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High Frequency Printed Circuit Materials
The Greater Boston Chapter of the IPC Designer's Council will
hold its next meeting on Wednesday, Dec 13th at 6pm in the
conference room at iRobot in Burlington MA.
Andy Slade, Technical Service Engineer with Rogers Cor-
poration will present an overview on today's high perfor-
mance PC board materials.
Materials for High Frequency applications have been in ex-
istence since the 1950s. The evolution of circuit board
materials to meet ever growing demands in terms of stable
electrical performance across wide frequencies and environ-
ments have produced a wide variety of specialized materials
with unique electrical, thermal, and mechanical properties.
This presentation will touch on transmission line theory as
relevant to materials, the evolution of high frequency ma-
terials, and their applications.
Andy joined Rogers Corp in 2004 after 26 years in PC board
fabrication at commercial and military houses. He has held
management and supervisory positions in various engineering
and quality roles. His work with PTFE materials began in
the 90's at Hadco's Tech Center East where he held primary
responsibility for customer engineering liaison as well as
project management and development of the impedance process
for these leading edge boards.
Agenda:
6:00 pm, Arrivals/Pizza, mtg fee $5/Member, $10/Non-member
6:30 Jeff Seeger - Chapter Update
6:45 Andy Slade, High Performance Materials
The steering committee will have a brief meeting after the
presentation. Suggestions welcome!
Location:
iRobot, 63 South Ave, Burlington MA. Directly across from
the Burlington Mall just off of Middlesex Turnpike; South
Ave has Long's Jeweler's on the corner and Tower Records
is visible just down the hill. As you proceed up South Ave
iRobot's front door is at the first left.
RSVP's needed:
Please RSVP to Jeff Seeger [log in to unmask] , if you
are bounced by a spam blocker please rsvp to Janice Lund
[log in to unmask] by Wednesday noon, 13-Dec. We need this in
order to plan the food order.
President's Note:
We think of the signal as represented by the line as drawn
in copper, but the reality is that high speed signals travel
in the laminate, bounded by that copper line and a reference
plane. Laminate performance looms large as signals and the
manufacturing realms each notch up needs. Let's examine
how we got here and what we can do about it.
We are looking forward to bringing further timely and en-
gaging topics, including Regulatory Compliance, RoHS, and
the demands placed on boards by ever-finer geometries.
Mission:
The physical design of circuit boards is only getting more
complex. Only the physical designer can hope to sort out
the myriad interests that add up to a printed circuit board.
The Greater Boston Chapter of the IPC Designer's Council
is trying to bring the stake holders from every discipline,
to show you their problems and solutions so you can add to
your arsenal of knowledge.
Your help and participation would be most appreciated, how
about getting involved!
Thanks and regards,
Jeff Seeger, CTO, Applied CAD Knowledge Inc.
President, Greater Boston Chapter, IPC Designer's Council
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