Mentor Graphics Updates HyperLynx

Mentor Graphics has updated HyperLynx to include simulation and analysis tools for printed circuit boards (PCBs).

The HyperLynx tool offers 2D/3D signal and power integrity analysis in a single application, with one GUI. Users can now simulate a critical SERDES channel and then switch to analysis of a large power net’s decoupling by simply selecting from a single new menu, the company states. The software is also able to produce simulations via a geometry extraction engine and advanced material modeling.

Having SERDES technology, the company states, lets users ensure signal and power structure geometries are passed; electromagnetic ports are formed, simulations are run; and S-parameters results are incorporated automatically into the time-domain simulations.

“This version of HyperLynx is the culmination of intensive investment by Mentor in its high-speed tools,” said A.J. Incorvaia, vice president and general manager of Mentor Graphics Systems Design Division. “HyperLynx has long been a widely used high-speed tool in the industry; now it’s become the most powerful and best integrated.”

For more information, visit Mentor Graphics.

Sources: Press materials received from the company and additional information gleaned from the company’s website.