Design Burnout??

Now… stop worrying about deadlines, design reworks and automating the physical layout.

You can fully automate the physical layout of all PCB technologies with the EPD Master PCB Designer!:

- Schematic - PCB (Analog/Digital) - RF (Microwave/Wireless/Digital) - Flex (Polyimide) - Hybrid / MCM   (Laminate/Co-fired Ceramic/Thick Film/Thin Film, LTCC)

  

CDS's EDA software is built on a modern updated platform, where the code is continually updated and optimized, meaning that the latest technologies are always supported or implemented quickly.

See below for an overview of the many technologies and features included in the EPD Master PCB Designer Suite.  Or, select from the technologies or features at the right for detailed descriptions.

 

PCB layout: - Large, parametrically controlled parts library through which an infinite number of components can be constructed - A dedicated suite of utilities allows construction of custom components with any imaginable geometry - Hierarchical Design Rule Checker (DRC) works in batch mode or in real time - Advanced routing tools including manual, interactive, and fully automatic modes - Custom entity system for customer-specific requirements More...

Schematic Design: - Schematic driven design rules - Symbols and attributes can be loaded from a database - Powerful library system for custom symbols Bi-directional schematic links to simulation tools such as ADS and MWO More...

Hybrid / MCM layout: - Automatic, parameter-driven pad layout diagrams - On the fly bare die assembly routing and manipulation - Support for Laminate, Co-fired Ceramic (including LTCC), Thick Film, and Thin Film constructions - Hybrid vias with Via Fill, Dielectric openings, and stair stepped configurations - Dielectric patch crossover options More...

RF layout: - Powerful boundary based geometry, or “anyshape” nets - Support for true RF miters and fillets with true arcs - Manual and automatic features for matched lengths, differential pairs, etc. - Automatic length tuning and matching More...

Flex layout: - Automatic and progressive teardrops Automatic Custom coverlayer openings - Timesaving utilities, such as automatic and progressive trace filleting More...

Simulation links available: - Agilent Technologies - Advanced Design System - Applied Wave Research - Microwave Office - Sonnet - Sonnet Suite - Computer Simulation Technology - Microwave Studio - Applied Simulation Technology - ApSim RLGC - Ansoft - HFSS, Maxwell, and Turbo Package Analyzer More...

Manufacturing and Artwork outputs: - Automatic soldermask openings - Automatic silkscreen generation and positioning - Automatic assembly drawings - ODB output for verification (add-on) - Automatic equipment outputs to wirebond, pick and place, and epoxy dispense machines (Contact CDS to find out which machines are currently supported) - True 3D solid creation, with exports to all popular MCAD systems through ACIS, IGES, STEP, DWG, DXF, and 3DS formats - Powerful Gerber output (274-D and 274-X) direct from the database - GDS II Stream Files