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.
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HyperLynx PI Wins DesignVision Award
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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
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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
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
Need to Save PCB Design Time? Winning in Electronics by Managing Printed Circuit Board Data
While all industries struggle with time-to-market pressures, this pressure is even more intense in the electronics industry. The speed at which technologies evolve and competitors either introduce new products... View White Paper
Designing Modern 3D Packages with Mixed Technology Content
We are faced with designing extremely high performing packages with mixed technology content such as high speed digital, analog, and RF. At the same time, the density requirements are forcing us to use... View White Paper
Blogs
Fabrication and Assembly Analysis?
Do it right the first time – we all first heard this from our parents as kids, and throughout our lives. It’s no different now in our work as electronic design professionals. Do more up front planning,…View Blog Post
Advanced tools mitigates risks with Embedded Passives (EP’s)
New technology is cool but… with most new processes there are risks to be managed.
Usually new technologies promises/offers higher design performance, lower product costs and or faster design turn around…View Blog Post
News and Press
- 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)
- Mentor Graphics Announces 23rd Annual PCB Technology Leadership Awards Program Winners (Nov 21, 2011)
- Mentor Graphics Focuses on Brazil PCB Electronics Design Industry with Special Portuguese Language Version of PADS (Sep 21, 2011)
- Mentor Graphics Signs AMDL as New Distributor in India (Sep 7, 2011)