News and Information from Besser Associates •January 2007
In this issue:
- NEW EM Shielding Webinar - Sign up now!
- NEW GSM Measurements Course
- Make Plans for our Upcoming Power Amplifier Course
- Learn About WiFi, Bluetooth, ZigBee and More
- Next Public Courses: San Diego, California
- Courses Coming to Sunnyvale, CA this March
NEW EM Shielding Webinar - Sign up now!
A new Webinar series on EM Shielding Fundamentals provides training in techniques for EMC, coupling and radiation, shielding, and grounding - without leaving your desktop. The new webinar will be available this February 5-9 and is presented by instructor Allen Podell. The webinars are offered as five, 90-minute Webex conference sessions where you can ask questions and view CAD examples from the instructor's computer. Just log-in from your computer with a high speed internet connection and speakers or headphones. The amount of material covered is roughly equivalent to a one-day classroom course.
NEW GSM Measurements Course
Eighty percent of the 3 Billion cell phones in the world today are GSM. Most of these phones provide excellent voice quality service, but limited data capability, using GPRS, of about 50 kbps, which is about the same as wired telephone dial up. The GSM community has an evolution plan to grow its data capability through EDGE, WCDMA and HSDPA to over 1 Mbps. Industry analysts believe that all GSM customers will be serviced by WCDMA for voice and HSDPA for data by 2010. The new RF Measurements for GSM Evolution course will demonstrate the use of modern signal generators, spectrum analyzers, and vector signal analyzers to measure RF components and systems to each of the specification sets in the GSM global hierarchy. This 3 day course is a follow-on to Besser Associates popular RF Measurements—Principles and Demonstrations course, and will be offered this March 26-28 in Sunnyvale, CA with a special promotional price of $995 if you register by February 19th.
Make Plans for our Upcoming Power Amplifier Course
This March, our popular Advanced Power Amplifier Techniques course will be offered in Sunnyvale, CA. Each attendee will receive a copy of Steve Cripps' book RF Power Amplifiers for Wireless Communications, Second Edition.
From the publisher's website: "This extensively revised edition of the best-selling Artech House book, RF Power Amplifiers for Wireless Communications, offers you a comprehensive, practical, and up-to-date understanding of how to tackle a power amplifier design with confidence and quickly determine the cause of malfunctioning hardware. Among the numerous updates, the Second Edition includes five new chapters on class AB PAs at GHz frequencies; switching PA modes at GHz frequencies; signals, modulation systems, and PA nonlinearities; power amplifier bias circuit design; and load-pull techniques. Chapters on efficiency enhancement methods and Class F design have been substantially extended, and many more practical examples and design tools are included on the accompanying CD-ROM."
Needless to say, this will be a great chance to learn the newest RF power amplifier techniques directly from the author. Sign up today to receive early-bird pricing and reserve your seat in this popular course.
Learn About WiFi, Bluetooth, ZigBee and More
Our Short Range Wireless Networks course covers the fundamentals of design, deployment, and operation. Participants will study indoor signal propagation characteristics, advanced modulation techniques, network connectivity options, and regulation of unlicensed bands. Next, the IEEE 802.11a/b/g WLAN, IEEE 802.15.1 Bluetooth, WiMedia high-rate WPAN, and IEEE 802.15.4 ZigBee low-rate WPAN specifications are examined in detail, and their operations compared. Security issues are addressed at the PHY and MAC level. Finally, interference between various wireless networks is analyzed and methods for improving their coexistence presented. The course is offered February 26-March 01 in San Diego, CA.
Next Public Courses: San Diego, California
Temperatures may have been mild across the country, but there's still good reasons to visit San Diego this February. The Besser Associates program for 2007 in San Diego features some of our most popular seminars. Why not stay an extra day and enjoy some of the local attractions? Our courses are held outside of the downtown area to minimize travel costs, but you are still close enough to enjoy some sightseeing.
International customers note: favorable currency exchange rates make our courses an even better value!
| Applied RF Techniques I | |
| Feb 26-Mar 02, 2007 | Course 001-3722 |
| Presented by Les Besser | Register by 1/22/2007 and pay $1995, otherwise pay $2195  |
| RF Transceiver Architecture, Design and Evaluation | |
| Feb 26-Mar 02, 2007 | Course 031-3705 |
| Presented by Ed Niehenke | Register by 1/22/2007 and pay $1995, otherwise pay $2195 |
| RF CMOS Design | |
| Feb 26-Feb 27, 2007 | Course 084-3700 |
| Presented by James Young | Register by 1/22/2007 and pay $795, otherwise pay $895 |
| Short Range Wireless Networks | |
| Feb 26-Mar 01, 2007 | Course 085-3706 |
| Presented by Robert K. Morrow | Register by 1/22/2007 and pay $1595, otherwise pay $1695 |
| RF and Wireless Made Simple | |
| Feb 28-Mar 02, 2007 | Course 004-3701 |
| Presented by Al Scott | Register by 1/22/2007 and pay $1195, otherwise pay $1295 |
| DSP Made Simple for Engineers | |
| Feb 28-Mar 02, 2007 | Course 027-3703 |
| Presented by Rick Lyons | Register by 1/22/2007 and pay $1195, otherwise pay $1295 |
| Antennas & Propagation for Wireless Communications | |
| Feb 28-Mar 02, 2007 | Course 037-3707 |
| Presented by Steven Best | Register by 1/22/2007 and pay $1195, otherwise pay $1295 |
| RF and High Speed PC Board Design Fundamentals | |
| Feb 28-Mar 02, 2007 | Course 042-3704 |
| Presented by Rick Fornes | Register by 1/22/2007 and pay $1195, otherwise pay $1295 |
Courses Coming to Sunnyvale, CA this March
Sign up now to receive the early-bird rate!
| Advanced RF Power Amplifier Techniques | |
| Mar 12-Mar 16, 2007 | Course 114-3714 |
| Presented by Steve Cripps | Register by 2/5/2007 and pay $1995, otherwise pay $2195 |
| RF Measurements:Principles & Demonstration | |
| Mar 12-Mar 16, 2007 | Course 135-3709 |
| Presented by Al Scott and Rex Frobenius | Register by 2/5/2007 and pay $2195, otherwise pay $2395 |
| IEEE 802.11 Operations | |
| Mar 12-Mar 14, 2007 | Course 153-3711 |
| Presented by Robert K. Morrow | Register by 2/5/2007 and pay $1195, otherwise pay $1295 |
| Multi-Carrier Modulation: Applications of OFDM in ADSL and Wireless LAN | |
| Mar 12-Mar 16, 2007 | Course 167-3712 |
| Presented by Burton Saltzberg and Ahmad Bahai | Register by 2/5/2007 and pay $1995, otherwise pay $2195 |
| RF and Baseband Development Techniques for Software Defined Radios | |
| Mar 12-Mar 14, 2007 | Course 188-3708 |
| Presented by Rick Fornes | Register by 2/5/2007 and pay $1195, otherwise pay $1295 |
| WiMAX Broadband Wireless Access | |
| Mar 14-Mar 16, 2007 | Course 176-3710 |
| Presented by Douglas H. Morais | Register by 2/5/2007 and pay $995, otherwise pay $1295 |
| RF Measurements for GSM Evolution | |
| Mar 26-Mar 28, 2007 | Course 189-3771 |
| Presented by Al Scott and Rex Frobenius | Register by 2/19/2007 and pay $1295, otherwise pay $1395 |
| RF Wireless System Design Fundamentals | |
| Mar 28-Mar 30, 2007 | Course 063-3772 |
| Presented by Rick Fornes | Register by 2/19/2007 and pay $1295, otherwise pay $1395 |
