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Last updated 8/8/08.

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Contents

• General
  Search Engines - EDA Discussion Groups - EDA Organizations
   
• Electronic Design Automation (EDA) Tool Providers
  Board Layouts - SI, PI & EMI - EMI/EMC Field Computation - Timing - Functional Verification -  Multiphysics Analysis - Math & Statistics - Process Mapping - Robust Design & DOE - Six Sigma & Quality - Reliability
   
• Analog Simulation Tool Providers
  SPICE - RF & Microwave - Fiber Optics
   
• Models & Model Generation
  IBIS - SPICE - Scattering Parameters - VHDL/Verilog - RTL - Parameter Conversions - TCAD - Packaging - Buried Capacitance
   
• EDA Information Resource Providers
  CAE - Concurrent Engineering - EMI/EMC - Packaging -
  TCAD & Device Physics - SOC - Signal Integrity - EMI - Standards - Magazines - Books
   
• EDA-Related Software & Knowledge Resources
  Virtual Test & Curve Fitting - Test & Measurement - Mixed Technology Systems - Thermal Analysis - Quality - Reliability - Robust Design
   
• Component Sources
  Semiconductor Suppliers - Passive Components & Connectors

General

Search Engines

• Google

• MetaCrawler

• Vivisimo Clustered Search Engine

EDA Discussion Groups & Email Reflectors

• SI-LIST (Signal Integrity Mailing List)

• IEEE EMC (Institute of Electrical & Electronic Engineers Electro-Magnetic Computability)

• IBIS (Input-Output Buffer Information Spec) User Group

• International Cadence User Group

• icu-pcb-forum@topica.com

• icu-pcb-forum-subscribe@topica.com

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EDA Organizations and Links:

• ASQ (American Society for Quality)

• EDA Consortium Working Groups

• EDA Consortium

• EIA (Electronic Industries Alliance)

• FDTD (Finite Difference Time Domain) Organization Home

• GIDEP (Government-Industry Data Exchange Program)

• IEC Home page

• IEC Integrated Circuit Electrical Model & Cookbook: draft proposal

• The Institution of Engineering and Technology

• IEEE (Institute of Electrical & Electronic Engineers)

• IEEE Council on Electronic Design Automation

• IPC (Institute for Interconnecting and Packaging Electronic Circuits)

• International Council for QFD (Quality Function Deployment)

• ITU (International Telecommunications Union)

• JEDEC (Joint Electron Devices Engineering Councils)

• JEITA (Japan Electronics and Information Technology Industries Association) Technical Standardization Committee (formerly EIAJ)

• QFD Institute

• Special Interest Group on Design Automation

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Electronic Design Automation (EDA) Tool Providers

EDA Board Layout & Similar Tasks (Primarily)

• Altium

• CAD Design Software

• CAD-Migos

• Denali

• Intercept Technology

• P-CAD (Accel)

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EDA SI/PI/EMI Software Providers

• From the University of Michigan EDA Tools Grouped by Function

• Agilent

• AnaSim

• Ansoft

• Applied Simulation Technology

• Cadence Design Systems

• Electronics Workbench - Interactive

• Mentor

• OEA International

• Signal Integrity Software, Inc.

• Sigrity

• SimLab

• SoftSim

• Synopsys

• Zeland

• Zuken

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EMI/EMC Simulation & Modeling (Primarily)

• Advanced EMC Solutions

• Andro Computational Solutions

• Bay Technology

• Computational Electromagnetics Links

• Computer Simulation (CST) Technology

• FLO-EMC

• IC-EMC freeware for simulating EMC of ICs

• EMI/EMC Freeware

• Integrated Engineering Software

• Maxwell HFSS

• OptEM Engineering, Inc.

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Timing Analysis: VHDL/Verilog

• Altera

• Cadence

• SynaptiCAD

• Synopsys

• Verilog.net Vendors

Functional Verification Tools

• Model Foundry Services

• nSys

Multiphysics Modeling & Simulation

• AnSys

• COMSOL

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Math, Statistics, Regression Analysis, Optimization, etc.

• Software-Guide.com

• Engineous

• IBM Research Visualization Data Explorer

• Mathematica

• MathCAD

• MatLab-SimuLink

• SYSTAT

• Waterloo Maple

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Process Mapping

• QPR

Robust Design, DOE, & Manufacturing

• American Supplier Institute

• CAD & DOE (Design Of Experiments)

• DOE by S-matrix

• DOE, etc., Software & Tapes

• RASSP (Rapid Prototyping of Application Specific Signal Processors)

• Valor DFA-DFM (Design For Assembly - Design For Manufacturing) Software

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Quality, Six Sigma, Statistical Process Control etc.

• ASQ iSixSigma

• PQ Systems

• QFD (Quality Function Deployment) Approach

• Qi²

• Quality America

• Six Sigma SPC

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Reliability

• DecisionPro Decision Tree Analysis

• Maintenance & Reliability Engineering

• RelCalc

• Relex MTBF (Mean Time Between Failures), etc., Analysis

• Also: http://www.mtbfanalysis.com/

• SEA, Inc.

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Analog Simulation Tool Providers

SPICE Simulation

• AIM-SPICE

• All Spice Stuff Web Page

• AMP Connector

• Antrim Design Systems

• AVX On-Line Software

• Berkeley SPICE If a password dialog box appears, just click OK.

• HSPICE

• IntuSoft

• McCAD

• MDSPICE

• MicroCap

• MultiSim Spice

• OrCAD/PSPICE

• SABER

• Spectrum (MicroCap)

• SPICE Simulation Web Links

• WinSpice

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RF & Microwave (Primarily)

• Agilent

• Ansoft

• Spectre

Fiber Optics

• Gigabit Ethernet Alliance

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Models & Model Generation

IBIS Models

• Cadence (Model Integrity)

• Clearbrook Technology

• Applied Simulation Technology

• ERL IBIS Project:

• IBIS Committee ANSI/EIA-656 IBIS Home Page

• IBIS Connector Spec Sub-Committee

• IBIS Cookbook

• IBIS Technical Support

• IBIS Tools

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SPICE Models

• Agilent EEsof

• Agilent IC-CAP

• AMP Connector

• Analog Devices

• Antrim Design Systems

• AVX Ceramics

• Cadence/OrCAD PSPICE

• Compact Model Council

• EKV Model Home Page

• Fairchild Semiconductor

• Infineon Technologies AG

• International Rectifier

• IntuSoft

• Maxim

• McCAD

• MicroCap

• National Semiconductor

• On Semiconductor

• PolyFET:

• Symmetry-Modpex:

• TDK

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Scattering Parameters

• American Technical Ceramics

• Infineon Technologies AG

• Maxim

• MilliLab

• Freescale (Motorola) Semiconductor Products

• On Semiconductor (Motorola)

• SSS Archive

• TDK Components

• Teccor

• Vitesse

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VHDL/Verilog

• EDA Industry Working Groups

• Cadence

• Free Model Foundry

• Interconnectix/Mentor Graphics

• ModelSim

• Synopsys

• VHDL & Verilog Merged -- See also:

RTL

• Model Foundry Services

Model Parameter Conversions

• Johnathan B. Deane's Personal Page

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TCAD Software

• e*ECAD

• Magma Design Automation

• Semiconductor Subway

• Silvaco

• Stanford TCAD

• Synopsys

• Tanner EDA (& microelectromechanical MEMS)

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Packaging

• Advanced Interconnect Technologies

• Amkor Technology

• Maxtek

Buried Capacitance

• Proto Engineering

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EDA Information Resource Providers

Computer Aided Engineering

• EDA Tools Cafe

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Concurrent Engineering

• CERA Journal

• Concurrent Engineering (CERC)

• LECL Homepage

• SAGE Publications

• Society of Concurrent Engineering

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EMI-EMC (ElectroMagnetic Interference & Control)

• Computational Electromagnetic Links at Clemson

• NARTE EMI/EMC Links

• High Frequency Sites

• Radioing eEngineer

• RF GlobalNet

• Spread Spectrum Scene

• Missouri University of Science & Technology EMC Lab

• Technical Library and Site Links

• TomaCorp

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Packaging

• Meeting of Electrical Performance of Electronic Packaging

• Hybricon

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Semiconductors, TCAD & Device Physics

• Center for Silicon System Implementation (CSSI / Carnegie-Mellon)

• Chip Center

• International Rectifier Application Training Guide

• Semiconductor Applet Service

• UC Berkeley Device Group

SOC

• SOCcentral

Signal Integrity

• EDA Tools for VLSI (Very Large Scale Integration)

• Free EDA Technical Papers

• PCI WebOpedia ZDNet

• VLSI. - CAD Tools

• Mayo Clinic SPPDG (Special Purpose Processor Development Group)

• MRC Institute (Microelectronics Research and Communications Institute)

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EMI

• Interference Technology (rbITEM) -- See also:

 Standards

• Compact Model Council

• IEEE Standards

• International Organization for Standardization (ISO)

• NIST (National Institute of Standards and Technology) - Electrical & Electronics Engineering Lab

• TIA/EIA (Telecommunications Industry Association - Electronics Industry Alliance) Standards

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EDA Magazine Publishers

• EDN Magazine

• EE Design

• EE Times

• IEEE Transactions & Journals

• Microwave Journal

• Microwaves & RF

• PCB007 online

• PCB Update online

• Photonics

• RF Design

• ZDNet

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EDA Book Publishers & Dealers

• AddALL

• Addison-Wesley & Benjamin Cummings

• Advanced Book Exchange

• Amazon.com

• Artech House

• Barnes & Noble

• Blackwell's Books

• Book Fair

• BookFinder.com

• MacMillan

• McGraw-Hill

• Op-Amp Technical Books

• Powell's Books

• Prentice-Hall

• John-Wiley & Sons

• Springer

• The World Wide Web Virtual Library: Publishers

• TechExpo

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EDA-Related Software & Knowledge Resources

Virtual Test & Curve Fitting Software

• IBM Data Explorer

• National Instruments

• Also: http://ni.com/design/eda.htm

• DataFit Curve Fitting

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Test & Measurement Companies:

• Agilent Technologies Test & Measurement (Was HP)

• Agilent IC-CAP

• Comtel

• LabView

• IBIS Accuracy Subcommittee

• Keithley Instruments

• LeCroy Test & Measurements

• Polar Instruments

• TDA Systems, Inc. (TDR measurements, instrument software drivers)

• Tektronix

• Also: http://www.tek.com/Measurement/other_tm/curve_tracers/home.html

• EMSCAN

• Detectus AB

• Wavecrest

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Mixed Technology Simulation (e.g., electromechanical-mechanical)

• SABER

• MSC Software

• MAST

• Parametric Technology

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Thermal Analysis

• FlowTherm

• Free mechanical engineering software

Quality

• Deming Network

• ISO 9000 Sites

• Also: http://www.qualitydigest.com/html/iso9000.html

• Juran Institute

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Reliability

• FMECA.com

• Reliability Engineering

• UMD Reliability Engineering

Robust Design

• American Supplier Institute

• Also: Publications

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Component Sources

Semiconductor Suppliers

• IC Suppliers

• Actel

• Aeroflex

• Agere Systems

• Altera

• AMCC (Applied Micro Circuits

• AMD (Advanced Micro Devices)

• AMI Semiconductors 

• Analog Devices

• Asiliant Technologies

• ATI Technologies

• Atmel Corp.

• Avago Technologies

• Broadcom

• Catalyst Semiconductor

• Cirrus Logic

• Conexant

• Cypress Semiconductor

• Ecliptek Corp.

• Elpida Memory

• Exar

• Fairchild Semiconductor

• Freescale Semiconductor

• Fujitsu Semiconductor

• GSI Technology

• Hifin

• Hynix Semiconductor

• IBM Microelectronics

• IDT (Integrated Device Technology)

• Infineon Technologies AG

• Integrated Circuit Systems

• ISSI (Integrated Silicon Solutions)

• Intel

• Intersil

• Lattice Semiconductor Corp

• Linear Technology

• LSI Logic

• Marvell Technology Group

• Maxim Integrated Products

• Micrel Semiconductor

• Micron Technology

• Mindspeed Technologies

• MOSAID Technologies

• Mosel Vitelic

• Music Semiconductors

• M-Systems

• Nanya Technology Corp

• National Semiconductor

• NEC Electronics

• NXP (Philips Semiconductor)

• On Semiconductor

• Oxford Semiconductor

• Pericom Semiconductor

• PLX Technology

• PMC-Sierra

• QuickLogic Corp

• Raltron

• Ramtron International Corp

• Renasas Technology

• Samsung Electronics

• Semtech

• Sharp Microelectronics of the Americas

• SiberCore Technologies

• Siemens

• Silego

• Silicon Storage Technology

• Smart Modular Technologies

• Sony Semiconductors

• Standard Microsystems Corp

• STMicroelectronics

• TI (Texas Instruments)

• Toshiba Products

• TranSwitch

• TriQuint

• Tundra Semiconductor

• VIA Technologies

• Vitesse Semiconductor 

• White Electronic Designs

• Winbond

• XiLinx

• Zarlink Semiconductor

• ZMD

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Passive Components & Connectors

• American Technical Ceramics

• California Micro Devices

• Cinch Connectors

• FCI-Berg Electronics

• Molex

• Robinson-Nugent

• Samtec

• Teradyne

• X2Y Capacitors

• Laird Technologies (shielding, Faraday shields, etc.)

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