John Calvin

John Calvin is a Strategic Planner and Datacom Technology Lead for Keysight Technologies. John has been bridging the measurement science gaps of emerging telecom and datacom development efforts for 20 years. He has chaired multiple physical layer interoperability working groups and is currently serving as a contributing member to IEEE 802.3, OIF-CEI, InfiniBand, and PCIe development efforts. John holds a BSEE from Washington State University, and his graduate level studies are in signal processing from Stanford University.

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Are 1.0 mm Precision RF Connectors Required for 224 Gbps PAM4 Verification?

DesignCon 2024 Best Paper Award Winner

This paper, awarded the Best Paper Award at DesignCon 2024, explores what is meant by bandwidth during the standardization process, the implications of test and verification attached to certain bandwidth requirements, as well as differences between acquisition range, band limited filters, and s-parameters for time domain processing. 


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