Mentor Graphics
and Agilent Technologies
have announced a design tool to cut PCB design cycle times in half
and improve the quality of mixed-technology designs of RF circuits
on PCBs.
The product enables PCB mixed-signal designers to concurrently
design a PCB using Mentor's Expedition Enterprise or Board Station
XE flows and integrate it with Agilent's
Advanced Design System (ADS)
EDA
software for RF design and simulation.
"Designing these mixed-technology systems requires tight
integration of the physical layout environments and their
respective simulation tools to insure optimised performance and
short design cycle times," said Henry Potts, vice president and
general manager of Mentor's systems design division.
"Customers tell us they face delays in product development due
to a disconnect between RF design and simulation and PCB
implementation," said Jim McGillivary, vice president and general
manager with Agilent's EEsof EDA division. "We fully expect this
new integration to cut our customers' typical product development
cycle in half."
The RF design solution is now available as an option to Mentor's
Expedition Enterprise and Board Station XE flows, with prices
starting at approximately $9,000.