HP Seminar Notes
Here is our collection of seminar notes. Most are contributed by John Miles KE5FX… thanks! Seminar notes are not widely published by HP/Agilent, and are very hard to find… unless you were lucky enough to attended the presentation!
| File Link (and year, if known) | HP Seminar Notes And Other Articles: General Topics |
| 1950-2000 | John Minck, “Trade Magazine Articles From the career of John Minck” (5 pages) [John’s contributions span 50 years!!!] |
| 1986 | John Minck “A (Modest) Proposal to Establish a National Bureau of Microwave Standardization” (4 pages) [Note from John Minck in June 2009: “I’m going to suggest one particular article that I did as my role in the National Conference of Standards Labs. I was national president in 1978, but we watched the NBS of the time continuously get mandated new tasks by Congress without the accompanying funding. At one time I got Time Magazine to run an article on the underfunding of NBS, but nothing much happened. So I wrote this attached article to try to get more microwave industry attention to speak up.”] |
| 2007 | Gail Heck-Sweeney and John Minck “Metrology: From Antiquity to the Modern Age, with a Look at the New Frontiers” |
| 2001 | John Minck article in the NCSLI Newsletter 40th Anniversary Issue. Note from John Minck in June 2009 “In the 2001 issue I wrote a long Narrative History of NCSLI and got some of the original founders to recall their memories of the need for a formal organization to work on national and global metrology issues in 1961. John Van de Houton and Jerry Hayes were prime movers and their stories of the condition of our national standards of those years up to 1961 were frightening. Missiles were being shipped and didn’t work and measurements didn’t agree. There was not even the concept of traceability.” |
| 2006 | John Minck article in the NCSLI Newsletter 45th Anniversary Issue. Note from John Minck in June 2009 “The 2006 issue I got several authors to point to the future of metrology, including several international organization leaders.” |
| 1977 | Guidebook to: Data Communications (80 pages, 14 MB)(A HP “internal” training manual written and submitted to our archive by Colman McDonough) |
| 1993 | “Doubling the Clock Speed Feasibility Study on a 100 MHz Cache Module”, from the 1993 High Speed Digital Systems Design & Test Symposium. (33 Pages) |
| 1993 | “Distortion and Tolerance Mechanisms in High-Speed Clock Delivery” from 1993 High Speed Digital Systems Design & Test Symposium |
| 1993 | “Printed Circuit Design Techniques for the Control of Electromagnetic Interference” from 1993 High Speed Digital Systems Design & Test Symposium |
| 1993 | “Advanced Methods for Noise Cancellation in System Packaging” from 1993 High Speed Digital Systems Design & Test Symposium |
| 1993 | “Debugging and Characterizing Ground Bounce Problems in High-Speed Memory System Hardware” from 1993 High Speed Digital Systems Design & Test Symposium |
| 1993 | “Glitches Intermittents and Noise Building in Reliability” from 1993 High Speed Digital Systems Design & Test Symposium |
| 1993 | “Understanding Evolving ATM Standards and ATM Design Verification” from 1993 High Speed Digital Systems Design & Test Symposium |
| 1993 | “Alternatives for Data Transfer in High-Speed Systems” from 1993 High Speed Digital Systems Design & Test Symposium |
| 1993 | “Optimizing Your Design Flow How to Use Microprocessor and ASIC Emulators” from 1993 High Speed Digital Systems Design & Test Symposium |
| 1993 | “Developing and Debugging an ISDN Terminal Adapter” from 1993 High Speed Digital Systems Design & Test Symposium |
| 1993 | “High-Performance Environment for Modelling and Simulation of Digital Systems” from 1993 High Speed Digital Systems Design & Test Symposium |
| File Link (and year, if known) | HP Seminar Notes: Radio Frequency And Microwave |
| 1994 | John Minck “Everything You Wanted To Know About Microwave Things, But Not So Much You’d Have To Get Too Familiar With James Clerk Maxwell ” (18 pages) |
| unknown | John Minck “Uses for the Microwave Spectrum” (35 Pages) |
| 1985 | “RF & Phase Noise Measurement Seminar” (124 pages) |
| 1985 | Dieter Scherer, “The Art of Phase Noise Measurement” (35 pages) |
| 1981 | Dieter Scherer, “Generation of Low Phase Noise Microwave Signals” (32 pages) |
| 1978 | Dieter Scherer, “Design Principles and Test Methods for Low Phase Noise RF and Microwave Sources” (45 pages) |
| unknown | Ron Pratt, “Characteristics and Applications of Diode Detectors” (30 pages) |
| unknown | Jim Curran, “Simplify Your Amplifier and Mixer Testing”, tagline “New Network Analyzer Has Nonlinear Measurement Capability” (5 pages) |
| 1985 | Dana Kreitter, “Wideband Modulation Analysis Using Vector Demodulation Techniques” (36 pages) |
| 1988 | David Chu and R.F. Schneider, “Analysis of Spread Spectrum Signals Using a Time & Frequency Analyzer” (17 pages) |
| 1986 | Carla McCarter, “AUTOMATIC SIGNAL MONITORING USING SPECTRUM ANALYZER-BASED RECEIVER SYSTEMS” (44 pages) |
| 1986 | Mark Terrien “THE HP 11940A CLOSE FIELD PROBE: Characteristics and Application to EMI Troubleshooting” (36 pages) |
| 1984 | Tom Jerse and Mark Terrien, “A Designer’s Guide To Shielding” (33 pages) |
| 1986 | Roger Wong, “RF MEASUREMENTS OF FIBER OPTIC COMPONENTS” (23 pages) |
| unknown | Dick Schneider and Lyle Hornback, ” SIGNAL SOURCE CHARACTERIZATION USING LOW ·COST FREQUENCY AND TIME COUNTERS” (22 pages) |
| 1986 | Steve Whitacre and Dee Humpherys, “LOW-LEVEL POWER MEASUREMENT TECHNIQUES AND ACCURACY” (23 pages) |
| 1983 | Frank David, “IMPROVED MILLIMETER WAVE SIGNAL ANALYSIS” (23 pages) |
| 1984 | Ed Cantrell “Mixer Noise Figure Concerns and Measurements” (27 pages) |
| 1988 | Chris Pedersen, “Understanding and Measuring I/Q Crosstalk in Digital Microwave Communications Systems” (11 pages) |
| 1988 | Rex Chappell, “Characterization of Frequency Agile Sources” (20 pages) |
| 1988 | Bill Flerchinger and Ton Higgins, “Dynamic Testing of Frequency Agile Radios” |
| 1976 | Luiz Peregrino and David W. Ricci, ” PHASE NOISE MEASUREMENT USING A HIGH RESOLUTION COUNTER WITH ON-LINE DATA PROCESSING.”, tagline 5990A Technical Paper” (11 pages) |
| unknown | Bob Burns, “MEASURING PHASE NOISE AND ADJACENT CHANNEL POWER WITH THE 8901B MODULATION ANALYZER” (19 pages) |
| unknown | Thomas R. Faulkner. and Robert E. Temple “Residual Phase Noise and AM Noise Measurements and Techniques” (47 pages) |
| 1985 | Grant Moulton “ANALYSIS AND PREDICTION OF PHASE NOISE IN : RESONATORS AND OSCILLATORS” (32 pages) |
| 1981 | Dennis Poulin “LOAD PULLMEASUREMENT OF LOAD IMPEDANCE OF HIGH POWER DEVICES” (15 pages) |
| unknown | Ken Voelker “Electrical Characterization of Quartz Crystal Units Through High Performance Vector Network Analysis” (15 pages) |
| 1985 | Hugo Vitian “SCALAR NETWORK ANALYSIS: AN ATTRACTIVE AND COST-EFFECTIVE TECHNIQUE FOR TESTING MICROWAVE COMPONENTS” (20 pages) |
| 1985 | Eric Ehlers, Domingo Figueredo, Sigurd Johnsen, and Mark Zurakowski “Device Design and Process Considerations for Millimeter-Wave Diode Integrated Circuits” (16 pages) |
| 1985 | ARLEN DETHLEFSEN, ROLF DALICHOW, DALE ALBIN, and DAVID WILSON “MILLIMETER-WAVE MULTIPLIERS RELY ON DIODE INTEGRATED CIRCUITS IN FINLINE STRUCTURES FOR HIGH OUTPUT POWER” (18 pages) |
| 1988 | Jaun Grau “A Calibrated Signal Simulation System Utilizing I/Q Modulation Techniques” (36 pages) |
| 1986 | Dave Martinez “Innovative Signal Generation of Complex Waveforms for Improved Testing” (27 pages) |
| unknown | Hugo Vifian “Introduction To Distortion Parameters in Linear Networks” (31 pages) |
| 1982 | Arlen Dethlefsen “AN OVERVIEW OF MICROWAVE DESIGN CONSIDERATIONS FOR SWEPT SOURCES” (31 pages) |
| 1982 | Hugo Vifian “GROUP DELAY AND AM-TO-PM MEASUREMENT TECHNIQUES” (32 pages) |
| 1985 | Jeff Cauffield “AUTOMATED VECTOR NETWORK ANALYSIS AT MILLIMETER-WAVE FREQUENCIES” (18 pages) |
| unknown | Terry Decker and Bob Temple “CHOOSING A PHASE NOISE MEASUREMENT TECHNIQUE Concepts and Implementation” (63 pages) |
| 1986 | John W. Boyles “FAR-FIELD ANTENNA MEASUREMENTS WITH THE HP 8510 NETWORK ANALYZER” (34 pages) |
| 1986 | Jim Curran “NETWORK ANALYSIS OF FIXTURED DEVICES” (20 pages) |
| 1985 | Glenn Elmore “DE-EMBEDDED MEASUREMENTS USING THE HP 8510 MICROWAVE NETWORK ANALYZER” (23 pages) |
| 1988 | Eric Strid, Reed Gleason, and Keith Jones “40 GHz ON-WAFER MEASUREMENTS WITH THE HP 8510 NETWORK ANALYZER AND CASCADE MICROTECH WAFER PROBES” (16 pages) |
| 1986 | Eric Strid “ON-WAFER MEASUREMENTS WITH THE HP 8510 NETWORK ANALYZER AND CASCADE MICROTECH WAFER PROBES” (27 pages) |
| 1988 | Julius Botka “PRACTICAL APPLICATION OF TIME DOMAIN IN THE DESIGN OF MICROWAVE COMPONENTS TO 50 GHz” (16 pages) |
| 1988 | John Barr, Richard Grimmett, and Roger McAleenan “PULSED-RF MEASUREMENTS AND THE HP 85108 NETWORK ANALVZER” (20 pages) |
| 1984 | Doug Rytting “LET TIME DOMAIN RESPONSE PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INSIGHT INTO NETWORK BEHAVIOR” (32 pages) |
| 1987 | Doug Rytting “ADVANCES IN MICROWAVE ERROR CORRECTION TECHNIQUES” (40 pages) |
| 1982 | Field Reference Note “8901A MODULATION ANALYZER” (28 pages) |
| 1980 | From RF Design Magazine “Signal Generator Specifications Part I” |
| 1988 | John W. Boyles “THE HP 85108 ASA HIGH PERFORMANCE ANTENNA AND RADAR CROSS-SECTION ANALYZER” (34 pages) |
| 1986 | Bob Dildine “MEASUREMENT CONSIDERATIONS FOR NETWORK ANALYSIS AT MILLIMETER FREQUENCIES” (28 pages) |
| 1985 | Dr. Raymond A. Birgenheier “TECHNIQUE FOR MEASURING PHASE ACCURACY AND AMPLITUDE PROFILE OF CONTINUOUS-PHASE-MODULATED SIGNALS” (30 Pages) |
| 1988 | Lee Colby Bill Heinz “Accuracy of Noise Figure Measurement Systems” (24 pages) |
| 202 | Ray Fried “Pulsed Phase Noise Measurements” (21 pages) |
| 1990 | Michal Odyniec, Jeff Patterson, Robert D. Albin, and Andy Howard “OSCILLATOR DESIGN USING MODERN NONLINEAR CAE TECHNIQUES” (14 pages) |
| unknown | Roger Muat and Art Upham “Low Noise Oscillator Design” (35 pages) |
| 1988 | Barry Brown “NEW MEASUREMENT TECHNIQUES FOR TESTING BOTH LINEAR AND NONLINEAR DEVICES WITH THE HP 8753B RF NETWORK ANALVZER” (27 pages) |
| 1990 | David Blackham, Frank David, and David Engelder “DIELECTRIC MATERIALS MEASUREMENTS” (16 pages) |
| 1989 | Bob Dildine “MEASURING COMPLEX PERMITTIVITY AND PERMEABILITY AT RF AND MICROWAVE FREQUENCIES” (26 pages) |
| 1987 | Henri Komrij, “MICROWAVE NETWORK ANALYSIS APPLICATIONS: NEW SOLUTIONS FOR OLDER CHALLENGES” (20 Pages) |
| unknown | James Tabuchi, Brian Hughes and Julio Perdomo, “ON-WAFER MILLIMETER-WAVE NETWORK ANALYSIS FOR DEVICE AND CIRCUIT DESIGN” (7 pages) |
| unknown | “DIFFERENTIAL TDR USING A SINGLE STEP GENERATOR” (12 pages) |
| unknown | Derry Hornbuckle “A Microwave Probe System” (17 pages) |
| 1987 | Dean Ladd, “DESIGNING WITH MICROWAVE CAE A CASE STUDY” (20 pages) |
| unknown | Brent Palmer, “Current status of HP calibration and traceability at mm-wave frequencies” (18 pages) |
| unknown | Jim Curran, “TRL CALIBRATION FOR NON-COAXIAL MEASUREMENTS” (12 pages) |
| 1985 | Bruce Donecker, “DETERMINING THE MEASUREMENT ACCURACY OF THE HP 8510 MICROWAVE NETWORK ANALYZER” (72 pages) |
| 1982 | Doug Rytting, “APPENDIX TO AN ANALYSIS OF VECTOR MEASUREMENT ACCURACY ENHANCEMENT TECHNIQUES” (43 pages) |
| 1982 | Doug Rytting, “AN ANALYSIS OF VECTOR MEASUREMENT ACCURACY ENHANCEMENT TECHNIQUES” (23 pages) |
| unknown | Douglas Kent Rytting, “IMPROVED RF HARDWARE AND CALIBRATION METHODS FOR NETWORK ANALYZERS” (15 pages) |
| 1986 | Generalized De-embedding Techniques, Roger D Pollard (April 1986, 18 pages) |
| 1986 | Time-domain Characterization of Saw Devices, Robert C. Bray, Tim L. Bagwell, Roger L. Jungerman, & Scott S. Elliott (March 1986, 21 pages) |
| 1985 | Troubleshooting Microwave Transmission Lines, Karl Kachigan (August 1985, 23 pages) |
| 1984 | Techniques for Measuring Narrowband and Broadband Emi Signals Using Spectrum Analysers, Siegfried Linkwitz & Al Wilcox (June 1984, 26 pages) |
| 1986 | FM Design in Phase Lock Loops, David Whipple (April 1986, 12 pages) |
| 1993 | HP High Speed Digital Systems Design – Test Symposium 1993 SONET Case Study |
| Made To Measure Vol 2 No4 pp6-7 | Choosing Using Resistive Power Splitters from HP Made To Measure Vol 2 No4 pp6-7 |
| (Early 1980’s) | HP Introduction to the Vector Network Analyser – HP8753A |