Zuken Announces Enhanced Integration of Board Designer with Agilent Technologies Advanced Design System Software

Munich, Germany and Westford, MA, USA - Zuken, a leader in PCB Systems and IC Package design, today announces enhancements to its integration between Zuken’s Board Designer solution and Agilent Technologies Advanced Design System (ADS) software.

The improved integration between the tools creates a number of benefits, including allowing engineers to easily import net, component and pin names created in Board Designer into ADS, along with other geometries. This simplifies the process of finding target signals to simulate with Agilent’s EM tools, while also slashing the time it would normally take to complete this task.

“Our long collaboration with Zuken has benefitted our mutual customers by allowing our products to work well together. These new improvements make the integration even tighter,” said Todd Cutler, General Manager, Agilent EEsof EDA. “Combining the power of Zuken’s PCB design tools with Agilent’s industry-leading high-frequency analysis tools produces a more efficient design flow, resulting in better designs and shorter design cycles.”

"For more than 15 years we've been working closely with Agilent to deliver high-frequency design and analysis to our mutual customers, and we are pleased to make additional improvements to this solution,” said Kazuhiro Kariya, Chief Technology Officer at Zuken. “This enhanced integration will bring much smoother design and review processes for high-frequency PCB designers worldwide.”

Seamless integration

ADS, Agilent’s electronic design automation software for designing RF, microwave and high-speed digital applications, integrates seamlessly with CR-5000 Board Designer, Zuken’s market-leading solution for PCB and IC package design. The interface allows users to transfer physical routing structures and board material information from Board Designer to ADS. Once in ADS, engineers can use Agilent’s electromagnetic analysis tools, including Momentum and Finite Element Method simulators, to optimize the performance of their high-frequency circuits.

The newly enhanced interface is available with Zuken’s Board Designer version 14, part of the recently-released CR-5000 version 14 and the ADS 2012 release.

For more information, visit www.zuken.com/rfdesign.

About Agilent Advanced Design System

Agilent Advanced Design System (ADS) is the world's leading electronic design automation software for RF, microwave and high-speed digital applications. In a powerful and easy-to-use interface, ADS pioneers the most innovative and commercially successful technologies, such as X-parameters* and 3-D electromagnetic simulators, used by leading companies in wireless communications and networking as well as the aerospace and defense industries. For more information about Agilent ADS, visit www.agilent.com/find/eesof-ads.

*X-parameters is a trademark of Agilent Technologies. The X-parameter format and underlying equations are open and documented. For more information, visit www.agilent.com/find/eesof-x-parameters-info

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America

Amy Clements, Zuken USA Inc., 238 Littleton RD, STE 100, Westford, MA 01886

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Northern & Southern Europe

Sally Wilkes, Zuken Ltd., 1500 Aztec West, Almondsbury, Bristol, BS32 4RF, UK

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Central Europe

Petra Haberer, Zuken GmbH, Am Söldnermoos 17, 85399 Hallbergmoos, Deutschland

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About Zuken
Zuken is a global provider of leading-edge software and consulting services for electrical and electronic design and manufacturing. Founded in 1976, Zuken has the longest track record of technological innovation and financial stability in the electronic design automation (EDA) software industry. The company’s extensive experience, technological expertise and agility, combine to create world-class software solutions. Zuken’s transparent working practices and integrity in all aspects of business produce long-lasting and successful customer partnerships that make Zuken a reliable long-term business partner.

Zuken is focused on being a long-term innovation and growth partner. The security of choosing Zuken is further reinforced by the company’s people—the foundation of Zuken’s success. Coming from a wide range of industry sectors, specializing in many different disciplines and advanced technologies, Zuken’s people relate to and understand each company’s unique requirements. For more information about the company and its products, visit www.zuken.com.