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synchronized. Automated and customizable creation and
distribution of manufacturing data results in increased
quality, accuracy and design throughput. Data can be
output to manufacturing using the ODB++ format,
ensuring that all manufacturing data is included and
synchronized, and the design intent is maintained.
Additional CAM formats and reporting, including Gerber,
NC drill, and pick and place, are also supported.
Advanced and Emerging PCB Technologies
RF Circuit Design
RF circuits can be designed directly into your PCB layout
or you can transfer designs from Agilent and AWR tools
using the dynamic link, eliminating error prone translation
processes. PCB layout understands the RF circuitry, and is
not simply translating the design. Schematic entry and RF
circuit layout can be started in one
environment and continued in the other; the
dynamic link gives maximum flexibility. The
simulation, tuning, and optimization
capabilities of the RF simulation environment
are supplied by the RF simulator. The dynamic
link transfers the complete RF circuit intent to
the RF simulator. This is done by transferring
only what the RF simulator needs for a
successful simulation, not the entire circuit.
Embedded Passive/Active Design
Xpedition has automated creating layouts with
embedded passive/actives that used to take
weeks of manual effort. As ICs and FPGAs
increase in speed and density, they require
more passive components (resistors and capacitors) —
some may need several hundred. Implementing these as
embedded components versus discrete SMDs can
significantly reduce board sizes and improve performance.
A complete embedded solution is provided: trade-off
tools decide which components can be implemented as
embedded versus discrete based on board size and cost,
passive material choices, automatic synthesis driven by
material supplier’s libraries, and full manufacturing data
generation. Embedded active components can also be
utilized in your most advanced designs.
Automation
Automation provides customization capability to
automate specific and unique design processes for greater
efficiency. Extensibility within the design and layout
products, allows creation of custom functionality,
automation of repetitive tasks, and the ability to tailor the
flow to customer-specific use cases. The use of a wide
range of industry standard languages (VBscript, Jscript,
TCL, Java, VB6, C++, C#, VB.NET...) minimizes start-uptime
for company programmers and facilitates script reuse. As a
result, automation reduce errors, increases productivity,
increases the performance, quality, and reliability of the
design, decreases the cost of the design, and decreases
time to market (and time to profit).
Advanced Packaging
Typically, die level packaging design is done in a separate
tool, but with Xpedition, embedding die level packaging
into your layout using wire bonding technology is
available within the same integrated database. Advanced
constraint definitions for cavity design, chip-on-board, and
multi- and stacked-dies are maintained in the integrated
constraint manager. Ease-of-use wizards are provided to
create advanced die bond patterns, and wire bonds can
be validated for DRC errors using 3D visualization.
With the RF design tool, RF shapes are defined and placed from the
schematic, and meanders can be added at any time.
3D visualization with DRC validation of wire bond and cavity designs improves the
quality in advanced packaging applications.
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