin2006.From2000to2002Dr.BrandfasswaswithAero-SensingRadarSystemsinWessling,Germany,wherehewastheTeamLeaderoftheP-bandRadarDevelopmentGroup.There,heinvestigatedonnovelPolarimetricSyntheticApertureRadarInterferometryandBaldEarthDigitalElevationModels.From1996to2000Dr.BrandfasswaswiththeUniversityofIllinois,Dept.ofElectrical&ComputationalEngineering,Urbana-Champaign,USAasaPostdoctoralResearchAssociateinvestigatingintononlinearInverseScatteringMethodsandMultilevelFastMultipoleAlgorithms.HecompletedhisPhDthesisattheDept.ofElectricalEngineering,UniversityofKassel,Germanyin1996onElectromagneticInverseScatteringProblemswithdistinction.Dr.Brandfasspublishedmorethan40scientificjournaland


conferencepublicationsonelectromagneticinversescattering,fastalgorithmsforelectromagneticfieldcomputationsandconceptsofradarsignalprocessing.Radar/DefenseRoom:Room110AFamilyofSecondarySurveillanceRadarsbasedonConformalAntennaArrayGeometriesLeopoldoInfante,LeonardoSpAASSR(secondarysurveillanceradar)/IFF(identificationfriendorfoe)Radarfamilybasedonaconformalphased-arrayantennageometriesispresentedinthiswork.Thesystemsdon’tuserotatingparts(i.e.rotaryjoint)increasingthereliabilityandreducinginservicecostsforsiteinstallationwheretheenvironmentalconditionareextreme(asforexampleindesertareaoricysites).Ascalableantennaarchitectureandbeamformingispresented,achievinginterestingcommondesignsofcriticalitems.Inamilitaryapplication,the360°conicalshapeoftheantennagroundplanereducestheradar-cross-sectionandallowselectronicscanninginspiteofmechanicalrotationandeliminatesthescan-lossorconingtypicalofplanararraygeometries.A128radiatingelementsconformalarrayhasbeenbuiltandtestedinanantennatestfacilityshowingsatisfactoryagreementwiththetheoreticalmodel.LeopoldoInfantereceivedhislaureadegreeinTelecommunicationEngineeringfromtheUniversityofSiena,Italy,in2001.Intheyear2001hewasaMasterScienceThesisstudentattheTechnicalUniversityofDenmarkinLyngby,Copenhagen,Denmark.From2001to2003hewaswiththeDepartmentofInformationEngineeringattheUniversityofSienaasaPh.D.student.In2005heobtainedthePh.D.inElectromagneticsEngineering.Since2003heiswiththeAntennaDepartmentofLeonardoCompany(formerlySelex-ES,aFinmeccanicaCompany)locatedinRomeplant.Hisresearchinterestsarefocusedonphasedarrayantennadesignandmodel,includingwidebandarrays,periodicstructures,conformalarraysandnear-fieldantennatestingmethods.HewasresponsibleforadvancedphasedarrayantennaprojectsdevelopedatLeonardoS.p.A.SignalIntegrityRoom:Room111InsituGlassFabricCharacterizationBrandonGore,SAMTECInc.APCB-basedglassfabriccharacterizationvehiclewillbepresentedthatyieldsstatisticallyworst-caseglassskewforsingle-endedtransmissionlines.Italsodemonstratesthebehaviorofbest/worstcasedifferentialtracepitchdesign.WecharacterizethreemechanicallyspreadglassfabricsandtwocommonPCBdielectricmaterials.Repetitivetraceswithaperiodof0.001inchandseveralpositionsrelativetothefabricgraindirectionproducemaximumrealizableskewandrepetitivediscontinuityresonances.TheseareusedtoidentifyglassstyleandpositioningtoaideinPCBcharacterization.SignalIntegrityRoom:Room111ExtractionofFrequency-DependentDielectricConstant:Lossandconductoreffectsofhigh-speeddigitallaminatematerialsforhigh-speedchannelsimulationChrisCaisse,RogersCorporationOvermanyyearsofmeasurementsofthepropagationandattenuationcharacteristicsofhigh-frequencycoppercladlaminatematerials,wehavenotedanumberofdiscrepanciesofmeasuredresultswithgenerallyacceptedmodels,particularlywiththin(<0.5mm)dielectriclayersandhigherprofilecopperfoils.Inordertoprovidehigh-speedandhigh-frequencycircuitdesignerswithpropertiesthatresultingoodagreementwithmeasuredperformance,wemeasurethecompletedifferentialS-parametersof50ohmmicrostriptransmissionlinesmadewiththespecificgradeofcopperfoilofinterest.Wegenerallycoverthefrequencyrangeof50MHzto50GHzwithlaminatesof0.05to1.5mmthicknessandupto110GHzonmaterialsof0.2mmorless.Specifically,weextractthecircuitKefffromthedifferentialphaselengthoflongandshortlines,andthedifferentialinsertionlossfromtheS21valuesofthesamecircuits.Thefrequency-dependent


apparentsubstratedielectricconstant,Kappincludingconductoreffectsisextractedwithamodel(e.g.,HFSS,Sonnet,orHammerstadandJensen)fromthemeasureddimensionsofthecircuitandmicrostripKeffdata.Ifthemeasurementsaremadewithelectricallysmoothcopperfoils,weareabletoextractthefrequency-dependentdissipationfactorbyoptimizingthefitofthemodeledinsertionlosslinewiththemeasureddata.Modeledperformanceusingdataextractedbythismethodarecomparedtoseveralstriplinesignalintegritytestvehiclesandshowgoodagreement.SignalIntegrityRoom:Room111TestVehicleDevelopmentforSystematicDevelopmentandVerificationofMaterialsModelsto50GHzAlNeves,WildRiverThelackofsystematicmethodologytoextractmaterialmodelsthatareverifiedandareEDAfriendlycontinuestobeastickysignalintegrityproblemforgreaterthan10Gbpsecdigitaldesigns.ThereisaneedforunitingtheEDAmethodologyofextractingwide-bandlossmodelswithsimplerobustoptimizationmethods.Inthispresentation,weshowthedesignofawell-characterizedtestvehicleandhowprecisionandqualitytestedmeasurementsaretakenusingVNAinstrumentsupto50GHz.Afterde-embedding,thesemeasurementsareusedtocomparewithpredictionsfromanelectromagneticsimulator.Weshowtheveryclosemeasurement-simulationcorrelationpossiblewhenmeasurementartifactsarenotpresentandwhenaccuratedesigninformationandmaterialsmodelsareusedinthesimulator.AlfredP.Neves,FounderandChiefTechnologistatWildRiver,has30yearsofexperiencedesigningandapplicationdevelopmentofsemiconductorproducts,capitolequipmentdesignfocusedonjitterandsignalintegrityanalysis,andhassuccessfullybeeninvolvedwithnumerousbusinessdevelopmentsandstartupactivityforthelast13years.AlisinvolvedwiththeSignalIntegritycommunityasaconsultant,high-speedsystemleveldesignmanagerandengineer.Recenttechnicalaccomplishmentsincludedevelopmentofplatformsandmethodstoimprove3Delectromagneticcorrespondencetomeasure-basedmethods,includingadvancingtimeandfrequencydomaincalibrationmethods.Alfocusesonmeasure-basedmodeldevelopment,packagecharacterization,high-speedboarddesign,lowjitterdesign,analysis,andtraining.HeearnedaB.S.inAppliedMathematicsattheUniversityofMassachusetts.SignalIntegrityRoom:Room111ACaseStudyofEffectiveSurfaceRoughnessAcquisitionJasonEllison,TheSiemonCompanyToday,engineersquantifysurfaceroughnessbycuttingaPCBandviewingthecopperprofilealongtheedgeofthecross-section.Thismethoddestroysthesampleandfindsthesurfaceroughnessatonepointinthetransmissionline.Abettersolutionisfindingthesurfaceroughnesswithoutdestroyingthesample,andextractingthesurfaceroughnessbehaviorovertheentiresample.Thispresentationshowsamethodofextractingthe"effectivesurfaceroughness"ofasamplewithoutacrosssection.Effectivesurfaceroughnessisaproposedparameterthatquantifiesthebehaviorofthesurfaceroughnessofasampleinsteadofasinglepoint.ItisfoundbymeasuringtheS-parametersoftwostriplinetracesthatdifferslightlyinlength.Thismethodalsoisolatestheroughcopperattenuationfromthedielectricattenuation.Thus,accurate,broadbandpermittivityofthePCBlaminatecanbecalculatedusingthesametwomeasurements.SignalIntegrityRoom:Room111PracticalModelingofHigh-SpeedChannelsBasedonDataSheetInputBertSimonovich,LamsimEnterprisesInc.Whendesigninghigh-speedseriallinksbeyond10GB/s,everythingmatters.Inordertoensurefirsttimesuccessatthesespeeds,accuratechannelmodelingisaprerequisite.Thisisespeciallytrueforlongbackplanechannels.AlthoughmanyEDAtoolsincludethelatestmodelsforconductorsurface


roughnessandwidebanddielectricproperties,obtainingtherightparameterstofeedthemodelsisalwaysachallenge.Sohowdowegettheseparameters?Oftentheonlysourcesarefromdatasheets.Inmostcases,thenumbersdonottranslatedirectlyintoparametersneededfortheEDAtools.Byusingcopperfoilroughnessanddielectricmaterialproperties,obtainedsolelyfrommanufacturers’datasheets,apracticalmethodofmodelinghigh-speedchannelsispresented.Thepresentationwillbeginwithabriefreviewofmy“cannonballstack”model,usedtodeterminetheparametersfortheHuraymodel,aswellasdescribeanovelmethodtodeterminetheeffectivedielectricconstantbasedonconductorroughness.SimulatedresultsarethencomparedtomeasuredresultsfromWRT’sCMP-28channelmodelingplatform,inbothtimeandfrequencydomain,beforedelvingintoapracticalcasestudytocomparesimulatedresultsfromanAmphenol/FCIExaMAX®demonstratorbackplaneplatform.Lambert(Bert)SimonovichBorninHamilton,Ontario,Canada,graduatedin1976fromMohawkCollegeofAppliedArtsandTechnologyinHamilton,Ontario,CanadaasanElectronicEngineeringTechnologist.Overa32yearcareeratBellNorthernResearchandNortel,hehelpedpioneerseveraladvancedtechnologysolutionsintoproductsandhasheldavarietyofR&Dpositions,eventuallyspecializinginbackplanedesignoverthelast25years.HeisthefounderofLamsimEnterprisesInc.www.lamsimenterprises.comprovidinginnovativesignalintegrityandbackplanesolutions.Heiscurrentlyengagedinsignalintegrity,characterizationandmodelingofhighspeedseriallinksassociatedwithbackplaneinterconnects.Heholdstwopatentsand(co)-authorofseveralpublications.

Tuesday,September12,2017•1:30-2:00Test&MeasurementRoom:FrequencyMattersTheaterMicro-coaxPerformanceUnderHighStressRowlandsMichael,TempFlexLLC,aMOLEXcompanyToday’selectronicequipmentsolutionsrequiresmallsizeandhighperformance.Micro-coaxcablesarecriticalforenablingsolutionssuchas5Gtelecommunicationsandmedicalequipment.Inthesesolutions,thecablestressesareoftensevere;includingrepeatedbendingandhightemperature.Asetofmicro-coaxcablesaredesignedandoptimizedforsize,electricalperformanceandreliabilityunderflexandthermalstress.Thecablesareanalyzedandsimulated,thenmeasuredandtheresultsareobserved.Improvementsandtrade-offsarediscussedbasedontheexperimentresults.Thefirststepistodesignasmall,flexibleco-axialcablethatperformswellunderhightemperature.Theinputmaterialchoicesarecritical.Theconductorcanbestrandedorsolid,thedielectricmaterialoptionsarenumerous,includingFEP,filament,HDPE,orfoamedFEP.Theshieldmaterialalsohasmultipleoptions,suchasaluminum,copper,silver-platedcopperandaluminum-mylar.Thermalvariationofmaterialpropertiesisimportantandisyetanotherinputtothedesignoptions.Oncetheinputmaterialsarechosen,thedesignstructureandmethodsarefinalized.Theshieldmethodcanbeserved,braided,spiral-wrappedorlongitudinallywrapped.Theouterlayerscanbeonelayerormultiplelayers.Thecablecanhaveadditionalshieldingorjustinsulation.Itcanbeextrudedorbraidedorwrapped.Trade-offsareconsideredanddiscussed.Forinstance,theservedshieldtypicallyoffersthemostflexibilitywithatrade-offofhigherloss.Allthematerialinputs,methods,structuresanddesigndimensionsgointothefinaldesign.Thefinaldesignisanalyzedandsimulatedtoshowtheexpectedelectricalperformance.Thecableandbuiltandtestedtoevaluateelectricalperformanceunderthermalandmechanicalstresses.Initialmeasurementsonthenetworkanalyzerarerecordedbeforeanystressesareappliedtothecable.Thenthecableiscooledandheatedandelectricallymeasuredatmultipletemperaturepoints.Thisprovidesabaselineofperformancevs.temperature.


Thecableiscycledfromcold(-40C)tohot(105C)multipletimes,thenmeasuredelectrically.Thisprovidesdataaboutpermanentdegradationsofperformancewithtemperaturecycling.Thecableisraisedtohightemperatureandmeasured.Thenitisheldatthattemperatureforaperiodoftimeandmeasuredagain.Thecableiscooledtocoldtemperatureandmeasured.Thenitisheldatthattemperatureforatimeandmeasuredagain.Formechanicalstress,abendradiusmeasurementisdone.Baselinecableistestedonthenetworkanalyzer.Thenthecableisbentaroundamandrillmultipletimes,thentestedagain.Thecableisbentaroundasmallermandrillandthetestingisrepeated.Thedatasetofelectricalresultsisexaminedtounderstandtheresultsanddrawconclusions.Electricalperformancemetricssuchasdifferentialloss,reflectionsandmodeconversionareexamined.Oneanalysisistocomparestabletemperatureatmultiplelevelswithtemperaturecycling.Howdoeselevated,stabletemperaturebehavedifferentlythantemperaturecycling?Anotheranalysisistocomparesingleflexuretomultipleflexuresatacertainbendradius.Conclusionsaredrawnandperformancetrade-offsarehighlighted.Nextstepsandfutureimprovementsarenoted.MichaelRowlandsisaPrincipalElectricalEngineerintheTempFlexCablegroupatMolex.Hespecializesinsignalintegrityatmulti-gigahertzfrequencies.HereceivedaBachelor'sandMaster'sdegreeinElectricalEngineeringfromMITin1998.Upongraduation,heworkedfouryearsasasignalintegrityengineeratTeradyneinBoston.Hedesignedcableassemblies,circuitboardsandinterconnectsfortestequipmentupto6GHz.In2002,heworkedatastartupcompanyinIllinois.Thecompanydesigneddispersioncompensationmicrochipsat12.5Gbpsforfiber-opticcommunications.Hedesignedcircuitboardstodemonstrateandverify12.5Gbpsperformanceandmadealgorithmimprovementsbasedonsystemmodeling.In2005,aspartoftheResearchandDevelopmentatEndicottInterconnectTechnologiesyearshedesignedandanalyzedcircuitboards,chippackagesandcustomcomputingsystems.Since2009,he'sworkedatMolexdesigningnext-generation25-40GbpsI/Oandboard-to-boardconnectors.In2015,heledaCarbonNanotubeteamwhichwontheMolexInnovationChallengebusinesscompetition.Heholdsmultiplepatentsinmulti-gigahertzsignaldesign.HehasauthoredandpresentedtechnicalpapersatECTC,DesignCon,IMAPS,IPC-APEXandPCBEast;winningaDesignConBestPaperAwardin2014for“QuantitativeEMIAnalysisofElectricalconnectorsUsingSimulationModels.”

Tuesday,September12,2017•1:40-2:10Test&MeasurementRoom:Room107ArchitectingGHzWideBandwidthRFRecordandPlaybackSystemsMichaelSchneider,NationalInstrumentsWidebandRFrecordandplaybacksystemsserveawiderangeofapplications,fromGNSSreceivertesttoautomotivedrivetesttosignalsurveillance.Inthispaper,wewillsharebestpracticesfordesigningRFrecordandplaybacksystemsandhowtoidentifymajorbottlenecksthatcanlimitperformance.TopicsincludeselectingtherightrecordandplaybackRFtransceiver,optimizingtheRFfrontend,determiningtheappropriateIQrate,andchoosingtherightdiskstoragesetupconfigurationtoachieveoptimalperformance.WewillalsoincludebestpracticesonhowtoconfigureRFrecordandplaybacksystemsbasedonthevariousapplications.AftergraduatingfromTexasA&MUniversitywithadegreeinElectricalEngineeringin2000,hestartedatNationalInstrumentsin2000asanApplicationsEngineer(AE).Forthepast16years,hehasheldmanyrolesatNIincludingProductManagerforNI'sModularInstrumentationbusiness,IntegrationManagerworkingwithseveralNIacquisitioncompanies,ApplicationsMarketingGroupManagerfocusedondeliveringsolutionstotargetedindustries,andChannelPartnerDevelopment.TodayheworksasaRegionalMarketingManagerfocusedonbringingnewproductstomarketandgrowingNI'sRFandAutomatedTestbusiness.


Test&MeasurementRoom:Room108CalculateMeasurementUncertaintyinPowerMeasurementsLawrenceWilson,Rohde&SchwarzInc.USAPowerSensorsareacommontoolaroundeveryRFandMicrowavelab,butunderstandingwhatisbeingmeasured,andallthefactorsthatinfluencetheuncertainty(oraccuracy)ofagivenmeasurementcanbeaconfusingandoverwhelmingtask.Thistutorialwilltakeyouthroughthestepsinvolvedincalculatingmeasurementuncertaintyandwillalsoprovidetechniquesonhowmeasurementuncertaintycanbereducedtodelivermoreaccurateresults.LawrenceWilsonisProductManagerSignalGeneratorsandPowerMeters,Rohde&Schwarz.Low-PowerRF&IoTDesignRoom:Room109DesigninganIoTDual-bandcompactWi-FiMIMOArrayUsingAntennaSynthesisDerekLinden,NIAntennaSynthesismakesantennadesignmuchfasterandeasier,allowinggreaterexplorationofdesigntradespaces,morewhat-ifstudies,andextensivecomparisonsbetweenvariousantennadesignstoensurethebestdesignischosen.ThistalkwillshowthedevelopmentofanIoTdual-bandWi-FiMIMOarrayonacompactsubstrateusingcommercialsoftwarethatsupportsantennasynthesisfromelectricalspecificationsandRF/microwaveEDA.Itwilldescribehowtodeterminetheinitialspecifications,explorethedesignspaceandobtainoptimizedantennasfromthesynthesistool,importtheantennageometryandmaterialdetailsintoacircuitdesignenvironmenttooptimizeandverifyperformanceandpreparetheantennadesignforproductionandprototyping.Advancedtopics,suchasphasedarrayandmulti-functionantennadesign,willalsobepresented.DerekS.LindenreceivedhisB.S.degreefromtheUSAirForceAcademyandhisM.S.andPh.D.fromtheMassachusettsInstituteofTechnologyinElectricalEngineering.Hehasperformedgroundbreakingresearchintheautomateddesignofantennasusingevolutionaryoptimizationsince1995.Heisco-inventorofthepatentedgeneticantennadesignprocessandhaspublishedwidelyonthesubject,includingnumerousconference,journal,magazinearticles,andbookchapters.HereceivedDiscoverMagazine'sTop10InnovationAwardin2000,theGoldMedalinHumanCompetitiveResultcompetitionatthe2004GECCOConference,andaNASAGroupAchievementAwardin2006.HisworkhasalsobeenhighlightedinScienceNews,TheNewYorkTimes,Wiredmagazine,TimeMagazine,EDN,AntennaSystemsandTechnologyMagazine,TechnologyReview,AviationWeek,andPopularScience.

Tuesday,September12,2017•2:15-2:45SignalIntegrityRoom:FrequencyMattersTheaterTheEutecticPointofDigital&RFCircuitsShalomShlomiZigdon,BoardDesignforSI/PIEMCCollegeThepurposeofthispaperistodescribemixedsignalsdigital/analog/RFPCBlayoutdesignguidelinestoensureatrouble-freesignal-processingsystem.Focusedongrounding,placement,signalrouting,decoupling,andlayersstuck-uptopreventcrosstalkduetocapacitiveandinductivecouplingandreturncurrentpath.Theeutecticpointmeansthemeetingpointofthetimeaxisandthefrequencyaxis[FourierTransform]forboththeRFdesignerandthedigitaldesignercooperationonthesamePCB.Shalom-ShlomiZigdonisChairmanoftheIEEEEMC&SIPIIsrael2014-2017-BoardDesignforSI/PI/EMCConferenceaswellasCEO&ownerofiTechiCollegeIsrael.Heisalecturerandconsultantforhigh-speedboarddesignandmixedsignalsPCBlayoutdesign,aswellasacertifiedC.I.DtrainerforPCBDesign.HeisacommitteememberofthefollowingIPCstandardscommittees:IPC-2251HighSpeedBoardDesign;IPC-2221PCBDesign;IPC-2226HDI[HighDensityInterconnection]PCBDesign.Formerly,heservedasCEOandVPofMedicalSimulator,ahardwareengineeratIAI,andatechnologistforPCB&MCMatElbitSystem.


Tuesday,September12,2017•2:20-2:50Test&MeasurementRoom:Room107AdvancedPhaseNoiseMeasurementMethodsforHigh-Power,VeryHighFrequency,andPulsedSignalsLauraSanchez,Rohde&SchwarzAccurateandfastphasenoisemeasurementsareacommonrequirementforthedevelopmentandtestofoscillatorsandsynthesizersusedinradarandcommunicationequipment.Whilemanyphasenoisemeasurementscanbeperformedwithcommonlyavailablephasenoisetestsets,theadditivephasenoisemeasurementofamplifiersandfrequencyconvertersrequirestheuseofcomplicateadditionaltestsets.Incaseofpulsedsignalsorveryhighmicrowavefrequencymeasurements,thesetupandcalibrationofthesetestsetscanbeacomplextask.Thispresentationreviewsthefundamentalconceptsofmeasuringphasenoiseandintroducesanewtechniquethatprovidesstate-of-the-artmeasurementsensitivityandspeedforphasenoisemeasurements.Thecombinationofverygoodinternalreferencesignalsources,high-performanceanalog-to-digitalconvertersandsignalprocessinggeneratesameasurementtoolforallneedsofmodernphasenoisemeasurements,includingCWandpulsedphasenoise,additivephasenoise,andAMnoise.LauraSanchezisProductManagerforsignalandspectrumanalyzersatRohde&SchwarzinMunich(Germany)since2012.Duringher17years’experienceintheRFandtelecommunicationsindustry,shehasworkedasanRFengineer,engineeringteamleaderandproductmanagerformajorequipmentmanufacturersandnetworkoperatorsinseveralEuropeanandAsiancountries.Sheholdsanengineeringdegreeinelectronics,specializedintelecommunicationsystems,fromthePolytechnicUniversityofMadrid(Spain)andhascarriedoutherdiplomathesisattheUniversityofAppliedSciencesinMannheim,Germany.PowerIntegrityRoom:Room108CurrentSharingMeasurementsinMulti-PhaseSwitchModeDC-DCConvertersPeterPupalaikis,TeledyneLeCroyMulti-phaseswitchingregulatorsareutilizedtypicallyinapplicationsrequiringhighcurrentswherethecurrentissuppliedthroughmultiple,independentphasesofthesupply.Theseconvertersmaybequitecomplicatedfromacontrolstandpointastheymayhavemultiplecontrolloopstomaintainpropercurrentsharingaswellasaregulatedoutputvoltage.Whileasupplymightoperateproperlymostofthetime,themeasurementofofthesupplyundervarioustransientconditionsisrequiredtoguaranteeproperoperationunderallconditions.Thedesigngoalisforallofthephasestosharecurrentequallynotonlyinstatic,butalsounderdynamicconditions.Ifthecurrentimbalanceissignificant,eventemporarily,itcaneithertriptheprotectioninthephasethatcarriesmorecurrent,orrequiressignificantoverdesignsothatthepowerdevicesdonotfailduetothehigher-than-expectedpeakcurrent.WhilemanyDC-DCconverters,especiallythehigh-currentmulti-phaseconverters,havetelemetrytoreportcurrent,thebandwidthofcurrentsensingandthespeedofdatatransfermanytimesdonotallowthepropercaptureoffastcurrenttransients.Currentsenseresistorsprovidethenecessarybandwidth,buttheycomewithreducedefficiencyanditischallengingtofindtheproperlayoutforthemwithoutwastingtoomuchspaceinhigh-currentsupplyrails.Moreover,theinherentinductanceoftheshuntresistorcreatesanerrorinthemeasuredwaveform.Thecurrentsharingcanbeassessedbyseparatelyandsimultaneouslymeasuringthecurrentineachphase'sinductor.Thiscanbedonewiththerandomloadcurrentsignatureofalivesystem,orpreferablybyusingatransientcurrentgeneratorincludingavariablestaticDCcurrentload.Themeasurementofinductorcurrentisparticularlyproblematicbecauseitmayrequirebreakingthe


looptoprovideforacurrentprobeormodificationstothecircuittoaddvariouscomponents.AconvenientwaytomeasuretheinductorcurrentistoplaceanRCnetworkacrosstheinductor.IfthetimeconstantoftheRCnetworkequalsthetimeconstantoftheinductanceandresistanceoftheinductor,thevoltageacrossthecapacitorwillmirrorthevoltageacrosstheresistanceoftheinductor.Thiswaywegetthecurrentinformationwithfullbandwidthandwithouttheneedtoaddresistance.Anadditionalchallengeisthatthesmalldifferentialvoltageacrossthecapacitor'floats'onalargecommon-modesignal:theoutputvoltageandtheswitchingrippleoftheconverter.Measuringthesmalldifferentialvoltagewithsufficientcommon-moderejectionisfurthercomplicatedbythefactthatthesingle-endedsourceimpedancesaredifferentforthetwolegsofadifferentialprobe.Inourpresentation,wewilldemonstratehowtoovercometheabovechallenges.Wewilldescribeaspecialprobetiptoconvertadifferentialmeasurementofinductorvoltagetoameasurementofinductorcurrent.Wewilldemonstratetheconnectionandcalibrationconsiderationsinthemeasurementofinductorcurrentincludingthedigitalsignalprocessingalgorithmsrequiredtocompensateforthecomponentsinthepowersupplyandtheprobetip.Wewillshowhowtodeembedtheproperwaveformfromthedistortedvoltagewaveformacrossashuntresistor.Wewillalsodemonstrateandexplaincurrentsharingmeasurementsmadeinthetimeandfrequencydomainusingatransientcurrentgenerator.PeterJ.PupalaikiswasborninBoston,Massachusettsin1964andreceivedtheB.S.degreeinelectricalengineeringfromRutgersUniversity,NewBrunswick,NewJerseyin1988.HejoinedLeCroyCorporation(nowTeledyneLeCroy),amanufacturerofhigh-performancemeasurementequipmentlocatedinChestnutRidge,NewYorkin1995whereheiscurrentlyVicePresident,TechnologyDevelopment,managingdigitalsignalprocessingdevelopmentandintellectualproperty.Hisinterestsincludedigitalsignalprocessing,appliedmathematics,signalintegrityandRF/microwavesystems.PriortoLeCroyheservedintheUnitedStatesArmyandhasworkedasanindependentconsultantinembeddedsystemsdesign.Mr.Pupalaikisholdsforty-twopatentsintheareaofmeasurementinstrumentdesignandhascontributedachaptertoonebookonRF/microwavemeasurementtechniques.In2013hebecameanIEEEfellowforcontributionstohigh-speedwaveformdigitizinginstruments.HeisamemberofTauBetaPi,EtaKappaNuandtheIEEEsignalprocessing,instrumentation,solid-statecircuits,andmicrowavesocieties.IstvanNovakisaSeniorPrincipleEngineeratOracle.Besidessignalintegritydesignofhigh-speedserialandparallelbuses,heisengagedinthedesignandcharacterizationofpower-distributionnetworksandpackagesformid-rangeservers.Hecreatessimulationmodels,anddevelopsmeasurementtechniquesforpowerdistribution.Istvanhastwentyplusyearsofexperiencewithhigh-speeddigital,RF,andanalogcircuitandsystemdesign.HeisaFellowofIEEEforhiscontributionstosignal-integrityandRFmeasurementandsimulationmethodologies.Low-PowerRF&IoTDesignRoom:Room109EngineeringtheInternetofThingsWithintheSmartCityStreetsLightingDesignLailaSalman,ANSYSToday,theInternetofThings(IoT)isthefutureofsmarttechnologies;notonlytheintegrationofwidevarietyofcommercialapplications/devicesbuttheintelligencedata/information–exchangeamongtheseapplicationsovertheweb.Theseadvancedtechnologiesweredeployedincommercialaswellasmilitaryapplications.Thereisawide-varietyofsmartapplicationswhereIoTbasedtechnologiesareutilizedtoenhancetheendusers’experience.Overthepastdecade,severalcitieshavedevelopedtheprocessforintegratingdifferentsolutionsthatcouldpavethewaytosmarterandeco-friendlierenvironment.Severalprojectswereinitiatedforsustainableresidents’lifeandworkexperience.Amongthoseisthe“TheConnectedSmartStreetLightingInfrastructure”.JointeffortsandmutualmarketfocusareevolvingnewconceptsandinnovationsforconnectedLEDstreetlightingtoprovideon-demandandusage-basedservices.Streetlightsarethemostimportantpublicassetandthekeytoa“SmartCity”sincetheyareessentialelementsnotonlyafterdarkbutalsoas


partofthecity’sidentitywheretrafficmanagementandenvironmentalmonitoringareataclosedistanceofalightpole.Giventhatlightingaccountsfor19%oftheoverallelectricityconsumed,connectedsmartstreetlightingcanhavehugeimpactontheoverallcity’senergysaving.Theconceptof“SmartCities”hasbeendevelopedoverthelastfewyearstoincludeseverallifeaspectsaswellasgovernmentsectors’applicationsandservices.Whiletheincorporationofthedifferentapplicationsandservicesremainsconstant,engineeringanddesignprocesschallengesarecontinuouslyrisingforenvironmentalsustainability,energyefficientutilizationandmanagementrequirementswhereintelligentconsumptionofenergyismaintained.Informationandstatisticscollectedbytheinternetprovidersontheconnectedserviceshelpdefinetheenergyefficientmanagementoftheseapplications.ThisistheIoTsignificanceofthe“SmartCities”whichbecomestheInternetofEverything(IoE).ThisworkwillfocusontheutilizationofLEDlightingforpublicstreetlightsandinvestigateboththeelectronicsaspectaswellasthethermalandenergyconsumptionaspects.A4-waystreetintersectioninaresidentialurbanareaismodeled.AtypicalcityrepresentsaharshRFenvironmentwithnumeroussourcesofRFsignalsandnoiseoveraverybroadbandfrequencyrange.ToensurethatthesensorsonthelightsoperateasintendedintheSmartCity,itiscrucialtoevaluatetheirperformanceintheiroperationalinstalledconfiguration.Ontheotherhand,itisimportanttostudytheperformanceoftheLEDundervariousoperatingconditionsconsideringtheintegratedantennaperformanceaswellastheotherRFcircuitriesattachedtotheLEDPCB.Further,thermalanalysisisperformedontheLEDsinstalledinthestreetlights.ThispaperwillalsopresentanotherexampleofservicesthatusedtheIoTconceptforToll-RoadsTagMonitoringSystems.Theimplementedsystem,operatingintheUSISMband(902-928)MHz,isusedtoinvestigatetheantenna-to-antennacouplingbetweentheRFIDTagReaderintheGatewayandtheRFIDTaginthecartransponder.Tollingsystemsareanimportantsourceofrevenuefortheexpansionofcityroadsinfrastructureaswellasroadmaintenance.TheIoT-basedtollingsystemsarethefutureofsmarttechnologiesutilizedinthissectorwherevehiclesareequippedwithRFIDTagsensorsthatcanprovidetracinginformationaswellasmillagerecordsofhowmuchthevehiclehasbeentraveledonthetolledroadsectionstothegateways.ThestudiedsystemismodeledwhereISMbandtagandreaderoperatingintheUSISMband(902-928)MHzisdesignedatthegatewaysideaswellastheRFITagintheautomobileside.Thecartravelsthroughatollinggateway,andontheundersideofthegatewaywehaveatagreaderantennatippeddownwardtowardtheroad.Multiphysicssimulationsaswellascomputationalelectromagneticscanprovidesignificantinsightintotheperformanceoftheseapplications.SystemoptimizationandRFImitigationcanbeexploredduringthedesignstagewhichwillcontinuouslyinfluenceandreducethecostlyreal-lifetesting.LailaSalmanwasborninBaghdad,Iraq,in1980.ShereceivedtheB.S.andM.S.degreesinelectronicsandcommunicationengineeringfromCairoUniversity,Giza,Egypt,in2003and2005,respectively,andthePhD.DegreeinelectromagneticandantennadesignfromtheUniversityofMississippi,MS,USAin2009.Shealsoworkedasapost-doctoralstudentattheUniversitédeQuebecenOutaouais,Gatineau,QC,Canadatill2010.Dr.SalmanjoinedAnsysCanadaLtd.inAugust2010asaLeadTechnicalServicesSpecialistforHighFrequencyApplications.

Tuesday,September12,2017•3:00-3:30Radar/DefenseRoom:FrequencyMattersTheaterPassiveRadarReceiveraCOTSSolutionUsingFMC-1000RogerPaje,InnovativeIntegrationIn2015EntegraSolutionswerecontactedbyTier1SupplierofAirTrafficManagementequipmentlookingforthehighestdynamicrange,widebandwidthdataacquisitioncardavailable.TheirobjectivewastobuildapassiveradarusingbeamformingtechniquestoreceivereflectionsofDVB-TTvsignalsfromaircrafttoreplacetraditionalairfieldradars.Theirrequirementwassimple,the


highestSFDRpossible,ideallydirectsamplingoftheUHFsignal,followedbydigitalreceiverswithFPGAforbeamforming.EntegraSolutionsLtdhasbeentheUKvalueaddedresellerofsolutionsbyInnovativeIntegrationIncsince1999,withahistoryofsupplyingmanydataacquisitionsolutionscompletewithsoftware,logicandsupport.Afterseveraltechnicaldiscussions,EntegrawereabletoproposeamultistageprojectwithstepsofintegratingthelatesthardwarefromInnovativetoprovidearoadmaptothebestlongtermsolution.Thefirststageisdocumentedbelow.ThefirststagewastoprovethatitwaspossibletoacquireandextractrealreflectionsofDVB-Tsignalsfromaircraftusingadualaerialreceiver.ThenewestavailableAdcmodulesuitablefortheprojectwastheFMC-1000.TheFMC-1000hastheAnalogDevicesAD9680-1000(1)atitsheart,whichisadual1000MSPS14-bitAdcwithaSFDRof82dBFSinthesecondNyquistzone.Thisenabledthefrontendtododirectsampling,ienoformoffrequencyshiftingwasrequiredoftheanaloguesignalbeforedigitisation.Directsamplingwouldmakethecoherentbeamformingeasierandmoreaccurate.ItalsosavesthecostofRFanaloguedownconversion.TheAD9680alsohasfourchannelsofcoarseoscillatoranddigitaldownconversionbuiltin.ForsignalgenerationtheFMC-1000hastheDAC38J82,dual1230MSPS16-bitDacandaLMK04828PLLforultralownoiseclockgeneration.RogerPajehasover20yearsofexperienceindevelopingandmarketingdifferenttechnologiesfromconcepttoproduct,includingsoftwareproductsforsignalintegrityandelectromagneticsimulations,andalsowirelesstelecomtestequipment.Hisspecialtyisunderstandingproductdevelopmentfrombothabusinessandtechnicalperspective,particularlyinsmallcompanyorstartupventures.HeiscurrentlyVicePresidentofProductMarketingforInnovativeIntegration,aMolexcompanythatprovidesproductsforsignalprocessinganddataacquisitioninthemedicalimaging,SIGINT,andwirelesscommunicationsmarkets.RogergraduatedwithhonorsfromCalStateNorthridgewithaBSinElectricalEngineering.

Tuesday,September12,2017•3:20-4:00PowerIntegrityRoom:Room108OvercomingPowerIntegrityChallengesthroughaTeam-BasedApproachTomHilger,CadenceThisworkshoppresentsthelatestdesignmethodologyforcomplexPCBsandfacilitatesthegoalofmeetingpowerintegritycriteriawhileminimizingbothproductcostandtimespentdebugginginthelab.Designcycletimebecomesmuchmorepredictablewiththisteam-basedapproach.Learnhowdesignengineerscanperformpre-routepowerintegrityanalysisastheycapturedesignintent.SeehowtheycanstoreelectricalconstraintssuchastargetimpedanceandmaximumIRdroponcomponentsintheschematic.WitnesshowPCBdesignerscanutilizeAllegro®PowerTree™datacreatedbythedesignengineertoperformbothACandDCanalysiswhiledesigningthepowerrailsofthePCB.Andfinally,seehowthepowerintegrity(PI)engineerbeginspost-routeanalysisonaPCBfreeofanybasicproblemsastheywillbehandledearlierinthedesigncycle.PIengineerscanturntheirattentiontoPIchallengessuchascostreductionandimprovingpowerstabilityinthemostcost-effectivemanner.Havingarobust,butflexiblepowerintegritymethodologycanensurehighconfidencethatinthelabyouwillbedoingmorevalidationandmuchlessdebugging.TomHilgerisaprincipalapplicationengineerforCadencefocusingonPCBandICpackagesignalandpowerintegrity.Tomhasmorethan20yearsofexperiencewithsignalandpowerintegritypriortojoiningCadence.TomgraduatedfromtheUniversityofNewMexicoSchoolofEngineering.Test&MeasurementRoom:Room109UsingVectorNetworkAnalyzerstoMeasureRFandMicrowaveMaterialPropertiesJohnSchultz,


Theprimarytoolusedinamicrowavematerialsmeasurementlabisthevectornetworkanalyzer(VNA).TheVNAperformsasahigh-precisionmicrowavesourceandreceivertodeterminematerialproperties.Inalab,theVNAismarriedwithamyriadofdifferentfixturesthatholdmaterialspecimensofvarioussizesandshapes.Thesefixturesincludewaveguides,cavities,andfree-spaceequipmentthatdetermineS-parameters(transmissionand/orreflection)ofamaterialspecimen.PhysicalunderstandingofthemeasurementfixtureisthenusedtotranslatethemeasuredS-parametersintointrinsicmaterialproperties.ThisworkshopprovidesanoverviewofcommonmaterialmeasurementfixturesusedwithVNAs,includingtheirvariousadvantagesanddisadvantages.Theworkshopalsodiscussessomeofthelatestadvancesinmicrowavematerialmeasurementtechnology,includingnewfixturedesignsbasedontheemerging,miniaturized1-portVNAs.Thesesmallinstrumentsenablemicrowavemeasurementstobetakenoutofthelaboratoryandinamorerigorousfactoryorfieldsettingwithportableequipment.Additionally,newmeasurementfixtureshaveemergedusingadvancedcomputationalelectromagneticmethodstoconvertmeasuredS-parametersintointrinsicmaterialproperties.Examplesofthiscomputationalinversiontechnologywillalsobepresented.Dr.JohnSchultzhasaPhDinMaterialsEngineeringfromtheUniversityofDayton.HealsoholdsBAandMSdegreesinPhysicsfromtheUniversityofMarylandandtheUniversityofTexasrespectively.Previously,Dr.SchultzwasaTechnicalFellowattheGeorgiaTechResearchInstitute.Inthelastfewyears,Dr.SchultzhasbeentheChiefScientistattheCompassTechnologyGroupinAlpharettaGeorgia,whereheoverseesproductdevelopmentandcontractresearchinadvancedmicrowavematerialsandmeasurements.

Tuesday,September12,2017•3:20-4:50Radar/DefenseRoom:Room107PANEL:LookMa—NoSteeringWheel!TheStateoftheSelf-DrivingCarGaryLerude,MWJournalTheautomotiveindustryhasareputationformovingslowly.YetthepacetodevelopandadoptautonomousdrivingislikeaFormula1race.Thispanelrepresentsviewpointsfromvarioussegmentsoftheelectronicsandautomotiveindustries,andwewilldiscussthelatestfast-movingdevelopmentsandthecurrentstateoftheself-drivingcar.Panelists

• AnalogDevices:RoxiePaine,AutomotiveLIDARProductLineManager• Anritsu:CoryWhite,AutomotiveBusinessDevelopment• Autoliv:JeffreyCoote,DirectorofActiveSafety• WirelessInnovationLaboratoryatWPI:AlexanderWyglinski,DirectorandFounder

Tuesday,September12,2017•3:45-4:15SignalIntegrityRoom:FrequencyMattersTheaterWillthe3DPCBPrintingprovidebenefitsforSignalIntegrity&EMC?ShalomShlomiZigdon,BoardDesignforSI/PIEMCCollegeRecently,severalstartupcompaniesareprintingmultilayerPCBby3Dprinterusingconductiveinkanddielectricinkbuildingembeddedelectricalcomponents,throughplacement,asanintegralpartoftheprocess.Themethodpresentsseveraladvantagesanddisadvantages.Anobviousadvantageisimprovingthereliabilitybymaintainingtheelectroniccomponentsinternallyandkeepingthemfrombeingexposedtotheexternalenvironment.Meanwhile,themethodprotectsthemfrompotentialmechanical,temperatureandcorrosiondamages.Thesolderingprocessisalsomadeobsoletethankstothisnewmethod,sincethecomponentsareembeddedwithintheprintedboardduringprinting.Theconnectivitybetweencomponentsthentakesplaceaspartofthe3Dprinting


processwithouttheneedforamediatingsolderingmaterial,buttheinkmaterialsshouldhavetheproperdielectricconstantandlosstangenttomeetnextgenerationofhighspeedboarddesign.Thispaperwillpresenttheprosandconsofthe3DprintingPCBs.Shalom-ShlomiZigdonisChairmanoftheIEEEEMC&SIPIIsrael2014-2017-BoardDesignforSI/PI/EMCConferenceaswellasCEO&ownerofiTechiCollegeIsrael.Heisalecturerandconsultantforhigh-speedboarddesignandmixedsignalsPCBlayoutdesign,aswellasacertifiedC.I.DtrainerforPCBDesign.HeisacommitteememberofthefollowingIPCstandardscommittees:IPC-2251HighSpeedBoardDesign;IPC-2221PCBDesign;IPC-2226HDI[HighDensityInterconnection]PCBDesign.Formerly,heservedasCEOandVPofMedicalSimulator,ahardwareengineeratIAI,andatechnologistforPCB&MCMatElbitSystem.

Tuesday,September12,2017•4:10-4:50SignalIntegrityRoom:Room108FixtureDe-Embedding:PracticalAdvantagesandLimitsofSimplifiedMethodsJonMartens,AnrtisuCo.Dozensofdifferentcharacterization/de-embeddingmethodsexistforsignalintegrityandotherapplicationsandsomeconsistentmeansofevaluatingthesearebeingworkedonbystandardsbodies(e.g.,IEEEP370workinggroup).Amongthepopularmethodsarethosethatmakeuseofasinglereflectionstandardand/orasingletransmissionlineattheDUTinterface,sincethosemaybetheonlypracticalstandardspossible.Whileveryusefulandmoreimmunetorepeatabilityproblemsthansomeothermethods,theseapproachesdomakeassumptionsaboutthefixtureintermsofelectricallengthandtypesofimpedancedeviationswithinthefixture.Ifnotproperlymitigated,theseproblemscansometimesoutweightheotheradvantages.Thisworkshopwilldiscusshowtheadvantagesandlimitationsariseandshow,throughtheuseofpracticalmeasurementcouponboards,howlargethedeviationscanbeandhowpotentialissuescanbemitigatedthroughtheuseofdifferentanalysisbandwidths,(reasonable)dataextrapolation,phaserangecontrolandsimplestandardsmodifications.Intermsofextractedfixtureinsertionlosses,asignificantunaddressedimpedancechangecouldresultinmultipledBerrorsthatcanbereducedtowellunder1dBwithstepsthatdonotrequireadditionalelementfabricationordesignwork.Dr.J.MartensiswithAnritsuandhasover20yearsofexperienceismeasurementsystemarchitecturedesign,algorithmdevelopmentandhigh-speedcircuitdesign.AmplifierDesignRoom:Room109AdvancedLoadPullforLinearPowerAmplifierDesignAndyHughes,NIAWRGroupModernmodulationschemeshavehighpeaktoaveragepowerratios(PAPR)thatcandriveapoweramplifierdeepintosaturation,leadingtodistortionthatresultsinspectralspreadingofthesignalcausingadjacentchannelinterference.Thelinearity/efficiencyproblemcanbeovercomewithavarietyofmethodsincludingtheuseofhighcompression-pointPAs,amplifierlinearizationtechniquesandproperimpedancematchingasdeterminedthroughload-pullanalysis.Loadpullanalysissweepstheimpedancepresentedtoadevice,measuringperformance,andplottingtheresultantperformancecontours.RecentlyEDAtoolshaveaddedcapabilitiestodealwithcomplexsetsofloadpulldata.Thispresentationshowshowthesenewfeaturessupportdigitally-modulatedcommunicationmeasurementssuchasACPR,EVMandBERcanbecontoured,toprovidefurtherimpedanceoptimizationandprovideinsighttotheimpactofvaryingloadconditions.AndyHughesisaSolutionsArchitectwithNI,AWRGroup.HeworkswithcurrentandpotentialcustomerstoprovideguidanceandassistancewithNI/AWR'sEDAsoftwareinmodellingtheiradvancedMicrowave&RFcircuitandsystemdesigns.Therolerequiresin-depthunderstandingofpassiveandactivecircuits,designflows,andthecapabilitiesoflinear,nonlinear,EMsimulation,andsystem


simulationtools.Through30yearsworkinginmanydisciplinesofRF&Microwavedesign,plusprogrammingexperience,Andyhasconsiderableunderstandingofproductdevelopment,thetechniquesusedinRF/microwavedesign,andhowtobestexploitEDAsoftwaretoproduceaccuratesimulationsandreducere-workandtimetomarket.AndyreceivedhisBachelorofSciencedegreeinElectronicEngineeringfromUniversityofLeedsin1984.HehasheldvariousengineeringandengineeringmanagerrolesincludingMarconi,andCobhamTacticalCommunications&Surveillance,beforejoiningAWRin2013.

Tuesday,September12,2017•4:30-5:30Room:FrequencyMattersTheaterTheFerrariofAmplifiers:HowcanwemaneuveraroundthecurrentchallengesfacinghighperformanceGaNPatrickHindle,ThispanelsessionexploresthechallengesandsolutionsforhighperformanceGaNamplifiersincludingsubstratechoice(SiCversusSiversusdiamond),packagingandthermalissues,spacequalification,highefficiencydesigntechniques(envelopetrackingversusvariousoutphasingtechniques)andreducingoverallSWAP-C.ExpertsfromRaytheon,BAE,andothers.ModeratedbyPatrickHindle.SponsoredbyTheMicrowaveJournal.ExpertPanelistsfromRaytheon,BAE,ADI,MACOM,Integra,Qorvo:TomKazior,EngineeringFellow,RaytheonScottSweetland,Director,AdvancedMicrowaveProducts,BAESystemsKeithBenson,DirectorofRF/MWAmplifierProducts,ADITimBoles,TechnologyFellow,MACOMGabrieleFormicone,DirectorRFTransistorDesign,IntegraTechnologiesMattPoulton,DirectorofDesignEngineeringforHighPerformanceSolutions,Qorvo

Wednesday,September13,2017•9:00-9:305GAdvancedCommunicationsRoom:Room107MassiveMIMOand“beamforming”:Thesignalprocessingbehindthe5GbuzzwordsClaireMasterson,AnalogDevicesOurthirstforhigh-speedmobiledataisinsatiable.AswesaturatetheavailableRFspectrumindenseurbanenvironmentsit’sbecomingapparentthatthere’saneedtoincreasetheefficiencyofhowwetransmitandreceivedatafromwirelessbasestations.Basestationsconsistingoflargenumbersofantennasthatsimultaneouslycommunicatewithmultiplespatiallyseparateduserterminalsoverthesamefrequencyresourceareoneoptiontoachievethisefficiencysaving.ThistechnologyisoftenreferredtoasMassiveMIMO(multipleinputmultipleoutput).YoumayhaveheardofMassiveMIMOdescribedasbeamformingwithalargenumberofantennas.Butthisraisesthequestion…whatis“beamforming”?Mostpeoplethinkofitassteeringa‘lobe’ofpowertowardsaparticularuser.ButinorderfullyunderstandthepowerofmassiveMIMO,beamformingneedstobeconsideredinamoregeneralsenseandthetermmaybemoremisleadingthanhelpful.Inrealworldsystemsdatatransmittedbetweenanantennaandareceiver(andviceversa)undergoesfilteringfromthesurroundingenvironment.Thesignalmaybereflectedoffbuildingsandthesereflectionswillhaveanassociateddelay,attenuationanddirectionofarrival.Itturnsoutthatthesenon-directtransmissionpathscanbeharnessedasapowerforgoodifthespatialchannelbetweenantennaelementsanduserterminalcanbecharacterised.Thischannelinformationcanbeusedtoprecodethedatatransmittedfromtheantennaarraysothatmultipathsignalswill


coherentlyaddattheuserterminalsposition.ItcanalsobeusedtolinearlycombinethedatareceivedbytheantennaarrayRFpaths.TherearepracticalconsiderationssuchassynchronisationoftheRFsignalchains,poweranddensityconcernsaswellascalibrationfortemperaturerelatedphasedrift.ClaireMastersonisasystemsapplicationsengineerintheCommunicationSystemsteamatAnalogDevicesinIrelandworkingonsystemsimplementation,softwaredevelopmentandalgorithmdevelopment.ClairereceivedaBAIandPhDfromTrinityCollegeDublinandjoinedADIin2011aftergraduating.Radar/DefenseRoom:Room108EM/CircuitCo-simulationofT/RFront-endModuleandActivelyScannedAntennaArrayJohnDunn,NITheimpedanceatinputofaphasedarrayantennawillvaryastheantennabeamissteeredinvariousdirections.ThispresentsdifferentloadimpedancesfortheRFfront-endcircuitrycontrollingthephaseandamplitudeofthesignalsdrivingeachelementinthearray,therebyimpactingthesignaldeliveredtotheantenna,affectingtheantennapattern.Newcapabilitiesincircuit/EMco-simulationcapturethecouplingbetweentheantennaandthecircuitdirectly.Thedesigneridentifiestheantennadatasource,thecircuitschematicdrivingtheantenna,andthemeasurementunderconsideration,forexamplethepowerradiatedoverscanangle.Thispresentationwillillustratetheconceptwithanumberofinterestingexamplesinphasedarrays,wheretheantennasaresimulatedinboth3Dplanarand3Dfinite-elementelectromagneticsimulatorsbutcouldalsoberepresentedwithmeasureddataofactualantennahardware.SignalIntegrityRoom:Room109SignalIntegrityMethodologyforDouble-DigitMulti-GigabitInterfacesKenWillis,CadenceAsdataratesforseriallinkinterfacessuchasPCIExpressGen4moveintothedoubledigits,devicemodeling,interconnectmodeling,andanalysismethodologiesmustcontinuetoevolvetoaddresstheshrinkingdesignmarginsandincreasinglychallengingcompliancecriteriafacingtoday’sengineers.Tomitigateriskandoptimizedesigns,itiscriticaltomoveanalysisasfarupstreamaspossible,toenabletrade-offs,feasibilitystudies,componentselection,andconstraintcapture.AccuratemodelingofSerDestransmitterandreceiverequalizationinthelinkareparamounttoobtainingrealisticsimulationresults,includingthecomplexadaptiveequalizationthatispresentinnearlyallhighdatarateseriallinks.Interconnectmodelingalsofacesnewchallenges,withviaarraysrequiringfullwave3Dsolutionsinordertoaccuratelycharacterizetheircomplexviastubandcouplingbehavior,threateningtodriveextractiontimesfromminutestohoursordays.Aftersimulation,interface-specificpost-processingisoftenrequiredtochecktransmitter,channel,andreceivercompliancecriteria.Thissessionwillpresentmethodologiesforcreatinga“virtualprototype”ofyourseriallinkpre-design,andshowhowtocreatetheassociatedinterconnectandSerDesmodelsthatgowithit.WewillreviewhowtoutilizeIBIS-AMImodels,andhowtobuildyourowniftheyarenotavailablewhenyouneedthem.Itwillalsoshowyouthelatestinterconnectextractiontechniquestogiveyou“fullwaveaccuracywhereyouneedit”whilekeepingcomputationaltimesincontrol,andhowtousestandards-basedcompliancekitstoautomatepost-layoutanalysisandsign-offforadvancedinterfaceslikePCIExpressGen4.


KenWillisisaProductEngineeringArchitectforSISolutionsatCadenceDesignSystems.Hehasover25yearsofexperienceinthemodeling,analysis,design,andfabricationofhigh-speeddigitalcircuits.PriortoCadence,Kenheldengineering,marketing,andmanagementpositionswiththeTycoPrintedCircuitGroup,CompaqComputers,SiroccoSystems,SycamoreNetworks,andSigrity.EMC/EMIRoom:Room110ShieldingEffectivenessSimulationofSMTEMIGasketsChrisKerwien,W'L'Gore&AssociatesShieldingandradiatedemissionofpackagedelectronicdevicesisamajorconcernasdevicedensityandtheprobabilityofunwantedcouplingincreases.IEEEstandardssuchasIEC61000-4-21orASTMD-4935outlinemeasuringtesttechniquestoquantifyshieldingeffectivenessofmethodstoreduceEMIemissionsincludingtheuseofgaskets/sealantstosecuretheenclosuremountingandareusedhere.Thispaperreviewsagasketshieldingeffectivenessmethodologyincludingasimulationtohelpdefinethegasketconfigurationthatmaximizeshieldingeffectiveness.ArectangularcompressiblegasketmanufacturedbyW.L.Gore&Associates,Inc.isusedtodemonstratethismethod.AnETS-Lindgrenreverberationchamberisusedtomeasuretheradiatedemissionsofthegasketconfigurations.ANSYSHFSS,afullwaveFiniteElementMethod(FEM)electromagneticsimulationsolverisusedtosimulatethegeometryandverifythemeasuredresultsofeachgasketconfiguration.ChristopherKerwienisanElectricalEngineeratW.L.Gore&Associates,Inc.focusedonhigh-voltagecharacterizationofdielectricfilmsandcapacitors,includingelectromagneticsimulationandmodeling.HehasaBSEEandBSMathematicsfromtheUniversityofDelawareandiscompletinganMSECEfromtheUniversityofDelaware.CharlotteBlair,PhD.isaLeadApplicationEngineerforANSYSInc..ShereceivedherBSinElectricalEngineeringatRutgers-CollegeofEngineeringandherMSandPhDinElectricalEngineeringfromNewJerseyInstituteofTechnology.Shehassupportedelectromagneticssimulationsusingindustryknowntoolsforover10years.Herrealworldexperienceextendsfromdesignoflaserdiodetransmitmodulestodesignoffiltersforwirelesscommunicationsapplications.

Wednesday,September13,2017•9:00-10:00Test&MeasurementRoom:Room111NewTechnologiestoAddressWidebandSignalGenerationandAnalysisGregoryBonaguide,Rohde&SchwarzThemoderninformationagefeedsondata.Worldwidedemandforwirelessdeviceshasbeenexplosive,drivingwirelessproviderstoseekhigheroperatingfrequencies,widertransmissionbandwidths,andinnovativehigh-efficiencymodulationtechniquestosatisfythishunger.Thesetechnologytrendsimpactnotonlyterrestrialandspace-bornecommunicationsanddatanetworks,butextendtoautomotiveandaerospace/defenseRADARaswell.Asapplicationsmigratefromcrowdedmicrowavebandstosparselyutilizedmm-wavespectrumtoaccommodatewider-bandwidthmodulationschemesandhigherdatarates,engineersmustconfrontsignificanttechnicalchallenges,includingdifficult-to-achievemm-wavepowerlevelsandRFpoweraddedefficiency(PAE),frequencyandphasestability,andphasenoise.Similarly,asinstantaneousoperatingbandwidthsincrease,engineersmustdealwithamplitudeandphaseequalizationacrossGHz-wideoperatingchannels.Inaddition,amplifiernon-linearcompressioneffectscompromisedigitalmodulationanddemodulationperformance,asrevealedthroughmeasurementparameterslikeerrorvectormagnitude(EVM)andadjacent-channelpowerratio(ACPR).Thisworkshopaddressestheemergingchallengesposedbywideband,highfrequencysignalgenerationandanalysisapplicationsandexplorescutting-edgetestandmeasurementsolutionslikeVSAswithhigh-IFsuper-heterodynearchitecturesoperatingupto86GHz(withoutexternalmixers)


andupto2GHzinstantaneousbandwidth;radicallyinnovativephase-noisemeasurementarchitecturesemployingdigitalFMdemodulatorsforphasedetectionandfrequencytrackingatspeedswhichoutperformconventionalPLLarchitecturesbyanorderofmagnitudeormore;andVSGscombiningreal-timebasebandcodingwithphase-lockingforpreciseamplitudeandphasecontrolamongmultiplegeneratorsforcriticalwideband,digitally-modulatedMIMOorsteerablearrayapplications.Attendeeswillemergewithabetterunderstandingofthechallengesandtrendsdrivingtoday’swirelesstechnologies,andthetestandmeasurementcommunity’sresponsestothem.GregBonaguideisaSeniorProductLineEngineerforRohde&Schwarz,specializinginSpectrumAnalyzersandVectorNetworkAnalyzers.HehasworkedintheRF&Microwavefieldsince1982inrolesinvolvingDesign,SystemsEngineering,andTest&Measurement.HisexperienceincludesstintswithbothCommercialandAerospace/DefensecompaniessuchastheAmericanRadioRelayLeague,CubicCorporation,E-Systems,GTESpacenet,Raytheon,andPhilipsSemiconductors.HeholdsMastersDegreesinbothElectricalEngineeringandEngineeringManagementfromtheUniversityofSouthFlorida,andhaspublishedinjournalssuchasQST,theARRLHandbook,Microwaves&RF,Test&MeasurementWorld,andEvaluationEngineering.HehasalsoauthoredanddeliveredseveralMicroAppspresentationsatpastIEEE-MTTshows.Heservedonthe2016EDICONTechnicalAdvisoryCommittee,wasco-chairmanforthe2014InternationalMicrowaveSymposium(IMS)MicrowaveApplicationSeminars(MicroApps),andservedasChairmanoftheIEEEFloridaWestCoastSectionMTT/AP/EDSocieties(1999-2000).

Wednesday,September13,2017•9:40-10:105GAdvancedCommunicationsRoom:Room107SimulationofBER,EVMandACPRPerformanceUnderProposed5GModulationWaveformsAndyHughes,NIAWRGroupThispaperdemonstratestheuseof5GcandidatewaveformFBMCmodulatoranddemodulator,impactofconvolutionalencodingonBERperformance,anduseofa64QAMmapper/demapper.ThisexampleshowshowalinkwithchannelcodingandFBMCmodulationcanbesetuptoanalyzeBERperformance.TheBERmeterattheendofthelinkcontrolsthepowersweepoftheAWGNchannelandautomaticallycomparesthereceiveddigitaldatawiththeoutputofrandomdigitalsourceblock.FurtheranalysisincludesEVMandACPRmeasurementsfora5GlinksimilartoVerizon'spreliminary5Gspecificationsfor28GHzoperation(http://www.5gtf.org/).ThelinkincludesFBMCmodulatoranddemodulator,linearpreamplifier,phasenoisemodel,andanonlinearpoweramplifier.Inthiscase,theFBMCmodulatoroutputpowerissweptfrom-12to12dBmat2dBmsteps.Theprogressionoftransmitspectrum,PAoutputspectrum,andreceivedIQconstellationcanbeobservedwhilethesimulationisrunning.Simulation&ModelingRoom:Room108ApplicationsofAdditiveManufacturingtoDefenseElectronicsSystemsWilliamVILLERS,TENTECHLLCThispresentationwilldiscusstheadditivemanufacturingtechniquesappliedtoairborneelectronicsenclosure.Initialperceivedbenefitsandactualfindings,alongwithcomparativecostandfeasabilitystudieswillbepresented.WilliamVILLERSisco-founder,CTOandDirectorofEngineeringatTENTECHLLC,anITAR-registeredengineeringservicescompanyheadquarteredinSouthernCaliforniawithoperationsinMassachusetts,specializinginmechanicalengineeringdesign,analysisandphysicaltesting.Williamisa25-yearveteranoftheaerospaceanddefenseindustry,withanABDDoctorateinMechanicalEngineeringfromtheMediterraneanInstituteofTechnologyinMarseille.Hisexpertiseisinstructuraldynamics,shock,vibration,fluiddynamicsandthermalanalysisofmechanicalsystems,withaspecialtyindefenseelectronicssystems.WithexperienceinbothEuropeandtheUnitedStates,workingformajorcorporationssuchasAirbusandEDS,Williamhasenjoyedacontinuouslygrowingand


successfulcareerinengineeringandengineeringmanagement.Overthecourseofhiscareerhehasbeenpartofordirectedengineeringactivitiesforhigh-profileaerospaceanddefenseprogramssuchasNH90,Ariane5,JPLMER&MSLandJSF.SignalIntegrityRoom:Room109AddressDDR5DesignChallengeswithIBIS-AMImodelsToddWesterhoff,SiSoftDDR5memoryisslatedtorunatspeedsfrom3200MT/sto6400MT/s.ThesespeedsarewellintotherangewhereTx/Rxequalizationisusedtoensurereliablesignaltransmissioninserialchannelapplications.DDR5isexpectedtomakeuseofthesetechniques(FIR,CTLE,DFE)toimprovesignalqualitywhenthefinalDDR5specificationispublished.WhileDDR5signalingspeedshavereachedthepointtraditionalSerDesspeeds,thereareanumberofsignificantdifferencesbetweenDDRandserialchannelapplications:

• Shorterchannelswithmorediscontinuitiesandreflections• Multipledriver/receivercombinations• Multiplesignalterminations• Signalendedsignaling• Variabletopologies(DIMMspresentorabsent)• Longstubs• ShorttransmissionburstsfollowedbynetworkI/Oreconfiguration

Atfirst,applicationofSerDesequalizationtechniquesandAMImodelsseemslikeanobviousapproachtoimprovingDDR5signalquality.AcloserinspectionrevealsthatthedesignproblemsincurredbyDDR5topologiesarequitedifferentthanthesignalingchallengesthatSerDesequalizationtechniqueswereoriginallydesignedtoovercome.However,thoughtfulapplicationofAMImodelsandAMIsimulationtechniquescanhighlightwhichDDR5signalqualityissuesaresignificantandwhattechniquescanbestbeusedtoovercomethem.ThispaperwilllookatthechallengesofachievingreliabledatatransmissionforaDDR5datanetoperatingatavarietyofspeeds.WewillshowhowAMI-styleanalysiscanbeusedtoidentifywhichdatatransfersarethelimitingfactorsinhighspeedperformanceandwhatequalization/modelingtechniquescanbeusedtoaddressthem.ToddWesterhoff,VPSemiconductorRelationsatSiSoft,hasover38yearsofexperienceinmodelingandsimulation,including20yearsofsignalintegrityexperience.HeisresponsibleforSiSoft'sactivitiesworkingwithsemiconductorvendorstodevelophigh-qualitysimulationmodels.ToddhasbeenheavilyinvolvedwiththeIBIS-AMImodelingspecificationsinceitsinception.HehasheldseniortechnicalandmanagementpositionsforCiscoandCadenceandworkedasanindependentsignalintegrityconsultant.ToddholdsaB.E.E.E.degreefromtheStevensInstituteofTechnologyinHoboken,NewJersey.EMC/EMIRoom:Room110ShieldingEffectivenessComparisonofSmallSizedBoard-LevelShieldsObtainedbyNearandFar-FieldMeasurementTechniquesMohammadAliKhorrami,LairdTechInmodernmixed-signalsystemsconsistingofhigh-speeddigitalcircuitriesandRFreceiverswithcompactform-factors,RFdesensitizationoftheanalogradiosiswell-knownproblem.TheRFinterferenceaggravatesas:(a)digitalsystemswithfasterrisetimesandhigherdataratesemerge,and(b)thestand-alonesensitivityofradioreceiversincreases.TomitigatetheRFIproblem,theapplicationofboardlevelshieldsonnoisydigitalICsisverypopular.However,thesesmallsized(lessthan10cm)shieldsusuallycontainsmallaperturesandopeningswhicharenecessaryforvariousreasonsasthermalmanagement,epoxyinjection,andreflowsoldering.Therefore,itisimportanttoquantifytheeffectivenessofthesecavitiesattheirvicinity.


Shieldingeffectiveness(SE)ofcavitiesinsidesemi-anechoicandreverberationchambersarecommonpractice.However,thesetechniquesmeasurethereceivedsignalsatthefarfieldoftheshieldsatpopularRFbandfrequencies,suchasWiFiandGPS.Recently,thestriplinetestfixture(recommendedbyIEC61967-8anddevelopedformeasurementofICradiationsbetween150KHzto3GHz)isbeingusedfortheSEmeasurementsofthesmallcavities.However,theplacementoftheshieldinsidethestrip-linetestfixturedegradesitsVSWRduetoaddedcapacitance.Therefore,additionaloptimizationofthetestfixtureisneededtohandletheSEmeasurement.Inthispaper,astriplinetestfixtureisdevelopedtomeasurethenearfieldradiationsofsmallboardlevelshieldsupto4GHz.Thedesignishandledthroughfullwavesimulationsandadditionaltimedomainreflectometrymodelingofthediscontinuitiesalongthestrip-lineandshieldassembly.Additionally,themeasurementsofnearfieldradiationsareperformedusingthedesignedstrip-linetestfixture.Next,far-fieldmeasurementsareperformedinananechoicchambertocomparethemeasurednear-fieldresultstotheircounterpartsatthefar-field.Finally,theresultsfromfullwaveelectromagneticsolverarecomparedtothemeasuredvalues.Itisconcludedthatnewtechniquesareneededtocorrectlypredicttheperformanceofaboardlevelshieldinthenear-field.Additionally,differentbehaviorsofthecavitiesinthenearandfarfieldregionsaredescribedhere.MohammadAliKhorramireceivedM.S.andPhDinElectricalEngineeringfromTehranPolytechniqueUniversity,andUniversityofArkansasin2008and2014,respectively.HeiscurrentlyworkingasaScientistinLairdTechnologeyCorporation.Hismajorinterestsaresignalandpowerintegrityofhighspeeddigitalcircuits,andElectromagneticCompatibility.HeistherecipientofYoungScientistAwardfromInternationalUnionofRadioScience(URSI)GeneralAssemblyin2008.

Wednesday,September13,2017•10:10-11:10Test&MeasurementRoom:Room111PhaseNoise-NewArchitectureforPhaseNoiseMeasurementswithUnparalleledAccuracyandSpeedNeilJarvis,Rohde&SchwarzPhasenoisecanbealimitingparameteronsystemperformanceofmanytypesofsystems.Asradarprecisionandcommunicationdatarates(andcorrespondingly,modulationcomplexity)haveincreased,lowphasenoiseoscillatorsandinstrumentationtoaccuratelygenerateandmeasureextremelylowphasenoisehasneverbeenmoreimportant.Thisworkshopfocusesondifferentapproaches,conceptsandarchitecturestogeneratesignalswithlowphasenoiseandhowtoperformaccurateandfastmeasurements.Thereareseveralconceptsofmeasuringphasenoiseandeachhasadifferentlevelofcost,complexity,measurementspeed,andabilitytoattainacertainaccuracy.Wewillcontrastdifferenttechniques,suchasthedirectspectrumanalyzer-,phasedetector-,phasedetectorwithcrosscorrelation-anddelaylinediscriminatormethod.Wewillalsointroduceanewtechniqueusingdirectdown-conversion,analogI/Qmixersandbasebandsignalsamplingthatprovidesextremelyhighmeasurementsensitivityandspeedforphasenoisemeasurements.Thetechnologyallowstomeasurephasenoiseaslowas-183dBc/Hzwitha100MHzcarrierfrequencyand10kHzwithintwominutes.CW,AdditiveandPulsedPhaseNoise,Pulsed-AdditivePhaseNoise,andAMNoisemeasurementscanbeperformedaseasilyandsimultaneously.NeilJarvisisknownforhisexpertiseinRFandmicrowavedesign,specializinginVectorNetworkAnalysisandSpectrumAnalysis.Inhismorethan22yearsofexperienceindesignengineering,testengineeringandproductdevelopmenthe'sheldpositionswithNationalSemiconductor,TagentCorporation,NorthropGrummanCorporation,andAgilentTechnologies.Inadditiontohisdegreesin


Math,EE,TechnologyManagementandSystemsAnalysis,NeilholdsmultiplepatentsinRFIDtechnology.

Wednesday,September13,2017•10:20-10:50Room:FrequencyMattersTheaterFrequencyMattersTheaterKeynote:3CriticalConsiderationsfor5GWirelessNetworkAntennasRayButler,Commscope5GAmericashasbeenworkingtowarddevelopmentsfor5Grequirementsoverthepastthreeyearsandthefutureantennasystemswillbekeytomanagingnetworkperformance.TheRANandRFpathwillbecriticalinthearrivalof5G,withtheneedforahighsignaltonoiseratioforenhancedmobilebroadband.Basestationantennas,likespeakersonahigh-fidelitysoundsystem,arecriticaltoprovidingahigh-performancesignalandexceptionaluserexperience.Theseantennashaveevolvedinparallelaswirelesstechnologyhasevolvedfrom2G,3Gand4G,andisontheroadto5G.Thevariety,complexityandapplicationofbasestationantennashaveincreasedexponentially,ashavethenumberoffrequencybandsusedbywirelessnetworkoperators.Jointhissessionforahigh-levelviewofantennatechnologyandhowantennaswillevolvefor5G.RayButlerisvicepresidentofWirelessNetworkEngineeringatCommScope,responsibleforwirelesstechnicalsalesleadershipinoutdoorRadioFrequency(RF)products.HavingservedontheBoardofGovernorsat5GAmericas,RayandCommscopeoftencontributetothehighlyregardedwhitepapersfortheassociation.Previously,RayledtheResearch&Developmentteamresponsibleforbasestationantennas,filters,combiners,remoteradioheadsandRFpoweramplifiers.HealsoworkedforAndrewCorporationasvicepresidentofbasestationantennasengineering,andsystemsengineeringandsolutionsmarketing,respectively.With30yearsofexperienceinwirelesscommunications,RayhasservedasdirectorofnationalRFengineeringwithAT&TWirelessandvicepresidentofengineering,researchanddevelopment,andinternationaloperationsatMetawaveCommunications,asmartantennacompany.RaywastechnicalmanagerofsystemsengineeringforLucentTechnologiesBellLaboratories,havingalsoheldothermanagementpositionsresponsibleforthedesignofRFcircuits,filtersandamplifiers.Heholdsthreepatentsrelatedtosmartantennas,andfouradditionalRFpathrelatedpatentsarenowpending.RayholdsabachelorofsciencedegreeinelectricalengineeringfromBrighamYoungUniversityandamasterofscienceinelectricalengineeringfromPolytechnicUniversity.HeisamemberofTauBetaPinationalengineeringhonorsocietyandEtaKappaNunationalelectricalengineeringhonorsociety.5GAdvancedCommunicationsRoom:Room107MIMOandBeamSteeringModelinginSupportof5GApplicationsJohnDunn,NIInthistalkweshowthenew,improvedMIMOandbeamsteeringmodelelementsindetail,usingexamplesofthemodelsbeingusedinrealisticsystems.Highlightsofthemodelsinclude:

• Inclusionofindividualantennapatternsforarraymodels.• Couplingofnearbyelementscanbeincluded.• Modelingofdifferentarraygeometries,includingimperfectionsanddefectsofelements.• Differentimpedancesfordifferentinputstothearray.• DifferentRFlinksforeachelement.TheRFlinkcanincludefilterandamplifier

characteristics.Themostrecentbeamsteeringbehavioralmodeltechnologiesprovidesaccuratecharacterizationforacorporatefeedtypeofarchitecture.Thepowergoingtoeachelementisspecified,alongwiththedesiredbeamangleandobservationangle.Themodelautomaticallycalculatesthephaseoftheinputpowerrequiredforeachelement,andgivestheuserthearrayperformance.Twoelementscanbeplacedend-to-endtomodelacompletetransmitandreceivechain.


TheMIMOmodelgivestheusertheflexibilityoffurtherdefiningtheRFlinktoeachantennaelement.Forexample,differentfiltersandamplifierscouldbeusedforeachelement.Acommonapplicationwouldbestudyingrequirementsforamplifierperformanceinanarraywherethecenterelementsarebeingexcitedathigherpower.ThetalkincludesanumberofpracticalexamplescommonlyencounteredbytheRFsystemsengineer.AmplifierDesignRoom:Room108AddressingPhaseNoiseChallengesinRadarandCommunicationSystemsPaulBlount,CustomMMICPhasenoiseisrapidlybecomingthemostcriticalfactoraddressedinsophisticatedradarandcommunicationsystems.Thisisbecauseitisthekeyparameterdefiningtargetacquisitioninradarsandspectralintegrityincommunicationsystems.Therearemanypapersdetailingthemathematicalderivationofphasenoisebutfewmentionthereasonsforitsimportance.Inthispaper,wediscusstheimportanceofphasenoise,andwhatcanbedonetolessenitseffectsinmicrowavesystems.Topicsinclude:

• WhatisPhaseNoise?• WhydowecareaboutPhaseNoise?• AmplifiersandPhaseNoise

PaulBlountfoundedCustomMMICin2006andhasservedasitsCEOandCTOsinceitsinception.Hisprimaryfocuswastodevelopproductsthatsolvetheissuesencounteredbyengineersastheytrytobuildstateoftheartsystems.Tothatendhehasbeeninstrumentalinthecreationof6productlines-amplifiers,switches,mixers,attenuators,phaseshifters,andmultipliers.Keyfeatureswithintheseproductsarepositivegainslopes,allpositivebiasoperation,lowphasenoise,andhighintegration.HewasawardedtheArmyAchievementAwardin2011forhisworkonloweringthepowerdissipationoflownoiseamplifiersinphasedarraysystemsbyanorderofmagnitude.PriortoCustomMMIC,PaulworkeddesigningMMICsforHittiteMicrowave,AlphaIndustries(Skyworks),andThornEMIElectronics.HeisaUScitizen.HiseducationincludesaBEngfromBrunelUniversityandanMScfromUniversityCollegeLondon.SignalIntegrityRoom:Room109MethodtoAnalyzeLow-Margin,High-SpeedSERDESChannelsGranthanaRangaswamy,JuniperNetworksEverincreasingdata-ratehasmadesignalintegritythequintessentialrequirementofanyhigh-speedchanneldesign.Eventheslightestchannelimpairmentcandegradetheperformance,resultinginincreasedbiterrorrate(BER).MaintainingtheminimumBERisimportanttoachievethetargetdatarate.SERDESI/Odata-ratesareincreasinginamannerreminiscentofMoore’sLaw.Enabling>25GbpsNRZor+50GbpsPAM-Nsystemisextremelychallengingbecauseofsensitivechannelswithmultipleconnectors,vias,increasedreceiversensitivitytonoisesources,clockjitter,etc.ItisparamounttounderstandthelimitationsoftheSERDEStransmitterandreceiveranddesignachannelaccordingly.Thispaperidentifiesthepitfallsofchannelimpairments.Firstly,adesigntargetbasedonsystemrequirementssuchaschannellength,topologyandconnectorpinoutisdetermined.Testboardsarebuiltforfewspecificprobablechannelsbasedonthedesigntargettomeasuretheactualchannelcharacteristics.SimulationsetupisthencreatedbyperformingTDRandVNAcorrelationbetweenthemeasuredandsimulatedchannels.GenericSERDESmodelsareusedforbothmeasuredandsimulatedchanneltodeterminethechannelmargin.Thenanextensivedesignofexperimentisdonebyvaryingthechannellength,impedance,viadepth,antipad,noisesources,receiversensitivitytodeterminetheactualsystemmargin.Thisapproachallowsustoaccuratelypredictthechannelmarginforeachandeverylinkinthesystemmuchbeforethesystemisactuallybuiltandhencesignificantlyreducingthetimetomarket.


TheadvantageofthismethodisthatwearenotrelyingonuncorrelatedSerdesorchannelmodelsandinsteadwearebuildinganaccuratecorrelatedpre-layoutsimulationsetupforverysensitive,lowmarginchannels.Thepapershowsthedifferentparametersandthemethodusedforcorrelation(Insertionloss,Insertionlossdeviation,ImpedancebasedonTDR).ThesimulationmodelisusedwithgenericSERDESmodelstodeterminethechannelmarginalongwiththepredictedBER.Anextensivedesignofexperimentisperformedforall32channelsinthesystemtoaccuratelydeterminetheprelayoutchannelmarginandBER.GranthanaRangaswamy,ofJuniperNetworks,isaseasonedtechnologistandleader,withaproventrackrecordofdeliveringhighspeeddesignproductsforawiderangeofserverandclientplatforms.15yearsofexperienceinSignalintegrityandPowerIntegrity,mentoringandmotivatingteamsworkingonHighSpeedLinks.PresentfocusisondesigninghighspeedboardswithPAM4Serdesat50Gbps+speedsatJuniperNetworks.DevelopedandproductizedseveralplatformsatIntel.LeadtheMobileI/OgroupatIntel.Strongtechnicalskillsandextensiveexperiencewithdesignfeasibilityanalysis,linksimulationandoptimization,SignalIntegrity,PowerIntegrity,pre/posttape-outactivities,designmethodology,post-silicondebug,,systembringupandproductizationofmulti-milliondollarproducts.MobileFrontEndDesignRoom:Room110MiniatureBroadbandAntennaforWirelessHandheldDeviceEdwardLiang,MCVMicrowaveThispaperstepsthroughthetrade-offsandmaterials/technologiesdecisionsrequiredforthedesignofabroadbandantennasuitableforwirelesshandheldapplications.Intraditionaldesigns,asmalltriplexerisusedtocombinethreefrequencybandscovering698~960MHz,1427~2200MHzand2300~2690MHzinawirelesshandset.Itisdesirableifasingleantennacapableofcoveringtheentirefrequencyrangefrom698to2690MHzcanbeusedasitnotonlysimplifiesRFfront-enddesignbutalsoreducesoverallcircuitsize.Inthispresentationandpaper,weevaluateabowtieantennaonceramicdesignthatexhibitsawidebandratioof1to5.WefoundthatemployingacircuitmatchingtechniquefurtherenhancesthebandwidthinanantennastructureconstructedonahighQceramicmaterial.Thefundamentaloperationmechanismofthisminiaturebroadbandantennaisdescribed.EdwardLiang,aco-founderofMCVMicrowaveinSanDiego,CaliforniareceivedhisPhDinCeramicSciencefromPennState,isanactiveparticipantindielectricresonatordevelopmentforRF/Microwavefilterandantennaapplications.Hisinterestsspanoverultra-narrowbandandultra-widebandcomponentsusedinUHF,LTE,XandKbandfrequencies.HeteachesenergystorageatUCSDextensionforthreeyearssince2014.Edwardholds.twopatentsintunablecomponents.

Wednesday,September13,2017•11:00-11:30RF&MicrowaveDesignRoom:FrequencyMattersTheaterDemystifyingPLLLoopFilterArchitecturesJeffBlake,HarrisCorporationBuildingPLLshasbecomemucheasierovertheyears,withwattsofpowerbeingreplacedbymilliwatts,andcubicinchesbeingreplacedbycubiccentimetersorevenmillimeters.However,properlydesigningtheloop,specificallytheloopfilter,canstillbeshroudedinmystery,riddledwithapproximations,andmiredbyunnecessarilycomplicatedequations.Properloopfilterdesigniskeytoeffectiveloopperformance,butitdoesn'thavetobecomplex,anditdoesn'tevenneedacomputer.Thispresentationwillpresentanintuitive,time-tested,blockdiagramapproach,withsimple,exactequationspresentedforeffectivelychoosingaloopfilterarchitectureanditsvalues.Iwanttoanswerthequestion,"HowdoIstart?WheredoIbegin?"Massive,confusingequationsfeaturingmythicalcreaturessuchas"zeta",the"naturalfrequency",andnon-existingtimeconstantswillbe


replacedbyafewsimpleblockdiagramsfeaturinguseful,real-worldgainsandatimeconstantortwo,allofwhicharedirectlyrelatedtotheR'sandC'softhecircuit.Somelong-heldbeliefswillbeproventobefalse,relievingtheuserofunnecessaryrestraintsandcomplications.Forexample,whethertheloopfilteris"active"or"passive",bydefinitiontheblockdiagramsareexactlythesame.Presentationwillbelimitedtotheveryubiquitoustype-2,2nd-orderloop,providingclarityandunderstandinginchoosingtheappropriateapproachforbothsynthesisandanalysis.Computersimulationandanalysisisnotnecessarytocomeupwiththeoptimumdesign,andthematerialpresentedwillenableimmediateapplication.JeffBlake,BSEE/MSEE,hasbeeninvolvedinRFandanaloghardwaredesignforalmost40years,bothmilitaryandcommercial.Mostrecentinvolvementhasbeeninthedevelopmentofagile,low-noisefrequencysourcesandtransceiversformilitaryapplications.Test&MeasurementRoom:Room107IterativeDirectDigitalPredistortion(DPD)LauraSanchez,Rohde&SchwarzDigitalpredistortion(DPD)isacommonmethodtolinearizetheoutputsignalofapoweramplifier(PA),whichisbeingoperatedinitsnon-linearoperatingrange.MostPAsoperateintheirnon-linearrangeforefficiencyreasons.Thedrawbackofhigherefficiencyisthenon-linearoperatingrange.Inordertomaintainsignalquality,manytransmittersemployDPD.Implementingreal-timeDPDinatransmitterisachallengingtaskandoftenendsinPAmodels,whicharespecifictothesignaltransmitted.Eventhoughthesecomplexmodelsarerequiredfortransmitterdevelopment,theyarenotneededduringPAverificationanddevelopment.Thispaperdescribesanapproachtogenerateapredistortedsignalbasedonahard-clipper.TheresultingwaveformpushestheoutputoftheDUTasclosetothehard-clipperaspossible.Duetothewaveformapproach,thealgorithmcompensatesallmemoryeffects.LauraSanchezisProductManagerforsignalandspectrumanalyzersatRohde&SchwarzinMunich(Germany)since2012.Duringher17years’experienceintheRFandtelecommunicationsindustry,shehasworkedasanRFengineer,engineeringteamleaderandproductmanagerformajorequipmentmanufacturersandnetworkoperatorsinseveralEuropeanandAsiancountries.Sheholdsanengineeringdegreeinelectronics,specializedintelecommunicationsystems,fromthePolytechnicUniversityofMadrid(Spain)andhascarriedoutherdiplomathesisattheUniversityofAppliedSciencesinMannheim,Germany.RF&MicrowaveDesignRoom:Room108TransmitLOLeakage(LOL)–AnIssueofZeroIFThatIsn’tMakingPeopleLaughOutLoudDavidFrizelle,AnalogDevicesThereareseveralmajoradvantagestotheZero-IFarchitecture,howevertherearealsosomechallengesthatneedtobeovercome.TransmitLocalOscillatorLeakage(referredtoasTxLOL)isonesuchchallenge.Uncorrected,TxLOLwillproduceanunwantedemissionwithinthedesiredtransmission,possiblybreakingsystemspecifications.ThisarticlediscussestheissueofTxLOLandexaminesthetechniquesusedtoeliminateit.IfTxLOLcanbereducedtoalowenoughlevelthatitnolongercausessystemorperformanceissues,perhapspeoplecanlearntoLaughOutLoudaboutLOL!DaveFrizelleworksasanapplicationsmanagerintheTransceiverProductGroupatAnalogDevicesLimericksupportingtheintegratedtransceiverfamilyofproducts.HehasworkedatADIsincegraduationin1998.HispreviousengineeringrolesincludesixyearsworkinginJapanandKoreasupportingthedevelopmentanddesigningofADIcomponentsintoadvancedconsumerproducts.


FrankKearneyworksasalgorithmdevelopmentmanagerintheCommunicationSystemsEngineeringteamatAnalogDevicesLimerick.HehasworkedatADIsincegraduationin1988.HerecentlyreturnedfromChinawhereheheldthepositionofseniorapplicationsmanagerforthesystemsengineeringteaminAsiaPacific.HeiscurrentlyadoctorialcandidateatUniversityCollegeDublin.SignalIntegrityRoom:Room109DebuggingHighSpeedSERDESLinksinMulti-BoardInterconnectSystemsSyedBokhari,FidusSystemsInc.High-speedSERDESinterfacesoperatingatdataratesinexcessof5Gbpsarecommontodayandtheirimplementationonsingleprintedcircuitboards,andbackplanesystemsiswellunderstood.Linkbudgets,channeloperatingmargin(COM)parameters,eyediagramparametersarewellestablishedanditispossibleinmostapplicationstohaveahighlevelofconfidenceintheirimplementationforerrorfreeoperation.Theprocesstypicallyconsistsofobtainings-parametersforalltheelementsthatcomprisethehighspeedlink.Forreasonsofcomputationalease,itisacommonpracticetopartitionacomplexdrivertoreceiverinterconnectintosmallersectionsandcomputeormeasurethes-parametersofeachsectioninisolation.Forexample,ASICpackage,BGAbreakout,PCBtracesinBGApinfield,PCBroutingoutsidepinfields,PCBroutingapproachingconnectors,ACcouplingcapacitors,viasandboard-to-boardconnectorsarethemostcommonsections.Thes-parametersofeachindividualsectionaretypicallycheckedforreciprocity,passivityandcausalityandcascadedtogethertoproduceacompositelinks-parameterdatafile.ThesevaluesarethencomparedtoapplicableCOMparameters,namely,insertionloss(IL),insertionlossdeviation(ILD),returnloss(RL)andinsertionlosstocrosstalkratio(ICR).Ifthelinkvaluesarefoundintheregiontermedasthehighconfidenceregion,eyediagramsimulationusingIBIS–AMImodelswillconfirmerrorfreelinkoperation.IftheCOMparametersareeithermarginal,orviolateCOMrequirements,itiseasytoidentifythesectionorsectionsresponsibleforthisandtakecorrectiveactionwherepossible.Afundamentalassumptionmadeincomputings-parametersofanumberofsectionsincascadeisthatthereferenceplaneofeach“section”musthaveacontinuouslowimpedanceconnectiontothatoftheneighboringsection.Thisistrueforasinglemulti-layerPCBwheresolidgroundplanesareusedasreferenceforallPCBrouting.Itisalsonearlytrueforbackplanesystemswherethebackplaneconnectorshavea“largenumberofgroundpins”.Incertaincases,thisassumptioncanonlybeapproachedapproximately.Thisariseswhiledealingwithhighspeedmemorycards,forexampletheNonVolatileMemoryExpressSolidStateDrives(NVMESSD).Connectortypesandthenumberofgroundpinsavailablemaybeminimalandconsequently,alowimpedanceconnectiontothegroundplanemaybedifficultorimpossibleortoachieve.Insuchcircumstances,itbecomescriticaltoensurethatagroundplaneresonancedoesnotoccurinthefrequencyrangeofinterestandtoreducethemechanismsbywhichsucharesonancecanbeexcitedeffectively.Theoccurrenceofagroundplaneresonancewillshowupasadipintheinsertionlosscurveprovidedthatthecompletepathiseithersimulatedormeasured.Itwillnotshowupiftheindividualsectionsareseparatelysimulatedormeasuredandthencascadedtogether.ThiswilllikelyviolatetherequirementonILD,andwillalreadybeinindicationofpoorlinkperformance.Secondly,thepresenceofskewbetweenthePandNmembersofadifferentialpair,canaffecttheamplitudeandpositionoftheseresonancedips.Printedcircuitboardfiberweaveskewcanmakethiseffectworse.Theendresultisanerraticbehaviorofthelinkperformancethatcanvaryfromboardtoboard.Inthispresentation,resultsofmeasurementsandsimulationscarriedoutonaprintedcircuitboardthatwasdesignedtosupportmultipleSERDESinterfacesat16and25Gbpswillbereported.Allinterfacesweregeneratedbyasingledevicewhichwascapableofcheckingfor(BER)Bit-Error-Rateaswellasdisplayingeyediagrams.TheboardinterfacesweretestedbytheuseofphysicalloopbackboardsthatsimplyconnectedtheTXandRXlanestogether.OneoftheinterfacesinvolvedtheM2solidstatedrive(SSD)connectoroperatingat16Gbps.Loop


backoperationofthisinterfaceshowederraticbehavior.SomelanesshoweddataerrorswhichdisappearedwhenthesmallPCBattachedtothisconnectorwasnotgrounded.MeasuredinternaleyediagramsandthepresenceoferrorsasafunctionofthePRBS(PseudoRandomBitSequence)aregoodindicationsoflinkinsertionloss.Forexample,errorfreeoperationatPRBS7witherrorsincreasingastheorderofthePRBSsequenceisincreasedindicatesthepresenceofresonanceoflargevariationsininsertionlossdeviation.SimulationswerecarriedoutusingAnsysHFSS3DEMsimulatortoincludeimportantsectionsofthemainPCBtotheSSDPCBinterface.Aresonanceintheinsertionlossatafrequencylessthan8GHzwasclearlyseen.Nearfieldsandcurrentdistributionplotsshowedhighcurrentdensityonthegroundplaneandoneconnectorgroundpinatthisfrequency.SimulationsofthegroundplaneoftheSSDshowedthepresenceofresonanceinthefrequencyrangeofinterest.However,basedontheamplitudeoftheresonanceanditslocation,itwasnotpossibletocorrelatethiswiththedipintheinsertionlossobserved.Inasecondsimulation,thegroundpinsadjacenttothedifferentialnetthattraversesthetwoboardswassimulatedwithacommonmodesignal.Thissimulationshowedresonancesclosetofrequencieswherethedipsintheinsertionlosswereobserved.Thisobservationindicatesthateventhoughagroundplaneresonancemaybepresent,itisitsexcitationbyacommonmodecurrentthatisthemaincauseoferraticbehavior.Consequently,onemitigationstrategyinvolvestwocriterion.Thefirstistoensurealowimpedanceconnectiontothegroundplanesofallindividualgroundplanesinamulti-boardsystem.Secondly,ensuringthatthecommonmodecontentofdifferentialpairsthattraversethetwoprintedcircuitboardsmustbeminimized.Inthispresentation,COMparametersandtheirimpactonlinkperformancewillbereviewed.TheimportanceofILDwillbeemphasizedandsimplersimulationprocedurestodetectresonanceswillbepresented.Syed.A.BokhariwasborninBangalore,India.HereceivedtheBEdegreeinElectronicsEngineeringfromtheVisveswarayaCollegeofEngineeringofBangaloreUniversityin1980,TheM.Sc.(Eng.)degreeinElectricalCommunicationEngineeringfromtheIndianInstituteofScience(IISc),Bangalore,Indiain1982andthePh.D.degreefromtheDepartmentofAerospaceEngineering,IIScin1986.HeiscurrentlyaTechnicalManagerofSignalIntegrityandEMCatFidusSystemsInc.,Ottawa,Canada.Priortothis,hehasheldpositionsofSeniorMemberofConsultingStaffatCadenceDesignSystems(Canada)Ltd.,SeniorResearchAssociateattheDepartmentofElectricalEngineering,UniversityofOttawa,ResearchAssociateattheLaboratoryofElectromagnetismandAcousticsoftheSwissFederalInstituteofTechnologyinLausanne,Switzerland,andSeniorResearchFellowatIISc.HewastheTechnicalPapersCo-Chairofthe2016IEEEEMCSymposiuminOttawaandisthechairmanoftheIEEEOttawaEMCChapter.HisareasofresearchinterestsincludePrintedCircuitBoarddesignforSignalandPowerIntegrity,andEMC,NumericalMethodsinElectromagnetics,andMiniaturizedAntennas.Hehaspublishedextensivelyintheseareasandholdstwopatents.RF&MicrowaveDesignRoom:Room110IntroductiontoHelicalAntennasDanOrban,OrbanMicrowaveInc.Fromhumblelaboratorybeginnings,theaxial-modehelicalantennahasbecomeindispensableinterrestrialandspaceradioservice.Therobustness,versatilityandeaseofconstructionofthehelicalantennamakesitoneofthebestchoicesforapplicationsfromVHFtomicrowavefrequencieswherecircularpolarizationisrequired.Largetravelingwavevariantsyieldwidefeedpointimpedancebandwidthandnarrowmainbeamsaswellasqualitycircularpolarizationforuseonspacecraftandgroundstationinstallations.Smallresonantquadrifilarhelicessacrificebandwidthforcompactnessandhemisphericalcoveragesuitableforportableandhand-heldradioapplications.Thispresentationoutlinesthedifferencesbetweenthetravelingwaveandresonanthelicalsaswellasdescribingthesituationswheretheseantennasareapplicable.Basicdesignguidelinesforwireandprintedantennasareexplainedandsomeinterestingphysicalpropertiesarealsohighlighted.In


thisway,theaudiencecomesawaywithabasictechnicalfamiliaritywiththisremarkableclassofantennas.

Wednesday,September13,2017•11:40-12:10Simulation&ModelingRoom:FrequencyMattersTheaterMultiphysicsSimulationoftheChallengesFacingCommercialAirPackageDeliverySystemsSafaSalman,ANSYSTheongoingchallengeforelectroniccommercecompaniesistheneedtooptimizetheordertodeliveryprocesswhileminimizingfailure.Companiesarelookingforthemostefficientwaytodelivertheirgoodstocustomersandtheautomationofthisprocessisthesolution.Unmannedaerialvehicles,ordrones,promisefastandhighlyindividualizeddeliveryofgoods.Thepresentedworkwilldemonstratehowtotacklethewiderangeofengineeringchallengesthatmaybeencounteredatdifferentstagesofthedrone-baseddeliveryprocess.Specifically,anelectronicorderisreceivedatanearbywarehousefororderfulfillment.Thedeliveryprocessstartswiththecontrolunitreceivingtheelectronicorder.Oncetheorderisreceived,severaloperationsaretriggeredandperformedseamlesslytoensurefulfillmentoftheorder.ThecontrolunitwillcallonanidlerobottofetchthegoodsfromtheirlocationinthewarehousethroughRFIDtagtracking.Oncethegoodshavebeenretrievedfromthecorrectshelfandtransferredtotheshipmentarea,theitemsarepackagedanddeliveryinformationwillbeprintedandattachedtothepackage.Adronewillpickupthepackagewiththeinformationcommunicatedfromthecontrolunitaboutthedeliverylocation.AnembeddedGPSantennawillguidethedronetothetargetdeliverarea.TheaforementionedscenarioisstudiedwithinaharshRFenvironment.EMIandEMCproblemsareidentifiedandstudiedusingANSYSHFSS,SAVANTandEMIT.Channelintegritybetweenthecontrolunitandtherobot,RFIDscanner,printeranddronearestudiedaswellasinterferencefromotherRFsystemsthatmaynormallybefoundinthiswarehouseenvironment.Multi-Physicsanalysisisusedtoensurethesystemcanperformunderthedifferentphysicalconditions.BehavioralmodelsoftheairinacityareaccountedforusingANSYSAIMandCFDandtheireffectonthedroneasitfliestothedeliverylocationarestudied.Combined,theworkgivesanoverviewofthechallengesthatcanfaceane-commercedeliverysystemsandproposesamultiphysics-basedsolutionfortacklingtheseproblems.SafaSalmanwasborninBaghdad,Iraq,in1989.ShereceivedtheB.S.degree(summacumlaude)fromtheUniversityofMississippi,Oxford,MS,USA,in2010withanhonorsdegreefromtheSallyMcDonnellBarksdaleHonorsCollege,Oxford,Mississippi.ShereceivedherM.Sc.andPh.D.degreeattheElectroScienceLaboratory,TheOhioStateUniversity,OH,USA,in2015.HerresearchareasincludedBroadbandarrays,biomedicalapplicationsofantennas,implantedantennas,ablationtechniquesandwearablecontinuoustimehealthmonitoringsensors.Dr.SalmanplacedatfirstplaceintheannualKrausmemorialstudentpostercompetition,receivedtheAROstudentpapercompetitionscholarshipatthe11thinternationalworkshoponfiniteelementsformicrowaveengineering,nominatedforthe2010ExxonMobileMiddleEast&SouthAfricaScholarshipandselectedforthe2009–2010Who’sWhoamongstudentsinAmericanUniversitiesandColleges.SheisamemberofhonorsocietiessuchasPhiKappaPhi,TauBetaPi,EtaKappaNuandtheNationalSocietyofCollegiateScholars.ShealsoreceivedtheTaylormedalforherdistinguishedacademicachievements.SheleadtheOhioStateteamtowiththe2015NIHNeuroStartupChallengeandplacedsecondattheOhioStateBusinessPlanCompetition.Currently,sheisworkingatANSYSInc'sIrvinebranchasanApplicationEngineerII.

Wednesday,September13,2017•12:45-1:15SignalIntegrityRoom:FrequencyMattersTheaterEnablingNext-GenerationAdvancedPackageUsingSystem-in-PackageTechnologysurendersingh,CadenceDesignSystem


Thenext-generationplatformsrunninghigh-endcomputingsystems,suchasgaming,videoprocessingandInternetofthings(IoT),requirehigherbandwidth,lowerpower,andasmallerformfactor.Shinko’sintegratedthinfilmhighdensityorganicpackage(i-thop)technology,whichisanewpackagingparadigmprovidinglocalizedhigh-densityinterconnectsbetweentwoormoredieonanorganicpackagesubstrate,isasolutionforthesehigh-endcomputingsystemsthatneedhighmemorybandwidthbetweentheCPUandDRAM.Inaddition,toprovidingalowpowerandhigherbandwidthinterconnects,thistechnologyhasalowercostthanothertechnologies.Thispaperintroducesheterogeneous3Dsystem-in-package(SiP)technology,whichdecouplesthetransceiverdiefromthecoredieforaHighBandwidthMemorydesign(HBM).Inthistechnology,thetransceiverandcoredieneednotbemanufacturedonthesameprocessnodebecausethedecoupledtransceiversitsnexttothecoredie.ThepaperdescribesstepbystepprocessofimplementingthesameforlayoutinadensepackageandhavingroutingDietoDieroutingdoneonthinfilmorganiclayersembeddedontopofthesubstrate.Theprocessinvolveshandshakingofpackage-layoutandIC-layouttoaccomplishacompletepackage-designandmanufacturingoutputs.SurenderSinghreceivedtheM.TechandPh.D,inElectronicCommunicationandInstrumentationEngineeringrespectivelyfromtheIASEUniversityandThaparUniversity.From2000-2006,Dr.SurenderheldaResearchAssociatepositionatC-DOT,Delhi.From2006-2013,heworkedatTranswitchCorporation,wherehewasLeadMemberofTechnicalStaffofreferenceboarddesigngroup.InJanuary,2014,hejoined,PrincipalDesignEngineeratCadenceDesignSysteminDDR–IPGroup.Hisinterestincludeshigh-speed,ICpackageandBoarddesign,biomedicalapplicationsofelectromagneticsandnoveltechniquetoimproveSI/EMC.Hehasauthoredseveraljournalsandconferencepapersandpresentations.

Wednesday,September13,2017•1:00-1:40RF&MicrowaveDesignRoom:Room108SimplifyingtheThermalAnalysisofMicrowaveSystemsJimDelap,ANSYSAttendeeswilllearnhowelectromagneticanalysiscanbecoupledtothermalandevencomputationalfluiddynamicssimulation.ThisworkflowwillbeappliedtosomebasicRF/microwaveproblems.HighperformanceRF/microwavesystemsandcomponentsrequireoperationinareal-worldmulti-physicsenvironment.Realmaterialpropertiesareusuallytemperaturedependent,andmodernmulti-functionsystemsarealwaysoperatingunderdynamicloadconditions.Understandingtheinteractionbetweenmultiplecoupledphysicsisessentialforanaccuratesystemanalysis.ANSYSoffersacomprehensivesolutioncapableofperformingbi-directionalcoupledanalysisbetweenelectromagnetics,thermal,andstructuralmechanics.Additionally,recentproductadvancementssimplifytheconnectionbetweenelectromagneticsandCFD-basedthermalanalysis.JimDeLapisaManagerofApplicationEngineeringforANSYSsupervisingagroupofHighFrequencyApplicationEngineers.HisbackgroundisinsupportingANSYSHighFrequencyElectromagnetictoolsincludingHFSSandSIwave.PriortoworkingatANSYS,hedesignedmanyproductsrangingfrommillimeter-wavemixersandantennastointegratedradiosinthe20-60GHzrange.HehasearnedhisMaster’sDegreefromUniversityofVirginiaandhasworkedasadesignengineerforcompaniessuchasMillitechCorporation,Raytheon,andAgilentTechnologies.RF&MicrowaveDesignRoom:Room109FromMilliwattstoKilowatts:AdvancedMaterialScienceEnableshigh-temperature,High-PowerMicro-MechanicalSwitchesChrisGiovanniello,MenloMicroThispresentationdescribesinnovationsmadebyMenloMicrotoincreasethepowerhandlingofmicromechanicalswitchesbyordersofmagnitude.Bornoutofadecade-longeffortatGeneralElectric'sGlobalResearchCenter,MenloMicrohasbroughttothemarketaseriesoftechnology


innovationsthathaveenabledustoreinventoneofthemostessentialandfundamentalbuildingblocksrequiredfornearlyeveryelectronicsystemimaginable--theswitch.DrivenbytheextremeoperatingconditionsrequiredbyGeneralElectric'sindustrialbusinesses,theGEteamwasledtolookatthemicro-mechanicalswitchfromanentirelydifferentperspective.Thatdifferentapproachledtoadeepunderstandingoffailuremodes,andinturn,thedevelopmentofauniquesetofpatentedmetalalloysandprocessingtechniquesthatenablereliableoperationwithoutsacrificingperformance.SomeofthekeyattributesoftheMenloMicroswitchtechnologyinclude:

• ExtremelySmallSize.MenloMicroswitchingelementsaresmallerthanthewidthofahumanhairandarearchitectedtobescalable,dependingonthepowerratingsrequired.Theyaresosmallwecanfithundredsoftheminaspacesmallerthan10mm2.

• Solid-StateSpeeds.Atypicalmechanicalswitchmightoperateinafewmilliseconds,whereasMenloMicroswitchescanoperate1000xfaster,inonlyafewmicroseconds.Thiscanhaveenormousimplicationsonsystemsthatwerepreviouslylimitedinperformancebyhowfasttheycouldreconfigure,oropenandclosecriticalcircuits.

• PowerHandling.ThisisanareawhereMenloMicrocompletelythrowsconventionalwisdomoutthewindow.Whenfacedwiththeprospectofhandlinghigherpowerlevels,mostpeoplethinkbigger.Moremass,moremetal,largerairgapsbetweenconductors.Wetookadifferentapproach.Wemakeeverythingsmallerandmovetheelectricalcontactscloserandclosertogether.Ourminiaturizedswitchesandscalablearchitectureallowsustohandle100sofvoltsand10sofampswithoutarcing.

• Reliability.Whenyouaredevelopingproductstomeettheneedsofbusinessesthatservemarketslikehealthcare,aviation,andothermission-criticalindustrialapplications,reliabilityisnotanafter-thought,it'stheprimarydesigncriteria.Ourmechanicalswitchingdevicehaslifetimesmorethan1000xlongerthantraditionalmechanicalswitches;notmillionsofcycles,butbillionsofcycleswithoutdegradingperformance.

Chrishasmorethan20yearsofexperienceinelectronicsystemsandsemiconductorindustries.AsSeniorVicePresidentofProducts,Chrisoverseesallaspectsoftechnologyinnovationandleadsproductdevelopmentefforts.PriortoMenloMicro,ChriswasVicePresident,BusinessDevelopmentforGEVentures.AtGEVentures,ChriswasresponsiblefordevelopingnewprogramsandmonetizationstrategiesforkeytechnologiesdevelopedatGeneralElectric’sR&DcenterinSchenectady,NY.Heemployedstrategiessuchaslicensing,jointventures,acquisitionsandspinoutsforprogramscoveringwireless,semiconductor,MEMS,andthermalmanagementtechnologysegments.PriortoGE,Chrisservedinavarietyofmanagementandleadershippositionsoveran18-yearcareeratTeradyne,worldleaderinsemiconductortestequipment.InhismostrecentroleatTeradynehewasresponsibleforbuildinganewServicesSolutionsBusinessforTeradyne’sGlobalServiceOrganization,afull-verticalsupply-chainofferingtargetingemergingfablesssemiconductorcompanies.Priortothat,ChrisalternatedbetweenmultipleassignmentsinEurope,wherehemanagedlargeteamsoffieldapplicationengineers,andmanagementpositionswithinTeradyne’sproductdevelopmentorganizations;defininganddevelopingnewproductroadmaps.ChrisholdsaBSEEfromTuftsUniversityandanExecutiveMBACertificatethroughTeradyne'sExecutiveLeadershipProgram.Room:Room110All-ElectronicPhasedArrayDesignChallengesPeterDelos,AnalogDevices,Inc.Whilehighlyintegratedanalogbeamsteeringcorechipsrepresentasignificantstepforward,therearestilllotsofchallengesassociatedwiththedesignofall-electronicphasedarrayradars.Theradar’soperatingfrequencyandwavelengthdefineshowmuchspaceisavailablepertile,creatinghardspacelimitsonelectronicsthatareinthesameplaneastheradarface.Thispresentationwilllookattheseandotherchallengesassociatedwithdesigningall-electronicphasedarrays.Topicsthatwillbecoveredwillincludeanalogvs.digitalbeamforming,beam-steeringaccuracy,channel-to-channelisolation,circuitboardlayoutandestablishingandmaintainingchannelsynchronization.


PeterDelosisaTechnicalLeadatAnalogDevices,Inc.,intheAerospaceandDefenseGroup.HereceivedhisBSEEfromVirginiaTechin1990andMSEEfromNJITin2004.Hehasover25yearsofindustryexperience.MostofhiscareerhasbeenspentdesigningadvancedRF/Analogsystemsatthearchitecturelevel,PWBlevel,andIClevel.HiscareerincludesvariouspositionsintheNavalNuclearPowersubmarineprogram,andatLockheedMartin,Moorestown,NJ,workingonmultipleRadarandEWprograms.In2016,heacceptedhiscurrentpositionwithAnalogDevicesinGreensboro,NC.HeisfocusedonminiaturizinghighperformanceReceiver,WaveformGenerator,andSynthesizerdesignsforPhasedArrayapplications.

Wednesday,September13,2017•1:00-2:00Test&MeasurementRoom:Room111BestPracticesinWafer-LevelMillimeterwaveandTHzTestingChrisScholz,Rohde&SchwarzInc.USAMillimeterwaveandTHzcomponentsanddevicesarethefundamentalbuildingblocksofmanyemergingtechnologies.AsRFandmillimeterwaveCMOSbecomesmainstreamandenablesanunprecedentedlevelofanalog,mixedsignalsanddigitalintegration,therequiredlevelofwafer-leveltestingisrapidlyincreasing.Testengineersandtechniciansarefacedwithamultitudeofchallengesthatrequiresaneverincreasingsetofskills.Inthisworkshop,attendeeswillunderstandbasicrulesforlayingoutintegratedcircuitsfortestability,learnhowtoprobewafers,calibratetheirmeasurementsystem,performaccurateandrepeatablemeasurementsandevaluatethequalityoftheirmeasuredresults.ChrisScholzspecializesinhighfrequencycharacterizationandsignalintegritytests.Withmorethan20yearsofexperiencehehasheldpositionsinFieldApplicationsEngineeringforhigh-speedserialstandards,ledproductdevelopmentinintegratedsiliconphotonicsdevicesatIntelandasaresearchfacultyatGaTechworkingonmillimeterWavetechnologyandequalizerICsforfiber-opticalcommunicationssystems.InadditiontoaPh.D.inElectricalEngineeringhealsohasanMSfromGeorgiaTechandUniversityofBraunschweig

Wednesday,September13,2017•1:00-2:305GAdvancedCommunicationsRoom:Room107PANEL:BandwidthorBust–Commercializing5GmmWaveTechnologyTodayPatrickHindle,Thispanelsessionexploresthechallengesandsolutionstocommercializing5GmmWavecommunicationswithtoday’ssemiconductorandtesttechnology.Expertsfromleadingsemiconductorandtest/measurementcompanieswilldiscussthelatestinnovationsandresultsfromtestsandtrials.ExpertPanelistsfromAnokiwave,ADI,Qorvo,Anritsu,NIandR&S:ShmuelRavid,ChiefEngineer,AnokiwaveEtienneMoulin,DirectorofSystemsEngineering,AnalogDevicesScottVasquez,SeniorProductLineManager,QorvoWaltStrickler,ProductMarketingManager,AnritsuMichaelSchneider,PrincipalMarketingManager,NationalInstrumentsChrisScholz,NorthAmericanProductManagerforVNAs,R&S

Wednesday,September13,2017•1:50-2:30Room:Room108RFSystemsonPlatformsGaryLytle,ANSYS


IntegrationofRFsystemsoncomplexISR/warfareplatformsissignificantlyenhancedbyvutilizingadvancedelectromagneticsimulation.Challengessuchasantennaelementdesign,placementandco-siteinterferenceaswellastheemergingchallengespresentedbynewmaterialssuchascompositescanbesolvedwithmoderntechniques.Simulationcanbeusedtoemulatecompleteinstalledsystems,beginningwithantennaelementdesignandthatantennasinstalledperformanceonaplatform.Thiscanbeextendedtoincludemultipleantennas,characterizingtheco-sitecouplingsbetweeneachemittergivingafullpictureoftheexternalelectromagneticatmosphereneededtoanalyzeeachsystem'sinteraction.Oncethefullinstalledantennacouplingsaremodeled,widebandtransmitteremissionsandreceiversusceptibilitiescanbeaddedtoenableacompleteandefficientRFsystemco-siteinterferenceanalysisandmitigationworkflowforplatformsinvolvingdozensofRFsystems.SeveralexamplesofRFsystemsonhelicoptersandaircraftwillbeshown,andcombinationsofmultiscaleanalysis,complexmaterials,andmulti-antennasystemswillbehighlighted.GaryLytleisaSeniorApplicationEngineerwithANSYS,Inc.HereceivedaA.S.DegreeinElectronicTechnologyfromtheUniversityofPhoenix,aB.S.inElectricalEngineeringfromtheUniversityofSouthernMaineandanM.B.A.FromSaintJosephCollegeofMaine.HeservedintheUSNavyFrom1997-2005asaSubmarineElectronicsTechnicianonboardUSSLaJolla(SSN-701)andUSSProvidence(SSN-719),continuingintheUSCoastGuardReservesasanElectronicsTechnician2008–Present.Overthepast12yearshehasworkedatvariouscompaniesasanRFfilterandAntennaArraydesignengineerbeingawarded4Patents.Forthepast5yearshehasfocusedonSimulationasareplacementforhardwareprototypingreducingtimetodeliverdesignsforover50differentcompanies.Room:Room109HighlyIntegratedRFandDigitalArchitectures:Challenges,Benefits,andAcceptanceA.LorneGraves,MercurySystemsSmall,lightweight,andlowpowersensorswillbearequirementfortheInternetofThings,commercialcommunications,andevenmilitaryapplicationsinthecomingyears.EverythingfromsmartappliancestosophisticatedremotelypilotedvehiclesformilitaryapplicationswillusethesehighlyintegratedRadioFrequencyandDigitalarchitectures.Inthispresentation,LorneGraves,ChiefTechnologistatMercurySystemswillcoverafewofthemajorchallengesassociatedwithintegratingRFanddigitalarchitectures.Hewilldiscussthefollowingchallenges:miniatureRFfilterdesigns,RFisolation,ChiponBoardmanufacturing,dataconversion,digitalsignalprocessing,controlprocessing,andopensoftwareinterfaces.InthispresentationLornewillalsoaddresshowovercomingthechallengesdesignatedearliercanyieldbenefitsfortheenduser.Hewillillustratehowasmall,fullyfunctionalUltra-WidebandSoftwareDefinedRadiocanberealized.Finally,Lornewillhighlighttheadvancesinminiaturizeddesigntechniques,protocols,software,andmanufacturingskillsthatprovidethebenefitsfromovercomingthechallengesoutlinedearlythatleadtotheadoptionofhighlyintegratedRFanddigitalapparatus.Mr.GravescurrentlyservesastheChiefTechnologistforIntegratedRF,IFandDigitalproductsatMercurySystems.HeistheSME(SubjectMatterExpert)forthescalable,modular,interoperable,andaffordableRFandMicrowaveproductsfromMercurySystemsknownasOpenRFM.HeisaleadingtechnicalauthorityinthefieldofOpenSystemsArchitecturesforDoDelectronicsystems.HehasservedastheleadsystemsarchitectforMercurySystemsonseveralkeyRadar,SIGINT,andElectronicWarfareprogramsworkingdirectlywithvariousprimecontractors.Hehascontributedonthoseprogramsacrossallstagesfromproposaldevelopmentandsubmissiontodeploymentandfieldtesting.HehascollaboratedwithvariouscompaniestodevelopOpenSystemsArchitecturebasedsystemsforDRFMs(DigitalRadioFrequencyMemory)usedinmanyElectronicAttackSystems.HehasachievedvariousawardsforhisinnovationswhileatMercurysystemsincludingtheawardwinningSCFE(VMEandCriticalSystemsmagazine)productusedinover5majorEWandSIGINTplatformsdeployedtoday.Hebringsover20yearsofsystemsleveldesignexperienceacrosstheRFandmicrowave,mixedsignal(ADC


&DACs),anddigitaldomains(FPGA,DSP,µProcessors).BeforejoiningMercuryin2003,hewasasystemsengineeringleaderforamajornetworkingcompany.Priortothat,heservedasbothaXilinxandAlteraFieldApplicationsEngineer.PriortohisstintasanFAEMr.GraveswasinthemixedsignalandRFarenafortheDoD.Mr.GravesearnedhisBSEEfromtheUniversityofAlabamainHuntsville.Room:Room110Arrow’sArria10SOCDataAcquisitionKit,UsingTechnologyfromIntelandAnalogDevicesRobinGetz,AnalogDevicesInc.LearnthebenefitsofacompleteJESD204Bwidebanddataacquisitionsystem,whichisreadytouseoutofthebox.

Wednesday,September13,2017•2:00-3:00SignalIntegrityRoom:Room111SignalIntegrityDebuggingTechniquesusingVectorNetworkAnalyzerNeilJarvis,Rohde&SchwarzFailuresduringproductqualificationtestingcanbetimeconsumingtodebug.Understandingsimpletestingmethodologiesgoalongwaytowardsminimizingtheserisks.ThispresentationwillreviewthecommonSIcharacteristicsofmedia,suchasinsertionlossorattenuation,delay,reflections,crosstalk,anddifferentialtocommonmodeconversion.Thesecharacteristicsarebestdescribedwithmixedmodes-parameters.SParametersaremostaccuratelycharacterizedusingavectornetworkanalyzerorVNAthatarespecificallydesignedforSParametermeasurements.Keyelementsdiscussedwillbe:

• WhatisaVectorNetworkAnalyzer?• HowwillaVNAhelpwithSignalIntegrity?• DifferentialMeasurements• Calibratingand(De)Embedding• WhatisTDR?• TheVNAapproachtoTDR

NeilJarvisisknownforhisexpertiseinRFandmicrowavedesign,specializinginVectorNetworkAnalysisandSpectrumAnalysis.Inhismorethan22yearsofexperienceindesignengineering,testengineeringandproductdevelopmenthe'sheldpositionswithNationalSemiconductor,TagentCorporation,NorthropGrummanCorporation,andAgilentTechnologies.InadditiontohisdegreesinMath,EE,TechnologyManagementandSystemsAnalysis,NeilholdsmultiplepatentsinRFIDtechnology.

Wednesday,September13,2017•2:15-2:45SignalIntegrityRoom:FrequencyMattersTheaterAnalysisofaSimpleCTLEoptimizationAlgorithmforLossyChannelsAmeyaRamdurgkar,UniversityofColoradoBoulderAContinuousTimeLinearEqualizer(CTLE)filteriscommonlyusedonlossychannelstoincreasetheusabledatabandwidth.MostCTLEfiltersaredefinedbytheirzeroandpolefrequencies.Inthispaper,weshowasimplealgorithmtoselectthezerofrequencyandtheimpactofthepolefrequencieswhenthechannelisdominatedbyconductorordielectricloss.IdeallossychannelsaresynthesizedwithwellcharacterizedfeaturesusingMentorGraphicsHyperLynx.Thehighestdataratethechannelsupportsisbasedonwhenthedeterministicjitterexceeds40%oftheUI.ThesesimulationsareperformedwithTeldyneLeCroy'sSIStudio.TheCTLEfilteristhenappliedtothesignalattheRXandthehighestdatarateisdetermined.Thesurprisingresultishowmuchhigherthemaximumdatarateextendswhenlossesareconductorlossdominated.Thisbehaviorisanalyzedbasedonthechannelandfilter'sresponsesinthefreuqencydomain.


Wealsovalidateasimpleruleofthumbthatsuggestsifyouknowthefrequencywheretheattenuationis-10dB,inboththeoriginalchannel'sresponseandtheequalizedchannelresponse,youcanestimatethemaximumdataratethechannelwillsupport.WethenapplythisalgorithmtoIEEEcompliantchannelsdefinedbytheirmeasuredS-parametersandshowtheresultsareveryconsistentwiththesimulatedchannels.AmeyaRamdurgkarreceivedhisMSinEEfromtheUnivofColorado,ColoradoSpringsinFall,2015andhisBSinEEinJune2011fromDrexelUniv,Philadephia,PA.Hehasbeenworkingonantennadesignandsignalinegritytopicsinthehighspeedseriallinks.EricBogatinreceivedhisBSinPhysicsfromMITandhisMSandPhDinphysicsfromUnivofArizona.HeiscurrentlyanAdjunctProfattheUniveristyofColorado,Boulderwhereheteachessignalintegirtygraduateclasses.HeisalsotheeditoroftheSIJournalandDeanoftheTeledyneLeCroySignalIntegrityAcademy.

Wednesday,September13,2017•2:30-3:10Test&MeasurementRoom:Room107AddressingtheChallengesofMulti-ChannelPhase-AlignedorMIMORFSystemsMichaelSchneider,NationalInstrumentsManymodernRFsystemsrelyonthesynchronizedoperationofmultiple,simultaneous,widebandRFchannels—fromMIMOcommunicationstodirectionfindingandelectronicwarfaresystems.Thisworkshopexplainsbestpracticesforguaranteeingsystemsynchronizationandreliabletriggering,achievingtruephasecoherence,andcreatingreal-time,multi-channelprocessingconfigurations.WealsoillustratehowtoaccelerateRFresearchbyrecordingmulti-channelRFdataforpost-processing.AftergraduatingfromTexasA&MUniversitywithadegreeinElectricalEngineeringin2000,MichaelSchneiderstartedatNationalInstrumentsin2000asanApplicationsEngineer(AE).Forthepast16years,hehasheldmanyrolesatNIincludingProductManagerforNI'sModularInstrumentationbusiness,IntegrationManagerworkingwithseveralNIacquisitioncompanies,ApplicationsMarketingGroupManagerfocusedondeliveringsolutionstotargetedindustries,andChannelPartnerDevelopment.TodayheworksasaRegionalMarketingManagerfocusedonbringingnewproductstomarketandgrowingNI'sRFandAutomatedTestbusiness.Test&MeasurementRoom:Room108110GHzSpectrumAnalysisinthePalmofYourHandAnritsuThisworkshopwillprovideabriefoverviewofspectrumanalysisandtraditionalspectrumanalyzersusedbyengineersandtechniciansinvolvedinmodernRFandmicrowavecommunicationsandwilldemonstratehowAnritsuutilizesitspatentednon-lineartransmissionlinetechnologytoshatterthecost,size,andperformancebarriersassociatedwiththesetraditionalspectrumanalyzers.Recenttechnologyimprovementsinsemiconductors,components,cable,connectorsandtestequipmentarenowmakingitpossibleformillimeterwavefrequenciestobeusedforlowcostcommercial/consumerelectronics.You’lllearnhowtoapplytheseadvantagesinapplicationssuchas5Gtechnologydevelopment,automotiveradar,802.11ad/WiGig,microwavelinks/E-bandbackhaulandperformallthiswith110GHzspectrumanalysisinstrumentthatfitsinthepalmofyourhand.WaltStricklerisaSr.BusinessDevelopmentManageratAnritsu.Priortothis,hewasaProductMarketingManageratAnritsuresponsibleforAnritsu’smicrowaveVNAs,microwaveanalogsignalgenerators,powermeasurementproducts,andmicrowavecomponents.Priortothat,heheldseveralpositionsinthetestandmeasurementindustry–mostrecentlyservingasVicePresidentofBusinessDevelopmentatGiga-tronics.Mr.StricklerstartedhiscareerasanengineerwithNationalAeronautics


andSpaceAdministration.HeholdsanMBAfromtheWeatherheadSchoolofManagementatCaseWesternReserveUniversityandaBSEEfromtheUniversityofAkron.RF&MicrowaveDesignRoom:Room110HowADI’sMEMSSwitchesSolveDifficultProblemsinRFTestInstrumentationandAutomaticTestEquipmentPadraigFitzgerald,AnalogDevices,Inc.ThispresentationdescribesAnalogDevicesnewMEMSSwitchtechnologythatenablesaswitchingsolutionthathasa95%smallerformfactor,10timeslowerpower,30timesfasterswitchingspeed,significantlywiderRFbandwidthand10timesswitchingcyclelifetimeimprovementcomparedtoRFelectromechanicalrelaysthatarecommonlyusedinRFtestinstrumentationtoday.TheMEMSswitchtechnologyisaco-packagedsolutionwithabuiltindriverICthatensuresbest-in-classDCprecisionandRFperformance,andmakestheswitchextremelyeasytouse.TheveryhighcyclelifetimeachievedbytheMEMSswitchis10timesgreaterthantypicalelectromechanicalrelays,thislifetimeextendsautomatictestequipment(ATE)systemoperatinglifeandreducescostlydowntimecausedbyrelayfailures.Additionally,thesmallheightoftheQFNpackageallowsdesignerstosurface-mountthedevicesonbothsidesoftheirATEtestboardstoboostchanneldensitiesatreducedcostandwithoutexpandingequipmentfootprint.TheMEMSswitchtechnologycanrealizeRFbandwidthsinexcessof34GHz,thiscoupledwiththeswitchbeinganohmiccontactswitchmeansthereisnoperformancecompromisedownto0Hz(DC).TheMEMSswitchtechnologydeliversacompleteswitchingsolutionthatwilldriveanewrevolutionintestsystemdesign.

Wednesday,September13,2017•2:30-4:00RF&MicrowaveDesignRoom:Room109Panel:Solid-stateRFEnergyin2017:HowFarHaveApplicationsComeandWhatStillNeedstoBeAttained?KlausWerner,RFEnergyAllianceSolid-stateradiofrequency(RF)technologyusedforheatingandpowerdeliveryapplicationshastakenholdinthelastcoupleofyearsinanumberofmarketsandhasgivenrisetothenotionofRFEnergyapplications.Examplesofsolid-stateRFEnergyapplicationscanbefoundinconsumermicrowaveovens,RFplasmalighting,automotiveplasmaignition,medicalcancertreatments,andmanyothers.Mostnoteworthy,areallkindsofindustrialheating,drying,curing,sinteringorsimilarprocessesthatarecurrentlybeingdevelopedwithsolid-stateRFratherthanthelegacymagnetronasthedrivingsource.Thispanelsessionwillfocusonnotonlythesuccessandprogresswe’veseen,butwillalsodiscussvarioustechnicalchallengesassociatedwiththedesignofsolid-stateRFenergysystemsandtheworkbeingdonetoaddressthoseconcerns.Dr.KlausWerneristheownerofkwtecb.v.,acompanyactiveinthefieldsofmetrology,automationandconsultancy.Currently,hefocusesonRFEnergymarketdevelopmentastheRFEnergyAllianceexecutivedirector.Dr.WernerwaspreviouslywithNXPSemiconductorsasthesolidstateRFEnergymarketsbusinessdevelopmentmanager.HestudiedphysicsattheRWTHAachenUniversity,Germany,andholdsaPh.D.inSemiconductorDeviceTechnologyfromDelftUniversityofTechnology,Netherlands.Dr.WernerstartedhisprofessionalcareerasaprocessengineeratPhilipsSemiconductors.PriortohisassignmentintheRFpowerdevicebusiness,heworkedinseveralengineeringandoperationalmanagementfunctions.

Wednesday,September13,2017•3:00-3:30SignalIntegrityRoom:FrequencyMattersTheaterAnEfficientMethodforGlassWeaveSkewSimulationsRaviChandraBollimuntha,UniversityofColoradoBoulder


Glassweaveskewisbecomingalargerprobleminhighspeedseriallinksoperatingover10Gbps.Thisisastatisticalproblemwhichmeansitisverydifficulttodebugwhentheproblemarises.Oneofthesolutionsproposedtoeliminatetheprobleminalldesignsistoengineertheglassweaveproperties,differentialpairdesign,andstackuptominimizetheimpactfromglassweaveskew.Sinceitisastatisticalproblem,itisveryexpensivetobuildenoughtestvehiclestoexperimentallyexploredesignspace.Thisisaperfectopportunitytoexplorewithasimulationtool.Manyofthemethodsdemonstratedusing3DEMfieldsolvers,simulatedifferentialpairswithspecificdesignfeatures.Thismakesitdifficulttoextrapolatetootherconditions.Theyalsosimulateoverawidefrequencywhichtakesaconsiderableamountofcomputingresources.Inthispaper,weintroduceanewmethodologyforsettingupparameterizedgeometriesthatenablesefficientlyexploringdesignspace.Asinglelineisusedasthetestprobe,andonlyonefrequencyvalueissimulated.Usingawaveportonbothends,thelineimpedanceisautomaticallycalculatedandtheanomalousdispersionproblemaffectingthephasedelayiseliminated.Simulatingatonefrequencyallowshighermeshdensitieswhichmeansalowernoisefloorforextractingthedelayskew.Knowingthenumericalnoisefloorisaveryimportantmetricespeciallyinlowdelayskewstructures.Weofferasimplemethodofmeasuringitforanysimulationenvironment.Thetestlineismovedacrossacrosssectionofaboardtosimulatethevariationindelayastheorientationwiththeglassweavechanges.Thenoisefloorofthismethod,basedonthemeshdensity,isabout80fsec/inch.Usingthistechnique,weexploretheimpactofnormalglassandspreadglass,andbetweenthecommonlyusedEglassandthelowdielectricconstantLglass.Fromthesimulatedresults,wecanextracttheworst-caselinetolineskewbetweenanytwolinesinadifferentialpair.Thismethodcanbeappliedtoexploringmultipleplies,striplineandotherglass/resincombinations.DharmaTejaPaladugureceivedhisMSinEEfromtheUnivofColorado,Boulderin2017.HeiscurrentlyadevelopmentengineeratCadenceSystemsinSanta,Clara.RaviBollimunthaiscurrentlyaPhDcandidateintheECEEdepartmentoftheUniversityofColorado,Boulder.MelindaPiket-MayisaprofessorintheECEEdepartmentoftheUniversityofColorado,Boulder.

Wednesday,September13,2017•3:20-4:00Room:Room110IntegratedDPDforSmallCellandMassiveMIMOJieWeng,AnalogDevices,Inc.TheevolutionofsmallcellandmassiveMIMObasestationshasputever-higherdemandsonradiopower,size,andcost.Withadeepunderstandingofmarketopportunitiesandtechnologypainpoints,ADIengineersanticipatedpower-scalingissuesfacing4Gsmallcell&pre-5GMassiveMIMOwirelesscommunicationsandcreatedasolution:TheAD9375–theworld’sfirstwidebandRFtransceiverwithintegrateddigitalpre-distortion(DPD).JieWengisaProductMarketingManagerintheCommunicationsBusinessUnitatAnalogDevices.PriortohercurrentroleshehasworkedinproductandapplicationsengineeringrolesatAnalogDevicesforover10yearsonintegratedtransceiversforcommunicationsandTVtuner.JieholdsaMSdegreeinElectricalEngineeringfromRensselaerPolytechnicInstituteandanMBAdegreefromNortheasternUniversity.

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