Robert,

The following are publications dealing with High Speed Design and
Manufacture.  I have also included information on three equipment
manufacturer's who provide equipment.  If you have any questions, please do
not hesitate to contact me as we provide test services as well.

IPC-D-316    High Frequency Design Guide.
IPC-D-317    Design Guidelines for Electronic Packaging Utilizing High-Speed
                   Techniques.
IPC-D-275     Design Standard for Rigid Printed Boards and Rigid Printed
Board
                    Assemblies.
IPC-HF-318   Microwave End Product Board Inspection & Test

Controlled Impedance Testing is Typically Performed by TDR (Time Domain
Reflectometry)  Equipment can be purchased from the following:
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Tektronix, Wilsonville Oregon, 800-835-9433

    11800 Series Digital Sampling Oscilloscope
    SD-24 TDR/Sampling Head
    SIU-800 Static Isolation Unit
    Misc Cables.
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Hewlett Packard, Santa Clara, California, 800-452-4844

    54120T Series High-Bandwidth Digitizing Oscilloscope
                With 20Ghz Four Channel Test Set
    Misc Cables
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Polar Instruments, Guernsey, Channel Islands, U.K.  +1(0481) 53081
U.S. West Coast Rep.  (800) 328-0817

    CITS100 Single Channel TDR System
    CITS200 Dual Channel TDR System
    Various Microstrip Probes.
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Bob Neves
Director of Technical Services
MICROTEK LABORATORIES
(800) 878-6601
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