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Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
Western Puerto Rico Section

Invites you to the following seminar:

Design Methodology & Innovation in Analog ICs

Date: Thursday,  October 04, 2012
Place: University of Puerto Rico – Mayaguez Campus, Mayaguez, PR / Stefani Building,  S-113
Time:  6:30 PM – 7:30 PM
Fee: Free of charge

Absract:

Innovation is the key differentiator between good and outstanding products. Texas Instruments has positioned itself in the analog market by coming up with innovative process technologies and new circuit topologies that can provide solutions to customers needs. This presentation will discuss 2 examples of innovation and the methodology followed to achieve outstanding products. This will be preceded by an introduction of Texas Instruments and the analog market. 

Bio:

Charles has been with Texas Instruments for the last 12 years. Charles has  designed some of the best high speed amplifiers in the world by developing  breakthrough architectures that allow low distortion and low noise without  increasing current consumption. He was also the design manager of the Test & Measurement organization where he led pin electronic designs for Automatic Test Equipment. He is currently a design lead of analog ICs for space, extended temperature and pressure sensors. He has authored 10 patents in the area of analog integrated circuits and has 6 patents pending. He was elected Senior Member of the Technical Staff for his outstanding contributions in the field of analog ICs in 2012. He holds a BSEE from the University of Puerto Rico, Recinto Universitario de Mayagüez,  where he graduated in 2000.

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Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
Western Puerto Rico Section

Invites you to the following seminar:

Enable Innovative Applications with the DLP® LightCrafter™ Development Kit

Date: Wednesday, October 03, 2012
Place: University of Puerto Rico – Mayaguez Campus, Mayaguez, PR / Stefani Building,  S-113
Time:  6:30 PM
Fee: Free of charge

Absract:

DLP® LightCrafter™ is a compact evaluation module for integrating projected light into industrial, medical, and scientific applications. This DLP-based platform enables faster development cycles for end equipments requiring small form factor, lower cost and intelligent, high-speed pattern display. DLP LightCrafter features the 0.3 WVGA chipset, provides a variety of embedded functionality such as: structured light pattern projection, intelligent lighting, wavelength selection and portable display. We will dive into the unique capabilities of the micromirror technology and see the development kit in action.

Bio:

Matt Soucek is currently the product engineering manager for the Pico Projection product line at Texas Instruments. He graduated from the University of Cincinnati with an MSEE in 1994 and a BSEE in 1992. Matt has specialized in semiconductor device processing, test, and characterization, and has worked in many of the wafer fabs at TI. His engineering team takes product ideas and concepts from the design phase through device qualification and production.

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Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
Western Puerto Rico Section

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Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
Circuits and Systems Society – Western Puerto Rico Section

 
Invite you to the following seminar:

Shorten Your Concept to Prototype Time with TI’s Modular System-Level Reference Kit (MAVRK)

Date: Friday, April 20, 2012
Place: University of Puerto Rico – Mayaguez Campus, Mayaguez, PR / Stefani Building,   S – 230
Time:  6:00 PM — 8:00 PM
Fee: Free of charge

Resources:
Antonio Fadhel

Abstract:

MAVRK is an acronym for Modular and Versatile Reference Kit designed to allow customers and developers to quickly evaluate multiple configurations of Texas Instruments Silicon to show system level performance. Each MAVRK module is a reference design that allows full performance evaluation of the device in the system. The MAVRK system is motherboard based, allowing multiple combinations of RF, ADC/DAC, transceivers, signal conditioning, and driver circuits to be configured to a system level design.  This session will be an overview of the MAVRK system and how its different software and hardware components fit together.  Stop by and learn how you can save over 6 weeks off your system development time.

DEMO WORKSHOP:  Following the presentation there will be a practical workshop demo, for which there is a limited number of participants.

Registration:
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Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
Western Puerto Rico Section

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Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
Circuits and Systems Society – Western Puerto Rico Section

 
Invite you to the following seminar:

Introduction to Digital Light Processing (DLP®) Technology

Date: Tuesday, April 17, 2012
Place: University of Puerto Rico – Mayaguez Campus, Mayaguez, PR / Stefani Building,   S – 113
Time:  6:00 PM — 8:00 PM
Fee: Free of charge

Resources:
Harry Chahal

Abstract:
In this presentation we offer an overview of MEMS technology and the Digital Micromirror Device (DMD), the MEMS chip at the core of DLP technology.  The presentation includes a high level explanation of DMD architecture as well as some key milestones in the history of DLP.  We then discuss how DLP products work and present some of its applications.  In particular, we cover one of the hottest applications, Pico Projectors, as well as some other novel applications in medical imaging and security/surveillance systems.  A live demonstration of some of the newest DLP Pico Projectors is also included.

Registration:
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Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
Western Puerto Rico Section

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Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
Circuits and Systems Society – Western Puerto Rico Section

 
Invite you to the following seminar:

Designing a PWM Boost Converter

Date: Wednesday, April 18, 2012
Place: University of Puerto Rico – Mayaguez Campus, Mayaguez, PR
Time:  6:00 PM — 8:00 PM
Fee: Free of charge

Resources:
Jose V. Santos

Abstract:
An introduction to step-up switching converters, including circuit topology and switching waveforms. Differences between synchronous and asynchronous converters, as well as power loss discussions, efficiency optimization and gate driver design. Common control options, such as constant on-time, voltage mode and current mode PWM modulation. Focus on current mode PWM design, including linearization techniques for AC analysis, boost converter transfer function, compensator options and component selection. Methods for sensing inductor current, and slope compensation. Boost converter simulation and silicon measurement results.

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Seminar

Integrated Optics in Silicon

Speaker: Dr. Steven J. Spector, MIT Lincoln Laboratory

Date: Tuesday, November 22, 2011

Time: 10:30 AM

Location: UPR – Mayaguez / S-113

Admission Fee: *** There is NO admission fee for this seminar ***

Abstract: Silicon is an attractive platform for the integration of optical components because of the mature infrastructure dedicated to the fabrication of silicon microelectronic devices. Furthermore, the silicon optical components can be readily integrated with transistors to form complex signal processing systems. At the wavelengths most relevant for optical communication (near 1550 nm), silicon has a high index and low inherent loss, making it an ideal material for compact devices. However, such compact devices also have large scattering loss. In addition, the electro-optic effects are weak in silicon, making it difficult to realize active components. This seminar will describe techniques for fabricating low-loss silicon waveguides, optical filters, low-power silicon PIN diode optical modulators, and high-performance silicon photodiodes using a complementary metal-oxide semiconductor (CMOS) integrated circuit process. The photodiodes exploit ion-implantation damage to create midgap states that enhance sensitivity at the 1550 nm wavelength. These components are being developed for a high-speed optical sampling system that will be used to implement an analog-to-digital converter.

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Seminar

High Speed Signal Integrity:  What’s Its all About and How it Affects the Quality of Our Lives

Presented by:

Maxwell Robertson 
Applications Engineer
Texas Instruments
Dallas, Texas

William M. Sherry Ph.D.
Manager, Business Development, Systems and Applications Engineering
Texas Instruments
Dallas, Texas
 
ABSTRACT:

Achieving the quality of service expected by internet users in the presence of ever increasing internet traffic and congestion forces service providers to install higher and higher bandwidth connections.  These higher bandwidth connections demand that system engineers and applications engineers pay close attention to the electrical design of the high frequency “transmission” lines, e.g. copper cables or pcb copper traces carrying these payloads to ensure robust high speed performance is achieved in the network.   These “transmission” lines, present in PCs, networking,switching or data center equipment, greatly influence the integrity of the transmitted signal.

During this talk we will cover the fundamental design considerations for robust high-speed signal traces and present practical examples of printed circuit board layout.  We will discuss how signals propagate over transmission lines, what sorts of issues arise in real-world systems, and how these issues can be detected and resolved.  We will also present some examples of how  applications engineers work together with customers to achieve system-level performance goals.

 
TOPICS:

1. Signal propagation over transmission lines
2. Singal Integrity issues (and how to avoid them)
3. Eye Diagrams and Jitter
4. Signal Integrity characterization and simulation
5. Links/Further reading

 
Place: UPR Mayaguez, Auditorium Stefani Building S-113
Date: September 27, 2011 @  6:30 pm – 9:00 pm
Cost: Free

Registration at: http://ece.uprm.edu/icdl/Page/seminars/seminars.php

Note: This seminar has credits from Colegio de Ingenieros,  and from UPRM  CEP (for professors and students)