James Colotti

Continued advances in digital and analog technologies present new challenges to the design of Printed Wiring Boards (PWBs). As clock frequencies and data rates approach the X-Band region, digital designers are faced with considerations that were once only viewed as analog/RF concerns such as dielectric loss, skin effects, dispersion and impedance matching. Many analog/RF designs can present noise immunity and stability challenges. The presentation covers Signal Integrity (SI) and Power Integrity (PI) in addition to the construction of PWBs. Although rigid PWBs are the main focus, flex PWBs are also reviewed.

Biography:

James Colotti is a Staff Engineer for Telephonics, in Farmingdale New York. His work largely involves analog efforts including receiver design, transmitter design, analog processing, signal integrity, power integrity, power conversion, electromagnetic compatibility and TEMPEST. James’ program involvement includes a wide range of primary Radar systems, Secondary Radar systems, Identification Friend or Foe (IFF) systems, communication systems and consumer products. He holds two patents, one for an analog signal processing technique and another for a power conversion method that mitigates switching noise in digital receivers.

In 2003, James Colotti received the IEEE Region 1 Award for New Technical Concepts and in 2009 he was presented with the IEEE Alex Grenwald Award. James served as Chairman of various IEEE LI societies including the Microwave Theory and Techniques Society, Power Electronics Society and Product Safety Society. He is currently serving as Chairman of the Circuits and Systems Society and the EMC Society. Throughout his career, James published several articles covering analog topics including power converters, digital-to-analog conversion, analog-to-digital conversion and receiver design.

James graduated from Polytechnic Institute with a BSEE, is a senior member of the IEEE, and is a certified Electromagnetic Compatibility Engineer.

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