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Upcoming Events|Past Events

Here you'll find information about OptEM's upcoming and past events, access to software technical support, links to download technical papers, and links to other resource information we find interesting and helpful.

Upcoming Events

Trade Shows

DAC: June 3-5, 2013- OptEM will be exhibiting in booth1840at the 50th Design Automation Conference in Austin, TX, USA. The DAC is the premier conference and tradeshow covering the latest trends in electronic design and design automation (EDA). This year's DAC is "Kicking it up in Austin" celebrating 50 years of innovation in EDA! Please join us in the celebration and come see our latest release ofOptEM Inspectora layout-to-circuit device and interconnect RC and substrate extraction of deep submicron analog, digital and mixed-ICs.

IWCS: November 11-13, 2013- OptEM will be exhibiting in booth207at the International Cable-Connectivity Symposium (formerly the International Wire & Cable Symposium) in Charlotte, NC, USA. The IWCS is the world's premier venue for the presentation of new and original wire and cable industry technologies and trends. OptEM will demonstrateOptEM Cable Designera software tool used for accurate modeling and analysis of high-performance multi-conductor shielded and unshielded twisted-pair, quad, ribbon, subsea umbilical and specialty cables, as well as flex circuits from DC to 10 GHz.

Training

OptEM Cable Designer software training - see ourschedulefor the next 2-day training course nearest you. Don't see a scheduled course that's convenient for you? Pleasecontact usand we'll see what we can arrange.

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Past Events

WAI April 2013

OptEM presented a paper entitled "Optimizing Shielded Pair Manufacturing" at the Interwire Trade Exposition, 83rd WAI Annual Convention in Atlanta, GA, USA. The paper examines a method for estimating the expected tolerance of cable propagation properties based on available manufacturing tolerances and calculated sensitivities. For more information please review the paperabstract.

The Wire Association International(WAI)Inc. is a worldwide technical society for wire and cable industry professionals governed by volunteers from around the world.Interwireis an international trade event that includes exhibitors, speakers and attendees working in a variety of industries including automotive, construction, aerospace, transportation, communication, among others.

IWCS November 2012
OptEM at the IWCS

OptEM showcased itsOptEM Cable Designersoftware tool used for designing and simulating the performance of all types of copper cables, and presented a technical paper entitled "Sensitivity Analysis of Shielded Cables" at the International Wire & Cable Symposium in Providence, RI, USA. The paper demonstrates that higher impedance cables are less sensitive to all dimensional parameters and can be manufactured with higher manufacturing tolerances at lower costs. For more information please review the paperabstract.

DAC June 2012
OptEM at the DAC

OptEM presented theOptEM Inspectorsoftware at the Design Automation Conference in San Francisco, CA, USA. TheDACis the world's leading conference and tradeshow covering the latest trends in electronic design and design automation. OptEM Inspector is a software tool used for layout-to-circuit device and interconnect RC and substrate extraction of deep submicron analog, digital and mixed-ICs.

Software Release

October 2010 - Release of OptEM Cable Designer version 6.5.0 with new Advisor Modules:

  • Pair Advisor - iteratively calculates conductor and insulate diameters which fulfill a selected standard using assigned design properties for a shielded or unshielded pair.
  • Lay Length Advisor - calculates the lay lengths of a four-pair cable based on assigned design properties and ratios between NEXT resonance frequency and the maximum frequency for diagonal and side-by-side pairs.
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