Tags :Cadence Page 8

Filed under: PCB Layout and routing, PCB design, SPB, Allegro PCB Editor, Constraint Manager, via, PCB Editor, PCB, SPB 16.3, Allegro 16.3, \”PCB design\”, SPB16.3 Current design technologies require extremely tight matching requirements right down to the overall net topologies to ensure that any deviations in propagation delays are minimized. As a result, design guidelines call for matching the number of vias for a group of signals. The prior releases of Constraint Manager support a \”MAX_VIA_COUNT\” constraint which does not meet the needs of these new design requirements. The SPB16.3 Allegro PCB Editor constraint system now supports a method to check for an equal number of vias in addition to a \”maximum\” number of vias on a group of nets...

Cadence MMSIM Software Package [MCAD, ECAD, MCAE Tools]:Cadence MMSIM (v7.2) Multi-Mode Simulation ECAD suite that combines SPICE, FastSPICE, RF, and mixed-signal simulators For documentation, type: cdsdocproduct:Cadence MMSIM 7.20 linux Lanaguage:english Platform:Winxp/Win7 Size:1.98G

Cadence Encounter Test Version 9.1.100. Encounter Test provides full-function design for test (DFT) and automatic test pattern generation (ATPG) tools for logic design. Potential test problems are identified via ordered messages that enable Encounter Tests graphical analysis capability. Once a design is complete, the tools provide push-button ATPG that quickly delivers high test coverage for circuits ranging up to the largest in the industry. Starting Encounter Test and Diagnostics Encounter Test ships with execution shell scripts that can be used to invoke the Graphical User Interface. Once Encounter Test is installed, no other setup is required to start the process. product:Cadence Encounter Test 9.10 Linux Lanaguage:english Platform:Winxp/Win7 Size:1.13G

With the SPB16.3 release of AMS Simulator, several new cursor enhancements are available: * Setting cursor width and color * Placing cursors across multiple traces and plots * Exporting and copying cursor data * Dockable cursor window Read below to see these new features.Placing cursors across multiple traces and plots You can add cursors across multiple traces and plots. The cursor window displays values for the different traces. To apply the cursors to a different trace 1. Click in the cursor box to freeze the cursor locations on the current trace.2. After freezing the cursor locations, right-click on the new trace you want to apply the cursors. – or – 1. From the Trace menu, choose Cursor, then choose Freeze...

Circuit designSelectively automating non-critical aspects of custom IC design allows engineers to focus on precision-crafting their designs. Cadence® circuit design solutions enable fast and accurate entry of design concepts—which includes managing design intent in a way that flows naturally in the schematic—coupled with an advanced design environment that allows designers to visualize and understand the many interdependencies of an analog, RF, or mixed-signal design and their effects on circuit performance.Features/Benefits * Speeds common design entry tasks by 5x (GXL) * Enables adding design constraints to the schematic to maintain consistency and preserve the designer’s intent on critical pieces of the design * Eases the development of multiple tests over multiple conditions to validate a design’s performance against the target specification...

Cadence SPECCTRA for OrCADFor robust PCB interconnect routingCadence® SPECCTRA® for OrCAD® solves the challenges of complex interconnect routing withpowerful, automated technology. This robust, production-proven autorouter includes a batch routingmode with extensive user-defined routing strategy control as well as built-in automatic strategycapability. SPECCTRA for OrCAD achieves faster, more efficient routing using algorithms that lookat the design and draw from a library of proven strategies based on the design’s content. It thenconfigures and executes the router as required.An interactive routing environment, SPECCTRA for OrCAD features realtime interactive tracepushing and shoving aids to make quick manual edits to traces. An interactive placementenvironment with extensive floorplanning functionality and complete component placementfeatures eliminates the need to switch applications to make placement changes to optimize routing.By...

Cadence Encounter RTL Compiler 9.1 Linux allows engineers to look across the entire design as they employ concurrent optimization techniques, such as making tradeoffs among timing, area, and power. To maximize performance, decrease die size, reduce power consumption, and boost productivity, designers need a global synthesis solution that enables concurrent optimization of timing, area, and power. Encounter RTL Compiler, a key component of the Cadence Logic Design Team Solution, delivers production-proven global synthesis for faster, smaller, and low-power chips in less time. With its unique set of patented global-focus algorithms, combined with new physically-aware optimization and analysis, Encounter RTL Compiler cuts design time while ensuring the highest quality of silicon. Features/Benefits A well-balanced logic structure isolates critical paths and reduces power,...

Cadence Assura 4.10 Linux Physical Verification supports both interactive and batch operation modes with a single set of design rules. It uses hierarchical processing and multi-processing for fast, efficient identification and correction of design rule errors. Unique pattern-checking capabilities enable simple rule development and maintenance for hard-to-write rules. Assura Physical Verification incorporates advanced sub-65nm process parameter measurement, nanometer design rules for DFM, and process design rule checks. Assura Physical Verification reduces overall verification time because it incorporates a fast and intuitive debug capability integrated within the Virtuoso® custom design environment. It facilitates schematic-to-layout cross-probing and incorporates technologies that fix, extract, and compare errors. An interactive short locator accelerates recognition and fixing of shorts. Assura Physical Verification also offers plug-and-play integration...

Cadence  Incisive  Formal Verifier(IFV) allows design teams to start RTL block verification months earlier than when using traditional simulation-based techniques. Its formal, assertion-based approach and exhaustive analysis capabilities ensure verification quality by pinpointing the source of bugs and detecting the corner-case errors that other methods often miss. Incisive Formal Verifier integrates easily into established design and assertion-based verification flows through its support of industry-standard languages. Features/Benefits Speeds time to block design closure with early error detection, analysis, and debug Reduces risk of re-spin by finding bugs that other verification approaches miss Eases chip-level verification by delivering higher block-level verification quality Leverages the same assertions as Incisive simulation, acceleration, and emulation technologies Supports all industry-standard assertion formats, including SystemVerilog Assertions (SVA),...

Today\’s SPB 16.2 release is significant for the Cadence Allegro and OrCAD families of products, but more importantly, I think it brings a lot of new functionality for PCB designers. I will be talking about the improvements in this release over a few blog posts in coming days and weeks. First and foremost, we have added a Constraint Driven PCB Design Flow for build-up designs to accelerate miniaturization. As you know, customers in high-end consumer electronics market place, mobile phone makers, GPS navigation system makers have been dealing with miniaturization for quite some time now and have been using build-up process to fabricate PCBs. With smaller and smaller pin pitch BGAs being introduced — with 0.8 mm pin pitch or...