[SI-LIST] IPC/DC Boston mtg, 13-Dec

From: Jeff Seeger <jseeger@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: gb_council@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx, designercouncil@xxxxxxx
Date: Tue, 05 Dec 2006 17:42:32 -0500
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                   High Frequency Printed Circuit Materials

        The Greater Boston Chapter of the IPC Designer's Council will
        hold its next meeting on Wednesday, Dec 13th at 6pm in the
        conference room at iRobot in Burlington MA.

        Andy Slade, Technical Service Engineer with Rogers Cor-
        poration will present an overview on today's high perfor-
        mance PC board materials.

        Materials for High Frequency applications have been in ex-
        istence since the 1950s.  The evolution of circuit board
        materials to meet ever growing demands in terms of stable
        electrical performance across wide frequencies and environ-
        ments have produced a wide variety of specialized materials
        with unique electrical, thermal, and mechanical properties.
        This presentation will touch on transmission line theory as
        relevant to materials, the evolution of high frequency ma-
        terials, and their applications.

        Andy joined Rogers Corp in 2004 after 26 years in PC board
        fabrication at commercial and military houses.  He has held
        management and supervisory positions in various engineering
        and quality roles.  His work with PTFE materials began in
        the 90's at Hadco's Tech Center East where he held primary
        responsibility for customer engineering liaison as well as
        project management and development of the impedance process
        for these leading edge boards.

        Agenda:

        6:00 pm,    Arrivals/Pizza, mtg fee $5/Member, $10/Non-member
        6:30        Jeff Seeger - Chapter Update
        6:45        Andy Slade, High Performance Materials

        The steering committee will have a brief meeting after the
        presentation.  Suggestions welcome!

        Location:

        iRobot, 63 South Ave, Burlington MA.  Directly across from
        the Burlington Mall just off of Middlesex Turnpike; South
        Ave has Long's Jeweler's on the corner and Tower Records
        is visible just down the hill.  As you proceed up South Ave
        iRobot's front door is at the first left.

        RSVP's needed:
 
        Please RSVP to Jeff Seeger jseeger@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx , if you
        are bounced by a spam blocker please rsvp to Janice Lund
        jlund@xxxxxxxxxx by Wednesday noon, 13-Dec.  We need this in
        order to plan the food order.

        President's Note:

        We think of the signal as represented by the line as drawn
        in copper, but the reality is that high speed signals travel
        in the laminate, bounded by that copper line and a reference
        plane.  Laminate performance looms large as signals and the
        manufacturing realms each notch up needs.  Let's examine
        how we got here and what we can do about it.

        We are looking forward to bringing further timely and en-
        gaging topics, including Regulatory Compliance, RoHS, and
        the demands placed on boards by ever-finer geometries.

        Mission:

        The physical design of circuit boards is only getting more
        complex.  Only the physical designer can hope to sort out
        the myriad interests that add up to a printed circuit board.
        The Greater Boston Chapter of the IPC Designer's Council
        is trying to bring the stake holders from every discipline,
        to show you their problems and solutions so you can add to
        your arsenal of knowledge.

        Your help and participation would be most appreciated, how
        about getting involved!

        Thanks and regards,
        Jeff Seeger,  CTO, Applied CAD Knowledge Inc.
        President, Greater Boston Chapter, IPC Designer's Council

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