Dr Cheung-Wei Lam

While it is true that good signal integrity design can help reduce EMI, it alone is not sufficient to achieve good radiated emission control. This presentation will discuss where designing for one can help the other and where one may have more stringent or even conflicting requirements with the other. In today's competitive markets, it is important for signal integrity engineers and EMC engineers to understand each other's need to reduce design iterations and minimize product costs. For engineers responsible for both disciplines, an in-depth understanding of the similarities and differences between the two is even more important.

Biography:

Dr. Cheung-Wei Lam is a Distinguished Engineer and Chief EM Technologist at Apple, where he is engaged in EMC/RFI design as well as technology development, and has implemented an analysis-driven EMC design process to facilitate on-time compliance at lower cost. Prior to joining Apple, he was a co-founder at Transcendent Design Technology and a principal engineer in Viewlogic’s Advancement Development Group (formerly Quad Design Technology). Dr. Lam received his B.S. from the Chinese University of Hong Kong, and S.M. and Ph.D. from MIT.
Dr. Lam has given numerous invited presentations on EMC/RFI design and simulation in the US, Canada, Europe, and Asia. He serves as an IEEE EMC Society Respected Speaker and was a past IEEE EMC Society Distinguished Lecturer (2002 & 2003). Dr. Lam has also served on the IEEE EMC Society TC-9 (Computational EM), TC-10 (SI/PI), TC-12 (EMC for Wireless), and the SAE EMC Modeling Task Force committees, and was a co-recipient of the best paper award at the 1996 IEEE International Symposium on EMC.