Short Courses

• Those new to the field of EMC and electrical engineering.
• Any engineer responsible for the design and production of a system that use a printed circuit board, both analog and digital.
• Managers of a design engineering team with a need to understand requirements that electrical engineers are faced with.
• Experienced engineers will also benefit significantly as the material will highlight fundamental aspects of engineering principals that one generally forgets when dealing with complex problems, as well as presenting insight into aspects of printed circuit board design and manufacturing generally unknown to designers.

This course presents both simplified theory and rules-driven, hands-on knowledge for enhancement of signal integrity related to high-speed signals along with suppression of RF energy (EMI) developed within a printed circuit board. The focus is at the fundamental level. Rigorous mathematical analysis and theory will not be presented, however results from simulations may be examined to show the need for understanding why it is important to implement proper design techniques early during the development cycle.

Every year we see faster and more complex components being used in everyday products. Advances in semiconductor manufacturing are now making design rules and layout techniques for printed circuit boards more difficult if not using simulation software. Signal integrity is surpassing EMI concerns for designer. The course also provides insight on how to implement layout techniques that are significantly more complex than designs of yesterday with a focus toward multi-layer, high-density printed circuit boards.

Mark Montrose is principal consultant of Montrose Compliance Services, Inc., a full service regulatory compliance firm specializing in electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) with twenty nine years experience as a trainer, consultant, systems designer, product engineer, manufacturing engineer and component engineer.

His professional active are within the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) and includes being a Senior member of the IEEE, Member of the Board of Directors of the IEEE (2009-2010), Board of Directors of the IEEE Electromagnetic Compatibility Society (EMCS) and Past President of the Product Safety Engineering Society. He is a past distinguished lecturer for the IEEE EMC Society.

Mark authored four popular textbooks with international translations on EMC and numerous papers on printed circuit board and system design, theory and layout related to EMC and signal integrity at IEEE Sponsored events worldwide. He also provides printed circuit board and system level design and layout seminars to corporate clients internationally in addition to private, hands-on training and consulting.