Several commonly used simulators are demonstrated by simulating actual circuits such as GTL buses, LVDS buses, ELC circuits, and RamBus circuits. SI simulators are used in class to demonstrate the effects of features such as stubs, vias, loads, and connectors on transmission line behavior. Power subsystems are simulated, including the effect of adding bypass capacitors and power plane capacitance. At the end of this course you should have a good working knowledge of how simulators operate, what simulators to use, and how to organize designs to get optimum performance from simulators. You also receive a large collection of articles and research papers pertinent to simulation.
Enrollment is limited and advance enrollment is required.
For 5 years he was director of electronic packaging engineering for the network systems division of 3COM Corporation and was vice president of engineering and marketing and a cofounder of Shared Resources. He has more than 25 years of experience in the packaging of high-performance equipment ranging from microwave satellites to supercomputers. He is on the editorial review board of Printed Circuit Design magazine and contributes articles to a variety of publications.