WILSONVILLE, Ore., July 11, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Mentor
Graphics Corporation (NASDAQ: MENT) today announced the latest
additions to the PADS® PCB Product Creation Platform. New
analog/mixed-signal (AMS) and high-speed analysis products address
engineering challenges associated with mixed-signal design, DDR
implementation, and electrically-correct design signoff. Tightly
integrated and highly affordable, the new PADS AMS Design Suite,
PADS AMS Cloud, PADS HyperLynx® DRC, and PADS HyperLynx DDR
products streamline the design process and ensure circuit
performance goals are met, reducing the need for prototypes and
design re-spins. Combined with the recently announced PADS
HyperLynx® DC Drop and PADS FloTHERM® XT products for power
integrity and thermal analysis, the extended PADS Product Creation
Platform gives engineers access to technologies that were formerly
out of reach for the mainstream PCB market.
![The new PADS Product Creation Platform from Mentor Graphics includes an analog/mixed signal (AMS) cloud-based circuit exploration and simulation environment, and user community, free to all PADS customers. Users can create and share analog, mixed-signal, and mixed- technology designs online in a collaborative environment to share, publish, and download designs and models. The new PADS Product Creation Platform from Mentor Graphics includes an analog/mixed signal (AMS) cloud-based circuit exploration and simulation environment, and user community, free to all PADS customers. Users can create and share analog, mixed-signal, and mixed- technology designs online in a collaborative environment to share, publish, and download designs and models.](https://photos.prnewswire.com/prnvar/20160707/387305)
"Our products are becoming more challenging to develop due to
higher-end requirements," said Joel
Libove, Ph.D. and president of Furaxa, Inc. "The new
PADS products give us access to essential simulation technologies
that enable us to produce products at higher complexity, ensuring
we can deliver on our commitments to the market in terms of
function, price, and delivery."
Analog/Mixed Signal Design
The vast majority of
today's electronic products contain analog content which must be
designed and validated in the context of the overall system, making
analog/mixed signal simulation critical for product creation. To
address this need, the new PADS AMS Cloud – which is a cloud-based
circuit exploration/simulation environment and user community – is
available FREE for all PADS users. Users from all levels of
expertise can create and share analog, mixed-signal, and
mixed-technology designs in an online, collaborative environment
where designs and models can be published or downloaded. A unique
benefit for PADS customers: circuit designs created in PADS AMS
Cloud can be transferred to the PADS AMS Design Suite desktop
environment, eliminating the need to manually recreate circuits to
perform advanced analysis and drive the PCB design flow. PADS AMS
Cloud may be found at www.pads.com/amscloud
An industry-unique offering, the PADS AMS Design Suite is truly
a complete design creation solution that empowers engineers to
design and simulate analog/mixed-signal (AMS) and digital in one
environment. Within one schematic session, both analog
circuit simulation leveraging the power and flexibility of
VHDL-AMS, (an IEEE standard, along with a powerful SPICE-based
simulation engine), and topology exploration with the HyperLynx
tool can be performed. Beyond common core AMS simulation analysis
(DC Bias, time-domain, and frequency-domain simulations) additional
extended analysis capabilities are included as standard, such as
multi-run parametric sweeps, sensitivity, Monte Carlo, and Worst Case analysis to
address specific engineering needs.
Key benefits of PADS Analog/Mixed Signal
Design:
- Schematic design (including component data management,
constraint definition, and variant capability), analog circuit
simulation, and PADS HyperLynx pre-layout analysis all in a single
environment.
- Seamless and accurate representation of both electronic and
electromechanical elements of a circuit.
- Core capabilities for circuit verification and optimization
against real-world variability.
DDR Simulation
DDR memory has become commonplace
across the spectrum of electronics designs and is now found in the
mainstream markets. By extending the PADS Product Creation Platform
to include integrated DDR simulation, the new PADS HyperLynx DDR
option allows engineers to quickly identify and solve signal
integrity (SI) and timing issues specific to DDRx designs in an
easy-to-use and affordable environment.
Key capabilities:
- Identifying and resolving SI impairments
(overshooting/undershooting, ringing) and timing issues
(set-up/hold, de-rating, skew, data bus margins).
- Easy setup, automated whole-bus simulation, and consolidated
results reporting with DDR Wizard.
- Streamlined summary pass/fail judgment on entire
interfaces.
- HTML-based reporting which provides design documentation and
Web-based publication of results.
Electrical DRC, Validation, and Sign-off
Now
available for the mainstream PCB design market, the PADS HyperLynx
DRC tool accelerates the electrical sign-off process by allowing
engineers to perform electrical rules checks and identify
violations that will affect the design integrity and performance of
the board. With pre-defined rules, issues such as traces crossing
voids and traces changing reference planes can be quickly
identified even on the largest designs. Integrated electrical DRC
technology enables engineers to be confident that their PCB designs
are electrically correct before hand-off to manufacturing.
Key capabilities:
- Fast and easy time to results with a rules-based approach to
identify non-CAD constraints.
- Out-of-the-box checks for EMI, signal integrity, and power
integrity.
- Visual results, easy identification of violations integrated
with the PADS PCB product.
"PCB engineering challenges are as profound at the mainstream
level as they are at the enterprise level, and Mentor's mission is
to provide competitive advantage to our customers in tacking the
most complex designs," stated AJ Incorvaia, vice president and
general manager of Mentor Graphics Board Systems Division. "By
bolstering our PADS product creation platform with analog/mixed
signal, DDRx, and DRC analysis, plus our recent electronics cooling
and DC voltage drop tools, electrical engineers can now access
technologies that were out-of-reach for the mainstream PCB market.
PADS empowers customers to design complex products, from concept
through manufacturing, with great confidence."
Product Availability
The new PADS release with PADS
AMS, PADS DRC and PADS DDR analysis options range from $3,560 (USD) to $4,995 (USD). For additional information on the
PADS Product Creation Platform and these new options, go to
www.pads.com. To contact a Mentor Graphics sales representative,
call 1-800-547-3000.
About Mentor Graphics
Mentor Graphics Corporation
(NASDAQ: MENT) is a world leader in electronic hardware and
software design solutions, providing products, consulting services
and award-winning support for the world's most successful
electronic, semiconductor and systems companies. Established in
1981, the company reported revenues in the last fiscal year of
approximately $1.18 billion.
Corporate headquarters are located at 8005 S.W. Boeckman Road,
Wilsonville, Oregon 97070-7777.
World Wide Web site: http://www.mentor.com/.
(Mentor Graphics, Mentor, PADS, HyperLynx and FloTHERM are
registered trademarks of Mentor Graphics Corporation. All other
company or product names are the registered trademarks or
trademarks of their respective owners.)
For more information,
please contact:
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Larry Toda
Mentor
Graphics
503.685.1664
larry_toda@mentor.com
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