Seminar Notes

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