Oscilloscope Days 2024

Oscilloscope Days 2024

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Speakers: Würth Elektronik, PE Systems and Rohde & Schwarz

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Learn from application oriented presentations - based on day to day testing challenges

Watch On-demand video from Oscilloscope Days to get the latest updates on fundamentals and test features using the neXt-generation Oscilloscope from Rohde & Schwarz and our partners. Sessions will cover applications and details discussions in the area of power electronics, EMC, as well as Signal and Power Integrity.

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Opening Keynote

Speaker: Prof.Kallfass from University of Stuttgart

Abstract: Application-Oriented Power Cycling of Wide Bandgap Power Semiconductor Devices

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Part 1: Test and Setup design challenges

Session a: Measurements of Currents and High voltages

Speaker: Nicholas LeBas from Rohde & Schwarz

Abstract:

  • How to adapt my test setups to wide bandgap materials like SiC or GaN?
  • Which dynamic range do I need?
  • Do I need an optical isolated Probe?

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Part 1: Test and Setup design challenges

Session b: Loop compensation - Buck Converter Design and Measurements

Speakers: Robert Schillinger & Mohamed Al-Alami from Würth Elektronik

Abstract:

  • Control theory & stability criteria
  • VMC Buck transfer function
  • Compensator design
  • Practical Buck loop measurements using Oscilloscope Bode Analysis
  • Time domain transient response for different compensators

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Part 2: How to ensure EMC

Session a: Spectrum analysis using oscilloscopes

Speaker: Sofia Perez-Simbor from Rohde & Schwarz

Abstract:

  • Why use an oscilloscope for Spectrum analysis?
  • How much bandwidth does my oscilloscope need?
  • How to estimate the needed bandwidth?
  • How can the frequency range be extended?

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Part 2: How to ensure EMC

Session b: Design for EMC - Boost converter Design and Measurements

Speakers: Robert Schillinger and Mohamed Al-Alami from Würth Elektronik

Abstract:

  • Noise measurement time vs. frequency domains
  • Component parasitic contributions to noise
  • Impact of layout, tracking and filtering
  • Common and differential mode measurements using the Oscilloscope FFT analysis

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Part 3: Verification of System Parameters

Session a: Test automation in Power electronics

Speaker: Jens Schweickhardt from PE-Systems

Abstract:

  • How to get proper data for Modelling of Semicon-ductors and full devices?
  • How to increase testing speed?
  • How to select the right components for your System?

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Part 3: Verification of System Parameters

Session b: Measurement fundamentals on SMPS

Speaker: Alexander Küllmer from Rohde & Schwarz

Abstract:

  • Which measurements are popular?
  • Why consider Power factor and power quality?
  • What to keep in mind when designing the test setup?

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Part 4: Signal Integrity debugging

Session a: How to debug SI with PI?

Speaker: Pasi Suhonen from Rohde & Schwarz

Abstract:

  • How are SI and PI linked together?
  • How to draw eye diagrams?
  • Take a closer look on your system by usage of Jitter separation

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Part 4: Signal Integrity debugging

Session b: The Gigabit Ethernet Interface under EMC Aspects

Speaker: Adrian Stirn from Würth Elektronik

Abstract:

  • Short Overview: The Gigabit Ethernet Frontend of the Reference Design RD016.
  • Different shielding connections of the Gigabit Ethernet Interface and impact on the EMI performance.
  • Measurement of the Gigabit Ethernet and the USB3.1 Interface with the Scope.

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Our presenters

Nicolas LeBas

Nicholas Le Bas

Product manager/Application engineer Oscilloscopes at Rohde & Schwarz UK

Nick studied Electronic Engineering at Bangor University, graduating in 2018. Started as an EMC Test Engineer for 4 years in consumer technology compliance, doing emission and immunity testing. Later specializing in RSE testing in the newest radio technologies.

Joining Rohde & Schwarz in 2022 now specializing in Oscilloscopes as a Product manager/Application engineer, where he uses his knowledge of test and measurement to support engineers across the UK, Ireland and Benelux.

Sofia Perez-Simbor

Sofia Perez-Simbor

Application Engineer at Rohde & Schwarz Benelux

Sofia completed her MSc in Telecommunications engineer specializing in mobile communications and her PhD in Technologies for Health and Well-being at the Polytechnic University of Valencia.

She started in the Internet of Things industry and after three years she decided to change to the test and measurement field. She is working at Rohde and Schwarz since more than a year as an Application Engineer in the Benelux area. Her main focus of work includes the support for sales in oscilloscopes and vector network analyzers.

Pasi Suhonen

Pasi Suhonen

Application Engineer at Rohde & Schwarz

Pasi Suhonen has a B.Eng and M.Eng from Metropolia University of Applied Sciences, both in telecommunication engineering and health technology.

His experience in the test and measurement industry includes applications and sales support in Nordic and Baltic region, and he has specialized in applications using oscilloscopes.

Alexander Küllmer

Alexander Küllmer

Application Engineer at Rohde & Schwarz

Alexander Küllmer studied electrical engineering and communication technologies and holds a PhD in electrical engineering. During his study and PhD he focused in the area of inter and intra system EMC in various applications and industries. Since 2016 he works as Field Application Engineer on digital debugging tools and power electronics testing, delivers pre- and post-sales support as well as application engineering services to customers across Europe. Since 2022 he is heading the European Application engineering team on Digital Design and (Power) Electronics testing.

Jens Schweickardt

Jens Schweickardt

Engineer for Power Electronics at PE-Systems

Jens Schweickhardt studied electrical engineering with a focus on electrical power engineering in Darmstadt, Germany. Afterwards, worked in the field of particle accelerator technology in a joint project between the Facility of Heavy Ion Research (GSI) and the TU Darmstadt Institute for Particle Acceleration and Electromagnetic Fields (TEMF) for several years. Here, he focused on the development of pulsed broadband cavity systems and received his PhD in 2021.

Since 2021, he is working for PE-Systems, where he is responsible for the development of measurement systems for the characterization of power electronic components.

Robert Schillinger

Robert Schillinger

Field Application Engineer at Würth Elektronik

Robert comes from a controls and development background. He worked in the automation industry for 14 years designing controls and field bus systems. There are a lot of experience with FPGA technologies and Real Time Ethernet systems. He was also responsible for selecting long-term components and devices for these industrial projects. Since 2014, he is a part of WE and responsible for the South of Bavaria to support sales and customers in EMC, Power and Communication.

Mohamed Al-Alami

Mohamed Al-Alami

Senior Field Applications Engineer at Würth Elektronik

Mohamed comes from a power supply design and development background. He worked in the Aerospace Industry for 10 years designing power supplies on various civilian and military projects. In addition, he was responsible for EMC testing, filter design and compliance. In the past 6 years before joining Wurth Electronics, he taught a variety of subjects at University towards a BTEC degree in electronics engineering. He joined Wurth in April 2015 as a Field Applications Engineer responsible for the South of the England, Wales and Ireland.

Adrian Stirn

Adrian Stirn

Technical Lead EMC Laboratory at Würth Elektronik

Adrian Stirn studied electrical engineering at Heilbronn University of applied sciences and then set up the company's in-house EMC laboratory at Würth Elektronik's headquarters in Waldenburg. Since 2016, he has been supporting customers in the troubleshooting of EMC problems during development and is responsible for Würth Elektronik's EMC laboratories in Waldenburg and Munich. He also focuses on product conformity in the European Economic Area and the protection of ESD-sensitive components.

Prof. Ingmar Kallfass

Prof. Ingmar Kallfass

Director of the Institute of Robust Power Semiconductor Systems at the University of Stuttgart

Ingmar Kallfass received the Dipl.-Ing. degree in Electrical Engineering from University of Stuttgart in 2000, and the Dr.-Ing. degree from University of Ulm in 2005 on the topic of nonlinear modelling of dispersive heterostructure field effect transistors and their MMIC applications. In 2001, he worked as a visiting researcher at the National University of Ireland, Dublin. In 2002, he joined the department of Electron Devices and Circuits of University of Ulm as a teaching and research assistant. In 2005, he joined the Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Solid-State Physics. From 2009 to 2012, he was a professor at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology. Since 2013, he holds the chair for Robust Power Semiconductor Systems at the University of Stuttgart, where his major fields of research are compound semiconductor-based circuits and systems for power and microwave electronics.

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