Application Note Request

ASA offers a number of Applications Training packages, each designed to bring your staff up to the State-of-the-art line in a particular area of High-Speed Digital Engineering. A few of our more popular course titles are listed below. If you have a need for a particular type of knowledge, let us know and we can put together a package targeted to your specific needs. All courses are delivered at the end-user's facility under Non-Disclosure Agreement and are taught by Mike Williams.

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Williams, Michael K., Technology Overview: M1 Hidden Anomaly Location (HAL) Brief overview of the initial-technology release for Hidden Anomaly Location (HAL) in ASA's M1 Oscilloscope Tools. The initial-technology release is dubbed HAL-1.

Williams, Michael K., "Distortion and Tolerance Mechanisms in High-Speed Clock Delivery", Proc. 1993 Hewlett-Packard High-Speed Digital Symposium, 1993, pp. 4-1 to 4-41. Also listed as application note ASA 93-01 from Amherst Systems Associates.

Williams, Michael K., "Timing Considerations in Clock Distribution Networks", Proc. 1992 Hewlett-Packard High-Speed Digital Symposium, pp. 2-1 to 2-21. Also listed as application note ASA 92-02 from Amherst Systems Associates.

Williams, Michael K., Timing-Environment Design: Principles & Practices (draft), advanced draft for a text, 110 pages, 1992. Also listed as application note ASA 92-03.

Williams, Michael K., "Design Tradeoffs in High-Speed Clock Distribution and Reception", Proc. 1993 Hewlett-Packard High-Speed Digital Symposium, pp. 6-1 to 6-34. Also listed as application note ASA 93-02 from Amherst Systems Associates.

Amherst Systems Associates, "Design Review: An Analysis of Timing-Environment Design Methodology, System Test Methods, and Projected System Reliability for a Multi-Level, Multi-Frequency PLL Clock-Distribution Network", Internal Report ASA 95-17, to be released as an application note.

William, Michael K., "The Measurement and Management of Jitter on Critically Timed Signals", Proc. 1995 Hewlett-Packard High-Performance System Design Conference, Day 2, pp. 3-1 to 3-31. Also listed as application note ASA 95-01 from Amherst Systems Associates.

Williams, Michael K., "Clock Design in Intel Pentium Systems", Amherst Systems Associates Application Note ASA 93-03, 1993.

Williams, Michael K. and Andreas M.R. Pfaff, "Clock Design and Measurement Issues in Intel Pentium Systems", The Hewlett-Packard Journal, December 1994, Vol 45, No 6, pp. 68-77. Also listed as application note ASA 94-01 from Amherst Systems Associates.

Williams, Michael K., "A Discussion of Methods for Measuring Low-Amplitude Jitter", presented at The 1995 International Test Conference 10/24/95. also listed as Application Note ASA 95-27, 1995.

Williams, Michael K., "Accuracy in M1/720 Time-Interval Measurement Systems", Application Note ASA 95-38, 1995.

Williams, Michael K., Measuring Low-Amplitude Jitter in PLLs", presented at the 1996 Hewlett-Packard SuperCon '96, Application Note ASA 96-02, 1996.

Williams, Michael K., "Effective Design & Measurement Methods for Low-Jitter PLL-Based Clock Distribution", presented at the 1996 Hewlett-Packard SuperCon '96, Application Note ASA 96-03, 1996.

Williams, Michael K., "A Discussion of RjDj Compliance Measurements and What to Do When You Don't Hit Your Numbers", presented at the DesignCon 2005, Application Note ASA 05-1, 2005.

Williams, Michael K., "An Overview of the SEEj Accuracy Validation Process", Application Note ASA 05-2, 2005.