PCB Design Software & Tools
Addressing PCB Design Applications
PCB designs grow increasingly complex and challenging with each technological advance. Add globally dispersed design and manufacturing teams to the mix, and the collaboration hurdles make projects difficult at best. PCB design software helps companies meet market demands, facilitate global collaboration, accelerate time-to-market, increase profit margins, and optimize/improve PCB reliability.
FREE ONLINE TRIAL
Try HyperLynx PI in the Cloud
- Full working virtual copy of HyperLynx PI
- Access anytime, anywhere, from any web-connected computer
- 3 self-guided lab exercises get you started
You get 7-day access to a full, working virtual copy of HyperLynx PI.
Are your PCB design practices making money for you?
PCB design represents 31% of all product development costs. Using our six keys to PCB excellence, you can get your product to market faster while reducing costs. Learn more
June 14th, 2012. The Integrated Electrical Solutions Forum will deliver more than 40 information-packed sessions addressing design challenges and solutions in the automotive, truck, off-highway and military vehicle industries. IESF Detroit 2012
Learn More About PCB Design
PCB Innovative Technologies
Mentor Graphics offers an unrivaled portfolio of leading-edge PCB design technologies that provide real-world value in the world of High-Speed Design, Design for Manufacturing, Advanced Layout and Routing, and more. Learn More about PCB Innovative Technologies
PCB Design Tasks
Solutions for common PCB design tasks:
PCB Design Best Practices
How's your PCB performance? Hit your stride with our free online assessment. Use this FREE tool to assess your organization’s capabilities relative to the best-in-class. Use our assessment tool
PCB Design Flows
Expedition Enterprise
Designing a product requires more than just a great PCB layout tool – you need tightly integrated PCB design software. Expedition Enterprise provides this high level of integration, enabling all team members to work collaboratively and more efficiently.
PADS
PADS PCB design solutions are created for designers by designers. They cover the entire design flow, from design definition through signal integrity analysis, functional simulation, layout and outputs to manufacturing.
Board Station
The global business environment drives increasing pressure on Board Station® customers to stay competitive. As a result, companies need to get their products to market faster and improve productivity while designing more complex products.
White Papers
Understanding Via Effects
As the demand for fast computation and information transmission has increased dramatically in recent years, many designs have boards with signals operating in the multiple-Gbps range. Advanced memory designs... View White Paper
Modern IC Packaging
Modern IC packaging technologies, such as 3D-IC, drive the need for IC, package and system co-design tools and methodologies. View White Paper
Cross Design Team Interconnect Planning
John Park, Business Development Manager and Methodology Architect for Mentor’s System Design Division, discusses the growing interactions among IC, packaging and PCB design flows. View White Paper
Blogs
Need stitching vias?
When trying to design SERDES signals on board, designers often receive recommendations on placing stitching vias around differential signal vias of a channel. The purpose is to provide continuous return…View Blog Post
PADS Tips and Tricks: Pin Swapping
This tip comes from Bill Tkachuk in CSD.
Do you want to do pin swapping in a PADS Logic/PADS Layout flow? Take a look at Technote 575205 for the easy to follow steps to follow.
Jim
…View Blog Post
News and Press
- Mentor Graphics and AT&S Announce Embedded Component Package (ECP) Technology Partnership to Optimize PCB Design-Through-Manufacturing Flow (May 24, 2012)
- Professional Circuit Designs, Ltd. Standardizes on Mentor Graphics PCB Design-Through-Manufacturing Technologies for Design and Consulting Services (May 16, 2012)
- Mentor Graphics Announces PADS Release Targeting Design-for-Manufacturing (DFM) Analysis, High-Speed and Interactive Routing (Mar 6, 2012)
- Mentor Graphics Announces Major New Functionality in HyperLynx Release 8.2 (Jan 30, 2012)
- Fujitsu Semiconductor Standardizes on Mentor Graphics HyperLynx Signal Integrity Technology as LSI-PKG-PCB Co-Design Tool (Nov 29, 2011)