Cadence speeds RF printed-circuit-board design cycle with new allegro PCB technology

Microelectronics International

ISSN: 1356-5362

Article publication date: 31 July 2007

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(2007), "Cadence speeds RF printed-circuit-board design cycle with new allegro PCB technology", Microelectronics International, Vol. 24 No. 3. https://doi.org/10.1108/mi.2007.21824cab.003

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Emerald Group Publishing Limited

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Cadence speeds RF printed-circuit-board design cycle with new allegro PCB technology

Cadence speeds RF printed-circuit-board design cycle with new allegro PCB technology

Cadence Design Systems, Inc. has added printed circuit board (PCB) radio frequency (RF) technology and design methodology to the Cadencew Allegrow PCB Design XL and GXL offerings. These additional capabilities address the key challenges customers are facing when designing PCBs with high frequency and wireless design requirements. The new versions of the Allegro PCB Design offerings provide RF-aware technology, a front-to-back flow, and interfaces to simulation which help PCB designers achieve shorter, more predictable design cycles by better ensuring that RF circuits match design intent.

On today's designs, it is more likely than ever that mixed technologies such as analog, digital and RF share the same PCB. Since, tiny variations of the RF layout have a major impact on circuit performance, manual design techniques and workarounds are required to address RF-specific design challenges. Unfortunately, manual techniques are slow and prone to error. Such challenges abound in a variety of PCB markets, including consumer electronics, communications and wireless applications.

The suite of RF-aware capabilities, now available in Allegro PCB Design, include intelligent layout for parametrically creating and editing RF geometries, a flexible shape editor, and data-aware bi-directional IFF interfaces. Through bi-directional interfaces, RF circuits can be simulated and validated for signal quality and performance. The entire set of functionalities is vital to the successful physical design and implementation of RF circuits.

The new PCB-RF technology and design methodology will be available as an add-on option for Allegro PCB Design HDL XL and Allegro PCB Design HDL GXL offerings in the Allegro system interconnect design platform 16.0 release scheduled for customer shipment in June 2007.

For further information please contact: www.cadence.com

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