Panasonic Releases ALIVH Design Kit for Nexxim, HFSS and Ansoft Designer Targeting High-Speed HDMI Applications
April 16 2007 - 4:00PM
Business Wire
Panasonic and Ansoft Corporation (NASDAQ:ANST) have released a new
design kit for Any Layer Interstitial Via Hole (ALIVH) Board for
Nexxim�, HFSS� and Ansoft Designer�. The design kit can be used
together with Panasonic surface mount technology (SMT) components,
such as varistors and common mode noise filters. Engineers
designing high-performance HDMI signal lines can utilize this
design kit to ensure the signal quality of the digital signal
content. The kit is equipped with scalable differential and common
mode elements that can be applied in circuit- and system-level
simulations to produce realistic waveforms. �Panasonic is pleased
to complement Ansoft�s powerful simulation technologies with an
ALIVH Design Kit together with our most advanced surface mount
components,� said Mr. Naoto Okamura, group leader, Device
Application Center at Panasonic. �We look forward to expanding all
the possibilities with Ansoft for board design to extend the
library in the future to include LCR composites, noise suppression
components, baluns, SAW devices and power supplies to benefit our
mutual customers.� Panasonic�s ALIVH technology has several unique
features. Engineers can design circuit boards that are more compact
because via holes can be placed in all layers of the board. These
compact board designs allow engineers to add greater circuit
functionality due to the increased real estate and to shorten the
effective trace length for high-speed signal circuits, resulting in
greater performance. Lighter weight is achieved by applying
non-woven aramid reinforcement and via holes free of copper
plating. ALIVH board applications include portable communication
information terminal devices, such as cellular phones and PDA;
small-sized electronic equipment, such as digital video cameras;
and package substrate, such as multi-chip modules (MCMs). The
Panasonic ALIVH Design Kit is available in scalable form, allowing
users to modify board stack-ups to maximize the performance of
printed circuit boards based on the Panasonic ALIVH technology.
Panasonic ALIVH Board and device models are reputed for their
accuracy and robustness, and all extracted parasitic elements and
coupling have been verified to converge under all operating
conditions. The design kit is available from Panasonic�s Web site
(http://industrial.panasonic.com/i/library.html) and is easy to
download and configure for use within Nexxim and Ansoft Designer.
This site provides Ansoft customers with the ability to search for
components by name, performance data or other specification.
Panasonic will maintain model support and upgrades, while Ansoft
will address all customer support for Nexxim and Ansoft Designer.
ALIVH technology and the associated Ansoft Design Kit also will be
introduced in the Panasonic booth at Techno-Frontier, to be held at
the Makuhari Messe International Convention Complex in Japan from
April 18 to 20, 2007. To learn more about this event, visit
www.jma.or.jp/TF/en/index.html. For more information on this and
other design kits, visit
www.ansoft.com/ansoftdesigner/designkits.cfm. About Panasonic
Panasonic USA Inc. is the North American subsidiary of Panasonic
Co. Ltd., a multinational manufacturer of passive electronic
components, printed circuit board (PCB)-mounted DC/DC converters,
DC/AC drivers for flat panel display backlighting and optical
recording media. Panasonic USA operates sales and engineering
offices in Elgin, Illinois; component sales and support is provided
through a large network of electronics distributors. To learn more,
please visit www.panasonic.com. About Ansoft Ansoft is a leading
developer of high-performance electronic design automation (EDA)
software. Engineers use Ansoft software to design state-of-the-art
electronic products, such as cellular phones, Internet-access
devices, broadband networking components and systems, integrated
circuits (ICs), printed circuit boards (PCBs), automotive
electronic systems and power electronics. Ansoft markets its
products worldwide through its own direct sales force and has
comprehensive customer-support and training offices throughout
North America, Asia and Europe. To learn more, please visit
www.ansoft.com.
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