Benjamin Dannan

Benjamin Dannan

Founder and Chief Technologist at Signal Edge Solutions

Benjamin Dannan is the Founder and Chief Technologist at Signal Edge Solutions. Benjamin Dannan is an experienced signal and power integrity (SI/PI) design consultant developing advanced packaging solutions for high-performance ASICs, chiplets, and complex FPGA designs. He has expert-level proficiency with multiple test and measurement solutions, including oscilloscopes, vector network analyzers (VNA), Time Domain Reflectometers (TDRs), function generators, and EMC lab testing equipment.

He is a senior member of IEEE with a multi-faceted background that includes a wide range of professional engineering and military experiences. His engineering experience includes designing, developing, and launching production products, including ASICs, radars, fully autonomous robotic platforms, pan-tilt-zoom (PTZ) camera video systems, and ground combat vehicles. 

He is a specialist in signal and power integrity concepts, high-speed circuits, and multi-layered PCB design, as well as has multiple years of experience with EMC product development and certifications to support global product launches. Additionally, he has extensive experience with Chip-Package-PCB-VRM power delivery network (PDN) principles.

Benjamin holds a certification in cybersecurity, has a BSEE from Purdue University, a Master of Engineering in Electrical Engineering from The Pennsylvania State University, and graduated from the USAF Undergraduate Combat Systems Officer training school with an aeronautical rating. Benjamin is a trained Electronic Warfare Officer in the USAF with deployments on the EC-130J Commando Solo in Afghanistan and Iraq, totaling 47 combat missions, and a trained USAF Cyber Operations Officer. In addition, he was awarded the DesignCon 2025 Engineer of the Year, has co-authored multiple peer-reviewed journal publications, and has twice received the prestigious DesignCon Best Paper award, given to authors who are leading practitioners in semiconductor and electronic design.

Sessions
Tutorial – Calibrate It Right or Measure It Wrong! Master Class on 2-Port Impedance Measurement Calibration for PDN Components
Tuesday, February 24 2:00 PM - 4:30 PM Pacific Time (US & Canada)
Methods to Model & Measure Noise Mitigation with Embedded Capacitors in High-Current PDNs for AI & Cloud Compute Applications
Wednesday, February 25 9:00 AM - 9:45 AM Pacific Time (US & Canada)
Modeling & Measuring Large Signal PDN Crosstalk & Ground Bounce with a Multi-Phase VRM System Using a Fast Multi-Domain BGA Step Load
Wednesday, February 25 2:00 PM - 2:45 PM Pacific Time (US & Canada)
Beyond the LTI Barrier: Quantitative VRM Stability and PDN Optimization from Time-Domain Step Load Measurement
Wednesday, February 25 3:00 PM - 3:40 PM Pacific Time (US & Canada)
Panel – Advanced Packaging Technology
Thursday, February 26 4:00 PM - 5:15 PM Pacific Time (US & Canada)