Troubleshooting IC Package Noise - presentation on Wednesday, May 21, by Doug Smith at EMC Corp. facility in Hopkinton, MA.
To the Central New England IEEE EMC Chapter members and anyone interested in the subject below: Doug Smith will be in Boston on May 21. We will have an opportunity to have him for a Chapter presentation. Doug is a popular speaker, with many years of engineering and teaching experience. You can check his biography at <http://www.conted.ox.ac.uk/ousep/bios/dougsmith.html> http://www.conted.ox.ac.uk/ousep/bios/dougsmith.html or his web site at <http://emcesd.com/> http://emcesd.com/ Troubleshooting IC Package Noise Parasitics in IC Packages can affect the performance of the chip inside, particularly when a new technology chip replaces an existing custom chip in the same package. Such a combination, a new chip in an old package, has been a source of many worked weekends on the part of engineers trying to track down the resulting problems. A simple, effective way of evaluating if an IC package and chip combination is robust will be presented. The procedure can be performed in an hour or two and results in knowing that the chip and package combination is robust or not. All that is needed is a good scope, a paper clip (or other stiff wire) and a suitable voltage probe. A live demo will be made on a chip contained on a working modem board to illustrate the principles involved. This meeting of the IEEE Central New England Chapter of the EMC Society will be held on Wednesday May 21, 2003 at EMC Corporation, 42 South Street, Hopkinton in the Corporate Auditorium Training Center Building. The technical presentation will commence at 7PM, and refreshments will be available at 6PM. Directions: From Rte. 495 North or South take exit 21b to South Street. At first traffic light make left turn (Note: This is on South direction side of Rte.495). EMC Corporation is at second driveway on right. For further information contact the meeting host Boris Shusterman at (508) 435-249-5020, or John Clarke at (508) 362-7195. If unavailable leave a message and calls will be returned as soon as possible.
