[SI-LIST] Re: An opportunity to participate in a 2x thru fixture de-embed project

  • From: Scott McMorrow <scott@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: mike_resso@xxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Mon, 15 Nov 2010 12:40:43 -0500

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On 11/15/2010 12:29 PM, mike_resso@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> Hi Eric,
> Good message, Eric. Thanks.
>
> On our other topic, I'm trying to get on Greg's calendar tomorrow for a 
> teleconference with the three of us. I'll keep you updated.
>
> The meeting on Friday with our corporate Channel Partner Manager went well. 
> He is completely up to speed on your situation and he is drafting a 
> recommendation to our senior staff.
>
> Regards,
> Mike
>
> From: Eric Bogatin [mailto:eric@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Monday, November 15, 2010 6:35 AM
> To: si-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Cc: eric@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; RESSO,MIKE (A-Sonoma,ex1)
> Subject: An opportunity to participate in a 2x thru fixture de-embed project
>
> Hi folks-
>
> I have a great opportunity for a few lucky companies.
>
> I am working on a DesignCon forum with Agilent about a new calibration 
> technique for measured S-parameter behavioral models of interconnects- both 
> single ended and differential, and I am looking for examples to show off.  If 
> you have an interconnect element you have already built and would like it 
> included in my presentation, please contact me off line. If you have the 
> right sort of sample, I will arrange for the measurements.
>
> This technique applies if you have a symmetric, 2x thru reference structure 
> along with the DUT. This reference structure is the fixture from the SMA to 
> the end of the DUT connected to its mirror image. Using the 2 or 4 port 
> measurements of the symmetric 2x thru structure and the measurement of the 
> DUT embedded in the middle of this fixture, we can de-embed the fixture part 
> and "automagically" extract just the DUT S-parameter behavioral model.
>
> If you have an interconnect structure, along with the symmetric 2x thru 
> reference structure, and would like some visibility at DesignCon, as well as 
> the measurements done for you, please contact me off line to discuss this 
> opportunity. Due to time and resource limitations, I will select the first 3 
> suitable examples that are submitted.
>
> I am looking particularly for examples of: Board to board connectors, coax to 
> board connectors, uniform cables, uniform circuit board traces (to get Dk, Df 
> values), circuit board elements like vias, DC blocking caps or flex 
> structures.
>
> Just so you know, if the fixturing to the DUT is asymmetric- like an SMA 
> connector to a board, as long as I have symmetric 2x thru structures created 
> for each side separately, I can still de-embed the DUT from an asymmetric 
> thru fixture measurement.
>
> If you want to participate in this project, contact me off line to discuss 
> the details.
>
> Thanks and I look forward to hearing from you.
>
> Of course, this education forum will be open to the public at DesignCon and 
> the presentation will be recorded and made available to anyone interested in 
> this technique. Stay tuned.
>
> --eric
>
>
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