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ANNOUNCING THE EMC SOCIETY DISTINGUISHED LECTURER SERIES
Tuesday, March 2, 2021
6:00 - 7:30 PM, EST
The EMC Society's Distinguished Lecturer (DL) Program provides speakers on various aspects of electromagnetic compatibility for EMC Society chapter meetings and similar functions. Since we have been unable to schedule lectures at in-person chapter meetings, we are providing an opportunity to learn virtually from our experts on their respective topics of interest.
PRESENTATION TITLE:
A Practical Look at PCB Skew
Issues and Mitigation
Abstract: The glass weave effect on 56Gbps PAM-4 systems have shown bit error rate issues in the Lab. Our lab results show that our PAM-4 systems are more sensitive for PN skew than previous generations of NRZ with the same UI. For the current generation of designs we must consider glass direction, glass type, weave density. The stackup decisions are based on the on the measured network parameters, TDR, silicon BER, and eye diagram measurement results. Techniques used to mitigate the unbalance effect of the glass weave with differential pairs are discussed here and statistical measurement results will be shared
SPEAKER:
Stephen Scearce, Principal Engineer/Engineering Manager of Cisco’s Electronics Packaging and Diagnostics team, USA

Stephen Scearce serves as a Principal Engineer/Engineering Manager of Cisco’s Electronics Packaging and Diagnostics team. Stephen provides the technical direction/leadership for Signal Integrity, Power Integrity, Mechanical/Thermal Design, and Software Diagnostics design in US/China. He has global responsibility for Cisco’s Enterprise Routing, Wireless, Core Switching, and Security product lines. Stephen has worked for Cisco for 19 years focused in ASIC/System PI, SI, Package Design, and EMC design. Prior to working at Cisco, Stephen worked for NASA LaRC in the Electromagnetic Research Branch HIRF team. Stephen holds 7 U.S. issued patents, and co-authored 15 papers.

He has served on IEEE EMC-SI/PI conference committee for 6 years and is the Vice Chair for the EMC+SIPI 2021 Virtual Symposium.
All lectures are presented live and the DLs will be available for live Q&A.

Thursday, March 4, 2021
7:00 - 8:30 pm (EST)
Dr. Bhyrav Mutnury
High-Speed Signal Integrity Challenges and Opportunities for Next Generation Technologies
Thursday, March 11, 2021
6:00 - 7:30 pm
Japan Standard Time (JST)
Prof. Akimasa Hirata
Introduction to Bioelectromagnetics - Fundamentals and EMC Applications
Thursday, March 18, 2021
6:00 - 7:30 pm (EDT)
Michael McInerney 
EMC Issues of the Electric Dispersal Barrier on the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal
Thursday, March 25, 2021
11:00 am - 12:30 pm (EDT)
Dr. D.V. Giri    
Design and Evaluation of Simple Electrical Circuit Components (R, L and C) for High-Voltage and High-Frequency Applications
Thursday, April 1, 2021
6:00 - 7:30 pm (EDT)
Dr. Alpesh U. Bhobe
EMC Design and Test Challenges in Telecom Equipment
Thursday, April 8, 2021
6:00 - 7:30 pm (EDT)
Prof. Alexandre Piantini
Lightning Interaction with Transmission and Distribution Power Systems
Saturday, April 17, 2021
6:00 - 7:30 pm (EDT)
Dr. Wendem Beyne
Design and SI/PI Analysis of High-Performance Memory Systems