Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research

Jds Uniphase Corporaton

Bart Owen McCoy

Erik S Daniel

Robert W Techentin

Daniel Schraufnagel

Salvatore Nicholas Storino

Stephen J Ames

Eugene E Distad

Michael Joseph Connell, Iii

A transmission line on a printed wiring board is tested and printed wiring board manufacturing variability is assessed. A response of the transmission line to a signal test pattern is measured. A network including a plurality of components connected by the transmission line is then simulated. The simulated network is based on the measured scattering parameters and virtual models representative of each of the components in the network. A system-level output response of the simulated network to a simulated input signal is analyzed, and the printed wiring board is characterized based on a comparison of the system-level output response to a printed wiring board performance metric threshold.

Link analysis compliance and calibration verification for automated printed wiring board test systems

A flex cable has a number of conductive wirings for electrically coupling electrical leads of an electrical component to a wiring board. The flex cable has a conductive tab for electrically coupling one of the conductive wirings to one of the leads. The flex cable is bendable to form an essentially horizontal portion and an essentially vertical portion. The conductive tab is disposed at a transition between the horizontal portion and the vertical portion.

Enhanced flex cable

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Rochester, MN, United States of America

Bart Owen McCoy