IEEE Ottawa Section September 2017 Newsletter View in Browser
September 2017 Newsletter
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Call for Nominations for the IEEE Ottawa Section Annual Awards 2017
IEEE Ottawa Section presents every year at its Annual General Meeting (AGM) the Year IEEE Ottawa Section Awards as recognition for its members, volunteers, chapters, affinity groups and student branches as well as recognition and appreciation for the industry and organizations. Please take this opportunity to accomplish something good and of great value to our profession and engineering community by submitting your nominations to a colleague, group, company or organization for recognition by an award from our section.
The deadline for submitting nominations for the following Awards is September 25th, 2017:
THUNDERBOLTS & LIGHTNING - ARE THEY REALLY FRIGHTENING?
6 Sept 2017 6PM - 9 PM
About this event
Paraphrasing that famous line from Queen’s Bohemian Rhapsody, Research Engineer and science broadcaster Rhys Phillips will look at the phenomenon of lightning. In a light hearted and informative talk, Rhys will explain the processes which lead to a lightning strike and the different types of lightning that can exist. He will then move on to show what happens to aircraft when they are hit by lightning and explain how we protect against damage from this. This talk will also give the audience a chance to see exactly what happens in our lightning lab and answer the question that everyone is asking – can a piggy bank survive a lightning strike?!
Programme
6th September 2017
18:00 - 19:15 Informal meal and networking at RA Centre Restaurant 19:30 - 20:15 Lecture 20:15 - 21:00 Q&A
Reasons to attend
§ Meet a world expert on the impacts of lightening § Understand lightening impact on electronics and avionics § Understand the electromagnetics and equipotentials related to lightning § Understand different types of lightening
Over-the-Air Measurements of Wireless Devices in Reverberation Chambers
Speaker : Dr. Kate Remley, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), Boulder, CO Date : Thursday September 28, 2017 Time : 5:00 PM to 7:00 PM Location : FIDUS SYSTEMS Inc.,375 Terry Fox Dr. Ottawa, ON, K2K 0J8 Parking : Free Registration: Free, and is on a first to reply basis.
Preference given to IEEE EMC/MTT/AP/CPMT society members.
Seating is limited. E-mail Reservation is required.
Pizza and soft drinks will be served. Organizer: Dr. Syed Bokhari, Chairman, IEEE Ottawa EMC chapter
Syed.Bokhari@fidus.com,
Office :(613) 595 - 0507 Ext. 377, Cell: (613) 355 - 6632
Dr. Qingsheng Zeng , Chairman of the IEEE Ottawa MTT/AP Chapters
qingsheng.zeng.2011@ieee.org
When the antenna is integrated into the body of a wireless device, as it is for cell
phones and many other portable devices, performance testing is typically done under
free-field conditions. In this overview presentation, we will discuss characterization
of some key wireless-device parameters by use of reverberation chambers. We will
discuss recent research and some of the issues related to the use of these chambers
for testing devices that transmit modulated signals.
Si, SiC, and GaN Power Semiconductor Devices - What to Choose? By: Dr. Tanya K. Gachovska, Solantro Semiconductor Corp., Ottawa
DATE: September 28th 2017 (to be confirmed) TIME: Refreshments, Registration and Networking: 18:00; Seminar: 18:30 – 20:00. PLACE: Algonquin College, T-Building, Room T129, 1385 Woodroffe Ave., Ottawa. PARKING: No fee after 5 p.m. at the Parking Lots 8 & 9. Please respect restricted areas. REGISTRATION: Required, please email tgachovsha@solantro.com
Abstract:
Wide bandgap semiconductors such as SiC and GaN have drawn a lot of attention in power
applications due to their superior material properties such as high critical electric field resulting in a
minimum of 10 times higher breakdown voltage or a 100 times smaller on-resistance than Si. Additionally,
SiC has a thermal conductivity which is approximately three times higher than Si. These unique
properties of SiC and GaN materials have made them promising candidates for future high power, high
frequency semiconductor devices.
In this talk, the speaker will present important material properties of Si, SiC and GaN and two different
groups of figures of merit (FOM) used for comparison the performances of power semiconductor
technologies and devices. A
comparison of Si, SiC and GaN devices from the same classes available in the market using different
FOMs will also be presented.
28th Annual IEEE International Symposium on Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications, 08-13 OCTOBER 2017 // MONTREAL, QC, CANADA
The 28th Annual IEEE International Symposium on Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications (IEEE PIMRC 2017) will be held at the five-star Hotel Bonaventure, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, from October 8th to 13th, 2017, under the theme “Engaged Citizens and their New Smart Worlds”; plurality in the theme meant to highlight pathways diversity in achieving harmonious aspirations owing to mankind unity.
PIMRC is one of the premier conferences in the wireless research arena and has a long history of bringing together academia, industry and regulatory bodies. Today, it has become one of IEEE Communication Society’s flagship conferences in telecommunications. On the top of a rich variety of regular technical sessions (cf. CFP below), PIMRC will include plenary keynotes and panel discussions featuring world-class innovators in wireless technologies and their ubiquitous applications, tutorials, workshops, and special sessions covering the most disruptive topics (cf. co-located 5G Summit Montreal above), as well as exciting sociocultural events meant to offer an unforgettable taste of Montreal's distinctive joie de vivre and creativeness (cf. Cool Things to Do & See While Attending above).
The myth about GROUND
Speaker : Dr. Zhiping Yang, Google Inc. , Mountain View, California Date : Wednesday October 11, 2017 Time : 5:00 PM to 7:00 PM Location : FIDUS SYSTEMS Inc.,375 Terry Fox Dr. Ottawa, ON, K2K 0J8 Parking : Free Registration: Free, and is on a first to reply basis.
Preference given to IEEE EMC/MTT/AP/CPMT society members.
Seating is limited. E-mail Reservation is required.
Pizza and soft drinks will be served. Organizer: Dr. Syed Bokhari, Chairman, IEEE Ottawa EMC chapter
Syed.Bokhari@fidus.com,
Office :(613) 595 - 0507 Ext. 377, Cell: (613) 355 - 6632
Dr. Qingsheng Zeng , Chairman of the IEEE Ottawa MTT/AP Chapters
qingsheng.zeng.2011@ieee.org
GROUND is widely used in high-speed circuit modeling and simulation. However, there
are a lot of misconceptions and misunderstandings about ground in the high-speed
circuit industry. Does ideal ground really exist? If not, why do we use it in
simulations? Should we connect the reference node of S-parameter model to ideal
ground? Is ground bounce real and well defined? Should we put partial inductance
and resistance on the ground net? What can we do or cannot do with S-parameter
model? These questions are commonly asked by high-speed circuit designers.
Answers from different people may be quite different and even contradictory.
In this presentation, these questions will be answered with some simple, but
powerful examples. At the end, the audience should have a better understanding
about the ground and how to use it in high-speed simulations.
Steven Woodward Defines Resiliency Through Example and Working Session
On August 1st, Steve Woodward brought home the concept of resiliency through definition and example in terms performance, security, integrity, personal safety, and more. Attendees participated in a mind map exercise solidifying the concept in various areas of audience expertise!
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