Hello all, The next IEEE-EMCS Santa Clara Chapter meeting is on January 11, 2005. The detailed information on the upcoming IEEE-EMCS SCV Chapter meeting is listed below. The meeting is consisted of two parts; a social during which food and refreshments are provided, and a technical presentation. Kind Regards, Oscar Fallah Secretary, IEEE-EMCS Santa Clara Valley Chapter IEEE/EMC/SCV CHAPTER Meeting Date: Tuesday January 11, 2005 Time: 5:30 PM Social, 7:00 PM Presentation LOCATION: Applied Materials Bowers Café 3090 Bowers Ave. Santa Clara, CA 95051-0804 Subject: "Does position matter? Locating bypass capacitors for effective power distribution and EMC control." Speaker: Steve Weir, Consultant, Teraspeed Consulting Group Abstract: Bypass capacitors in digital systems provide power system stability, and often a signal return path for transmission lines referenced against voltage rails. We present analysis and test results that show when and how bypass capacitor position affects bypass network performance. About the speaker: Steve is an independent consultant with over 20 years plus industry experience with a broad range of expertise. Steve holds 17 US patents, and is a consultant with Teraspeed and to X2Y Attenuators. Steve has architected a number of TDM and packet based switching products, consults on patents and is a frequent contributor to the SI-list signal integrity reflector. ------------------------------------------------------------------ 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 FAQ wiki page is located at: http://si-list.org/wiki/wiki.pl?Si-List_FAQ List technical documents are available at: http://www.si-list.org 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