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Electronic Systems Design

Automated Electrical Design Rule Checking for Faster Time to Market – Part 2

In part one of this 2-part blog series, we examined how electrical Design Rule Checking (DRCs) uncovers violations that often...

Design with Calibre

Sometimes you just want less – Splitting IC layouts saves time and resources

By Dennis Joseph – Mentor, A Siemens Business One slice instead of the whole pizza. One single 1¼“ nail, not...

By Design With Calibre

Electronic Systems Design

Automated Electrical Design Rule Checking for Faster Time to Market - Part 1

In this two-part blog series, we’ll examine how electrical Design Rule Checking (DRC) uncovers often-undetected violations, leading to higher quality...

Electronic Systems Design

Flexing your muscle getting you down? Rigid-Flex PCB design brings a new set of design challenges.

Flexible circuits have been around for a long time. However, the ECAD industry has not spent much mind to it. ...

By Brent Klingforth

Design with Calibre

Packaging custom checks standardizes and simplifies reliability verification

By Hossam Sarhan, Mentor – A Siemens Business Using a packaged checks flow lets designers quickly select, configure and run...

By Design With Calibre

Design with Calibre

The power of innovation: Letting patterns create themselves with self-aligned multi-patterning

By David Abercrombie, Rehab Kotb Ali, Ahmed Hamed-Fatehy – Mentor, A Siemens Business Given the alignment control issues in traditional litho-etch...

By Design With Calibre

Electronic Systems Design

Reduce Design Time Using Routing Automation – Part 2

In part two of this 2-part blog series on intelligent routing, we examine more advanced routing automation such as sketch...

By Brent Klingforth

Electronic Systems Design

What’s New in PADS VX.2.5: Allowing Trace Loops

Most designs do not require loops. However, some design applications such as shielding signals and ground nets or power nets...

By Shivani Joshi

HLS Design & Verification Blog

EE Journal: Menta and Mentor Partner for High-Level Synthesis of Embedded FPGA IP

Excerpt from article: “Menta and Mentor Partner for High-Level Synthesis of Embedded FPGA IP“ Siemens EDA‘s Catapult™ HLS design tools...

By nileshthiagarajan