Join National’s Signal-Path Experts

for a One-Day Technical Seminar

Signal-Path Design Seminars for Design Engineers,

Signal-Path Design Seminars Coming to a Location Near You!
DATE LOCATION

Feb. 27, 2007 Tel Aviv

SPONSORED BY:
Signal-Path Design Seminars in Israel
on Feb. 27, 2007
• Learn the latest technologies in analog signal conditioning and
signal conversion
• Optimise your designs to achieve the highest precision, speed,
and lowest power
• Solve challenging design issues with practical application examples
• Find out the latest innovations from National’s applications
engineering experts

About the seminar

N ational’s free signal-path seminars are designed to meet the needs of

professional design engineers. These full-day technical sessions focus
on high-performance signal conditioning, signal conversion and serial
data-transfer solutions. The seminars provide engineers with the most
up-to-date tools, techniques and products needed to create precision,
high-speed and low-power signal-path designs.

Secure your place and register today at

www.national.com/analogseminars
Further expand your
analog design knowledge

The seminar language will be English.

For any questions, please contact:.

Mathilde Wirnsberger (email: mathilde.wirnsberger@nsc.com, phone: +49-8141-35-1511)
Jutta Gelewski (email: jutta.gelewski@nsc.com, phone: +49-8141-35-1426)

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 Content Outline

SEGMENT 1
- Sensors and interfacing to amplifiers
Amplifier Products - Analog and digital solutions for thermal management
- Amplifier stability analysis and solutions for capacitive
loading
- Understanding linear buffers and applications
- Precision amplifier applications
- VIP50TM amplifiers: Advantages and applications
- Variable gain amplifiers
- Differential amplifiers and techniques to maintain
signal integrity towards the ADC
- Analog video solutions for high definition video formats
- Analog crosspoint switches

SEGMENT 2
Data Conversion Products - performance
Upgrade your temperature sensor system
while minimizing design time
- Design your data converter circuit for maximum
performance
- Circuit techniques to maximize ADC input dynamic
range
- Select the right converter for the application
- Pushing ADCs to ultra high speeds
- Beat strict EMC standards at all speeds and
resolutions

SEGMENT 3
- High-speed differential board design basics
Interface Products - Signal conditioning principles and application
benefits
- Clock distribution with Multipoint LVDS
technology
- AC coupling for applications in need of
galvanic isolation
- Techniques for driving long distances with
cable drivers and equalizers
- Design tools

SEGMENT 4
- Achieve high signal integrity with optimum
Audio Products
SNR,THD and dynamic range
- Solve power amplifier headroom issues
- Learn techniques for scaling output power
- Solve design issues in portable applic ations

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Key Presenters

Domenico Granozio is an Application Engineer for Amplifier Products in Europe,

Domenico Granozio based at National Semiconductor's European Headquarters in Fürstenfeldbruck
near Munich, Germany. He joined National in 2005 working primarily on
high-speed and video amplifier applications.
Application Engineer
Amplifier Products Europe He holds the "Laurea" degree in Electronic engineering from the University
of Salerno, Italy. From June 2003 until June 2005, he has collaborated with
the Electrical Engineering Department, University of Salerno as a researcher.

Paul McCormack is a Senior Applications Engineer for Data Conversion Systems in

Paul McCormack
Senior Applications Engineer
Data Conversion Division Europe
Europe, based at National Semiconductor‘s European Headquarters in Fürstenfeld-
bruck. Paul has been with National’s data conversion systems division since 2001
working primarily on high-speed converter applications.
He holds a master‘s degree in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from the
Queens University of Belfast and has a keen interest in analog and micro-
electronics.

Jürgen Hauser is a Senior Applications Engineer for Audio Products in Europe,

Jürgen Hauser based at National Semiconductor's European Headquarters in Fürstenfeldbruck
near Munich, Germany.
Senior Applications Engineer Jürgen is working on applications in the fields of cellular handsets, high-end
Audio Products Europe consumer, professional and high performance Audio. Prior to joining National he
had been spezialized in designing and implementing complex audio solutions for 2.5G
and 3G mobile phones.

He holds a Master's degree in Electronics and Communications Technology from the

Technical University Graz/Austria.

Dr. Thomas Wirschem Dr. Wirschem is based in National Semiconductor’s European Headquarters in
Fürstenfeldbruck. He is responsible for the technical marketing of high-speed
Interface, Ethernet and Timing products.
Dr. Wirschem joined National in 1998. Prior to his assignment at National, he
Product Marketing Manager worked as a field application engineer for ATMEL covering the AVR and ARM based
Interface Division Europe controllers, programmable logic devices (FPGAs) and non-volatile memory product
families.
He holds a diploma in physics as well as a PhD from the Technical University in
Munich/Germany. The main topics of his PhD thesis were semiconductor physics
and optoelectronic interfaces.

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