Sorry about the late notice but space has just been made available for more people and you _MUST_ RSVP by noon Monday... send to SV_IPC@xxxxxxxxx The Silicon Valley Chapter of the IPC Designers Council is excited to announce that their next meeting will be Tuesday, May 13 at Cadence Design Systems in San Jose. 11:30AM to 1:30PM; $1 for members, $5 for visitors (please bring a business card for check-in). Lunch is provided by our sponsor: Cadence Design Systems RSVP is required, send to SV_IPC@xxxxxxxxx The Topic: Calculating Impedance and designing cross sections Presenter: Lee Ritchey LEE RITCHEY, BSEE, is owner of Speeding Edge, a consulting firm specializing in high-speed design consulting and training. Lee Ritchey is currently working with major suppliers of gigabit and beyond internet products as well as a variety of wireless products. He has 30+ years experience in the packaging of high performance equipment from microwave satellites to supercomputers. Until recently, Lee was Director of Packaging Engineering at 3Com Corporation, a major network equipment supplier. Lee is currently working full time as a consultant to several major manufacturers of Gigabit and higher Ethernet products. [In December 1998, EE Times profiled Lee Ritchey in its People 98 section, characterizing him as "high-speed design's ratchet man," and stating that "anyone who wants to learn the ins and outs of high-speed board design can't do much better than to turn to Lee Ritchey..." Lee was one of 19 technical gurus recognized by EE Times as major drivers and innovators in their fields, specifically CAD/CAE tools for simulation and design of PCBs.]* He is on the editorial review board for Printed Circuit Design Magazine and is a regular contributor of design articles to a variety of publications. He has taught his High Speed Design course to more than 3000 engineers and designers in several countries. He is a regular lecturer at the Printed Circuit Design Conference, the IPC conferences and at UC Berkeley Engineering Extension. - - - - - - - - - - Location: Cadence Design Systems 2655 Seely Ave., Bldg 5 (Pebble Beach Room) San Jose, CA May 13 Tuesday Time: 11:30AM to 1:30PM $1 for members, $5 for visitors (please bring a business card for check-in). Lunch is provided by our sponsor: Cadence Design Systems RSVP Required, send to SV_IPC@xxxxxxxxx ------------------------------------------------------------------ To unsubscribe from si-list: si-list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field or to administer your membership from a web page, go to: //www.freelists.org/webpage/si-list For help: si-list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'help' in the Subject field List archives are viewable at: //www.freelists.org/archives/si-list or at our remote archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/si-list/messages Old (prior to June 6, 2001) list archives are viewable at: http://www.qsl.net/wb6tpu