Mentor Graphics Updates PADS PCB Creation Platform

Mentor Graphics has updated its 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 sign-off, the company states.

The PADS AMS Design Suite is integrated with PADS AMS Cloud, PADS HyperLynx DRC and PADS HyperLynx DDR products for the PCB (printed circuit board) market. According to Mentor, the key benefits of PADS AMS are:

• 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.

Tools have also been integrated for DDR simulation and DRC validation.

“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,” said 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.”

For more information, visit Mentor Graphics.

Sources: Press materials received from the company and additional information gleaned from the company’s website.