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Analyze your PCB design with HyperLynx BoardSim in the PADS Professional Premium flow

After a board has been routed in PADS Professional Premium Layout, you have a critical opportunity to analyze your design…

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Why you should attend User2User – North America

This one-day Siemens EDA User Group Meeting at the Santa Clara Marriott on Thursday, April 13th is your opportunity to…

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PCB design best practices: design reuse

The next best practice in this pillar that I’m going to dive deeper into is design reuse. I can tell…

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DDR and AMS Simulation in the PADS Professional Premium flow

Analysis at every step of the design process has become essential in producing quality boards with less rerun time and…

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How to answer five common questions about power module current density

Power module current density is an important factor in determining the efficiency and performance of power modules. It can vary…

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PCB design best practices: concurrent design

The second PCB design best practice that falls into the engineering productivity and efficiency pillar is concurrent design. What is…

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What’s new in PADS Professional release VX.2.13

The new VX.2.13 release of PADS Professional has improvements for the following features in PADS Professional layout. Enhancements to the…

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What’s new in Xpedition Enterprise release VX.2.13

The new VX.2.13 release of Xpedition has improvements across three key areas: Layout, data management, and verification. Improvements in Layout…

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What’s new in HyperLynx release VX.2.13

The new VX.2.13 release of HyperLynx delivers state of the art simulation capabilities to mainstream designers by combining advanced modeling…