Ransom W. Stephens, Ph.D.

Seminars & Training

“Ransom hit a home run for us!”

Every topic can be tailored to the needs of your team - introductory, intermediate, advanced, conceptual/high-level - and for any occasion - from classroom lectures and labs to banquet keynote addresses

Signal integrity and noise analysis

  • Understanding Error Analysis and Jitter
    • A one day class for electrical engineers and technicians
  • Mastering High Speed Serial-Data Technology
    • A one day class for practicing professional electrical engineers - this one has it all, Total jitter, random/deterministic jitter, the dual-Dirac model, Q-scale, bathtub plots, inter-symbol interference, phase noise, crosstalk - the whole ten yards
  • Extreme Data Rates and Equalization
    • A one day class covering the causes of eye-closure, stressed-eye receiver testing, equalization techniques, and closed-eye analysis.
  • Signal Integrity Issues for Executives and Managers
    • A lunch seminar designed to provide high-level team members an understanding of the challenges that face the teams they lead

Optic Fiber Technology and Testing

  • Understanding Fiber Optic Communications
    • A one day class surveying topics in Optic Fiber technology which can be tailored for delivery to electrical engineers or technicians
    • A one hour version suitable for delivery over lunch to management and executives
  • Mastering Fiber Optic Technology
    • An intense one day course that dives deep into every aspect of fiber optic technology.
  • Topics in Optical Fiber Communication Technology - mix and match topics to meet your needs - every 2 hour seminar can be tailored for delivery to experienced engineers, technicians, managers and executives, and electrical engineers working in optical engineering
    • Introduction to Optic Fiber Technology
      • A quick, high-level survey of the following topics - easily tailored to get technicians started, or to entertain executives and managers over lunch while improving their understanding of this important technology
    • Optic Fibers as Dielectric Waveguides
      • How fibers carry information - shows how optic fibers carry signals by emphasizing the waveguide nature of the fiber, this class lays a foundation of understanding to help engineers and technicians understand and anticipate potential problems
    • Physical Optics and DWDM
      • How optical filters and multiplexers work, spectrum analysis - waves in a pond and rainbows make understanding of Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing (DWDM) technology intuitive and fun
    • Optical Transmitters, Amplifiers, and Receivers
      • Lasers, modulation techniques for different data rates, photodiodes and receivers, Optical Amplifiers - capitalizing on our understanding of quantum physics, this class is packed with gee-whiz value and has become one of our most popular
    • Dispersion
      • A conceptual discussion/review of the electrodynamics of continuous media focusing on problems and solutions associated with chromatic dispersion, polarization mode dispersion, group delay and differential group delay - as data rates get higher, this class gets more popular; these challenging topics are presented from the fundamentals up to provide an accurate, thorough understanding of how problems in dispersion occur and how they can be addressed
    • Advanced Topics in Fiber Optic Technology - The Future
      • Almost science fiction, we go into solitons, quantum computing, and more
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