Appendix F

LIST OF WEBSITESFor modeling and simulation

Last Updated 1/2006

1.1 Introduction

A Word on the Links:

This document is a set of links to web sites that will assist you in finding resources for implementing EDA - Electronic Design Automation for hardware design and development. These links are chosen for because they bear on that mission. Real electronic parts and the objectives of manufacturing working products from them are involved along with the disciplines of quality, reliability, statistical analysis, etc. In this enterprise software and technical understanding are the enabling tools for success. Modeling and simulating the behavior of the parts and their circuits before during and after the hardware development is now a way of life. The ability to try many "what-if" scenarios very quickly and early in the development cycle in a virtual world is a critical competitive edge.

The web sites herein are grouped into categories. The web sites are primarily suppliers, consultants, trainers, universities and organizations affecting some aspect of the design and manufacture of electronic equipment. Very often, a given source is active in many aspects of this arena. For instance, a major EDA software vendor such as Cadence has resources for: · Modeling ICs and PWBs Simulating boards, ICs, systems

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and embedded systems in analog/RF, digital and mixed signal Consulting, instructional materials, training, and design services in the above And, so on. Sometimes a site (or sub-site) is listed in more than one category. The best advice is to browse a given site to see their current offerings.

This list of links and web pages becomes out-of-date even as it is updated. The web is a dynamic, ever-changing place. Pages, products, services, personalities, content, companies, and much more, is constantly being added, dropped and otherwise revamped as you surf this list.

This list will be infrequently updated. However, any information about changes or additions will be updated as expeditiously as possible. The list is not exhaustive. Rather, it's intended to provide a start into a given area of resources. Right now it's most useful in the areas of simulation, modeling and sourcing ICs to go on PWBs for high-speed digital design. The categories for grouping the links are as follows:

1. First, there are introductory groups covering web searching, discussion groups and EDA organizations come first.

2. Then, the web links herein are classified into three broad categories:

Sites primarily for obtaining software

Sites primarily for obtaining parts

Sites primarily for obtaining knowledge

The software group is split into, first; simulation engines, then, simulation models. Also, there are two miscellaneous groups: Software and equipment used to verify models and simulations. TRIZ, a disciplined way of encouraging creative thinking and problem solving. Lastly, there can be considerable category overlap within a given site. A given supplier may attempt to be very broad-based in their product and service offering.

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1.2 General

1.2.1 Web Search Engines:

Googlehttp://www.google.com

MetaCrawler http://www.go2net.com/search.html

Vivisimo Clustered Search Enginehttp://vivisimo.com/

1.2.2 EDA Discussion Groups & Email Reflectors:

SI-LIST (Signal Integrity Mailing List) si-list@freelists.orghttp://www.freelists.org/archives/si-list

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

http://www.ewh.ieee.org/soc/emcs/emc-pstc@majordomo.ieee.org

IBIS (Input-Output Buffer Information Spec) User Group http://www.eigroup.org/ibis/default.htm ibis@eda.org

International Cadence User Group http://www.cadenceusers.org/ icu-pcb-forum@topica.com icu-pcb-forum-subscribe@topica.com

1.2.3 EDA Organizations and Links:

ASQ (American Society for Quality) http://www.asq.org/

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Concurrent Engineering http://www.scpdnet.org/

EDA Consortium Working Groups http://www.eda.org/

EDA Consortium http://www.edac.org/

EIA (Electronic Industries Alliance) http://www.eia.org/

FDTD (Finite Difference Time Domain) Organization Home http://www.fdtd.org/

GIDEP (Government-Industry Data Exchange Program) http://www.gidep.org/

IEC Home pagehttp://www.iec.ch/index.html

IEC Integrated Circuit Electrical Model & Cookbook: draft proposalhttp://www.eigroup.org/ibis/specs.htm

IEE (Institute of Electrical Engineers, United Kingdom) http://www.iee.org.uk/

IEEE (Institute of Electrical & Electronic Engineers) http://www.ieee.org

IEEE Electromagnetic Compatibility Society http://www.emcs.org/

IPC (Institute for Interconnecting and Packaging Electronic Circuits) http://www.ipc.org/

International Council for QFD (Quality Function Deployment) http://www.icqfd.org/

ISO (International Organization for Standardization) http://www.iso.ch/iso/en/ISOOnline.openerpage

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ITU (International Telecommunications Union) http://www.itu.int/home/

JEDEC (Joint Electron Devices Engineering Councils) http://www.jedec.org/

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

http://tsc.jeita.or.jp/

QFD Institute http://www.qfdi.org

Special Interest Group on Design Automation http://www.sigda.org/

1.3 EDA SI-EMI Software

1.3.1 EDA Tools Grouped by Function

From the University of Michigan http://www.eecs.umich.edu/dco/ecad/ecad_tool_table.html

1.3.2 Signal Integrity & EMI

Advanced EMC Solutionshttp://www.aemcs.com/

Agilenthttp://eesof.tm.agilent.com/products/e8884a-a.html http://eesof.tm.agilent.com/index.html

AIM-SPICEhttp://www.aimspice.com/

All Spice Stuff Web Pagehttp://sss-mag.com/spice.html

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Altiumhttp://www.altium.com/

Amkor http://www.amkor.com/

Andro Computational Solutionshttp://www.androcs.com/frame_services.html

Ansoft http://www.ansoft.com/products/si/tpa/index.cfm

AnSyshttp://www.ansys.com/

Applied Simulation Technology http://www.apsimtech.com/

Bay Technologyhttp://www.bay-technology.com

Berkeley SPICEhttp://bwrc.eecs.berkeley.edu/Classes/IcBook/SPICE/

Cadence Design Systems http://www.cadence.com/ http://sourcelink.cadence.com/index.jhtml http://www.cadenceusers.org/

CAD Design Software http://www.cad-design.com/

Comtelhttp://www.comtel.com/

Computer Simulation Technology http://www.cst.de

Denali http://www.denalisoft.com/

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Eaglewarehttp://www.eagleware.com/

e*ECADhttp://www.eecad.com/

Electronics Workbench - Interactive http://www.interactiv.com/

EMCoShttp://www.emcos.com/

FLO-EMChttp://www.floemc.com/

Fujitsu Microelectronics Americahttp://www.fujitsumicro.com/

HSPICEhttp://www.synopsys.com/products/mixedsignal/hspice/

Integrated Engineering Softwarehttp://www.integratedsoft.com

Interactive (Electronics Workbench) http://www.interactiv.com/

Interactive Products Corphttp://www.interactive-products.com

Intercept Technology http://www.intercept.com

IntuSofthttp://www.intusoft.com

Magma Design Automationhttp://www.magma-da.com/c/@saAXEynp3_muw/Pages/index.html

Maxwell HFSShttp://consult.cern.ch/writeup/maxwell

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McCADhttp://www.McCAD.com/

MDSPICEhttp://www.zeland.com/mdspice.html

Mentor (formerly Interconnectix formerly VeriBest, etc.)http://www.mentorg.comhttp://www.mentor.com/products/pcb/product_eval.cfm

MultiSim Spicehttp://www.ultiboard.com/m_sim.html

OEA International http://www.oea.com/

OptEM Engineering, Inc.http://www.optem.com

Optimalhttp://www.optimalgrp.com/

OrCAD/PSPICEhttp://www.orcad.com/default.aspx http://www.orcad.com/download.orcaddemo.aspx

P-CAD (Accel) http://www.acceltech.com

Protel (Altium)http://www.protel.com/

PSPICE/Spectrehttp://www.cadence.com/products/custom_ic/spectrerf/index.aspx

Quantic EMChttp://www.quantic-emc.com/

SABER http://www.synopsys.com/products/mixedsignal/saber/saber.html

Signal Integrity Software, Inc.

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http://www.sisoft.com/

Sigrity http://www.sigrity.com/

SimLabhttp://www.simlab.de/

SoftSimhttp://www.softsim.com/

Sonnethttp://www.sonnetusa.com

Spectrum (MicroCap)http://www.spectrum-soft.com/

SuperMax ECAD (Mentor)http://www.dde-eda.com/

Synopsys http://www.synopsys.com/

Tanner EDA (& microelectromechanical MEMS) http://www.tanner.com/

Wavecresthttp://www.wavecrest.com/

WinSpicehttp://www.ousetech.co.uk/winspice2/

Zelandhttp://www.zeland.com/

Zuken http://www.zuken.com/

1.4 Timing Analysis: VHDL/Verilog

Altera

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http://users.ece.gatech.edu/~hamblen/ALTERA/altera.htm

Cadencehttp://www.cadence.com/

SynaptiCAD http://www.syncad.com/

Synopsys http://www.synopsys.com/

Verilog.net Vendors http://www.verilog.net/vendors.html

Zuken-Redac http://www.redac.co.uk

1.5 Analog Simulation Software

1.5.1 SPICE Simulation

AIM-SPICE http://www.aimspice.com/

AMP Connector http://www.amp.com/simulation/

Antrim Design Systems http://www.techonline.com/community/member_company/

non_member/1096

AVX On-Line Software http://www.avxcorp.com/SpiApps/default.asp

CAD-Migos http://www.cadmigos.com

Cadence/OrCAD - PSPICE http://www.orcadpcb.com/Default.asp?bc=F

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IntuSofthttp://www.intusoft.com/default.htm

McCADhttp://www.McCAD.com

MicroCap http://www.spectrum-soft.com/

Star-HSPICE http://www.synopsys.com/products/mixedsignal/hspice/

Teccor http://www.icelect.com/index-teccor.html

SPICE Simulation Web Linkshttp://www.penzar.com/links.htm

1.5.2 RF, Microwave & EMI

Advanced EMC Solutions http://www.aemcs.com/

Agilent EEsof http://eesof.tm.agilent.com/

Ansoft http://www.ansoft.com/thewave/

Bay Technology http://www.bay-technology.com

Computational Electromagnetics Links http://www.emclab.umr.edu/cemlinks.html

Eagleware http://www.eagleware.com/

Intercept Technology http://www.intercept.com/

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Maxwell HFSS http://consult.cern.ch/writeup/maxwell

OHIO Design Automation (PTC)http://www.ohio-da.com/

OptEM Engineering, Inc. http://www.optem.com

Quantic-EMChttp://www.quantic-emc.com/

Sigrity http://www.sigrity.com/

Sonnet http://www.sonnetusa.com

1.5.3 Fiber Optics

Gigabit Ethernet Alliance http://www.ethermanage.com/ethernet/gigabit.html

1.6 EDA Models and Model Generation

1.6.1 IBIS

Note: Links to semiconductor manufacturers who supply IBIS models are maintained at:

IBIS Committee Links to IBIS Model Suppliers http://www.eigroup.org/ibis/ibis%20table/models.htm

ANSI/EIA-656 IBIS Home Page:ibis@eda.org

Applied Simulation Technology

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http://www.apsimtech.com/products/IBIS-TK.htm

Electronic Design Organization (EDA)http://www.eda.org/fmf/wwwpages/IBIS_models.html

ERL IBIS Project:http://www.ece.ncsu.edu/erl/ibis/s2ibis3/s2ibis3.htm

IBIS Committeehttp://www.eda.org/pub/ibis/training/ftp://ftp.eda.org/pub/ibis/

IBIS Connector Spec Sub-Committee http://www.eda.org/pub/ibis/connector/

IBIS Cookbook http://www.eigroup.org/ibis/tools.htm

IBIS Technical Support http://www.eigroup.org/IBIS/support.htm

IBIS Tools http://www.eigroup.org/IBIS/tools.htm

Interconnectix/Mentor Graphics, formerly Zeelan Technologieshttp://www.mentorg.com/icx/modeling/ibis_modeling.html

Zeelan Technologies/ICX - Mentor: http://www.mentorg.com/icx/icx_models

Zuken http://www.zuken.com/

1.6.2 SPICE

Agilent EEsof http://eesof.tm.agilent.com/

AMP Connector

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http://www.amp.com/simulation/

Analog Deviceshttp://www.analog.com/

Antrim Design Systems http://www.techonline.com/community/member_company/

non_member/1096

AVX Ceramics http://www.avxcorp.com/SpiApps/default.asp

Cadence/OrCAD PSPICE http://www.orcad.com/pspicead.aspx

EKV Model Home Pagehttp://legwww.epfl.ch/ekv/

Fairchild Semiconductorhttp://www.fairchildsemi.com/

Infineon Technologies AG http://www.infineon.com/

International Rectifierhttp://www.irf.com/product-info/models/

IntuSofthttp://www.intusoft.com/cgi/regnow.exe?for=models.htm

Maximhttp://www.maxim-ic.com/TechSupport/spicemod.htm

McCADhttp://www.McCAD.com

MicroCap http://www.spectrum-soft.com/

National Semiconductorhttp://www.national.com/models/index.html

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NIST Working Group on Model Validation http://ray.eeel.nist.gov/modval.html

On Semiconductor http://www.onsemi.com/home/

PolyFET: http://www.polyfet.com/files.htm

Symmetry-Modpex:http://www.i-t.com/engsw/symm/modpex.htm

TDK http://www.component.tdk.com/

1.6.3 Scattering Parameter

Agilent IC-CAP http://eesof.tm.agilent.com/products/e8921a_tools.html

Agilent Technologies (use search engine)http://www.semiconductor.agilent.com/cgi-bin/morpheus/home/home.jsp

American Technical Ceramics http://www.atceramics.com/

Infineon Technologies AG http://www.infineon.com/

Maxim http://www.maxim-ic.com/TechSupport/sparameters.htm

MilliLabhttp://www.vtt.fi/MilliLab/pages/off_spar.htm

Freescale (Motorola) Semiconductor Products http://e-www.motorola.com/

On Semiconductor (Motorola)

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http://www.onsemi.com/home/

SSS Archive http://www.sss-mag.com/spara.html

TDK Componentshttp://www.component.tdk.com/

Vitessehttp://www.vitesse.com/

1.6.4 VHDL/Verilog

EDA Industry Working Groupshttp://www.eda.org/

Cadencehttp://www.cadence.com/

ModelSimhttp://www.model.com/

Synopsyshttp://www.synopsys.com

VHDL & Verilog Mergedhttp://vhdl.org/ http://www.accellera.org/

Zukenhttp://www.zuken.com/

1.6.5 Model Parameter Conversions

Johnathan 8. B. Deane's Personal Page http://www.ee.surrey.ac.uk/Personal/J.Deane/mat/mat.html

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1.6.6 TCAD Software

e*ECADhttp://www.eecad.com/

Semiconductor Subway http://www-mtl.mit.edu/semisubway/semisubway.html

Silvacohttp://www.silvaco.com

Stanford TCAD http://www-tcad.stanford.edu/tcad.html

Synopsys (Avant!)http://www.synopsys.com/

1.6.7 VHDL/VeriLog - ASIC – IC Behavioral

ModelSimhttp://www.model.com/

1.6.8 Packaging

Advanced Interconnect Technologieshttp://www.advancedinterconnect.com/

Amkor Technology http://www.amkor.com/

Maxtekhttp://www.maxtek.com/

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1.7 Knowledge Resources

1.7.1 Concurrent Engineering

CERA Journalhttp://www.cs.wpi.edu/~dcb/CERA/Jnl-descr.html

Concurrent Engineering (CERC) http://www.cerc.wvu.edu/

LECL Homepagehttp://www.eng.nus.edu.sg/LCEL/

SAGE Publicationshttp://www.sagepub.co.uk/journal.aspx?pid=105499

Society of Concurrent Engineering http://www.scpdnet.org/

1.7.2 EMIEMC (ElectroMagnetic Interference / Compatibility ElectroMagnetic)

EMC Links http://www.emclab.umr.edu/emclinks.html

EMI/EMC Links (NARTE)http://www.radioing.com/eengineer/links.html

High Frequency Sites http://www.hfs.e-technik.tu-muenchen.de/ext/d07/hf-sites.html Radioing eEngineerhttp://www.radioing.com/eengineer/

RF GlobalNet http://www.rfglobalnet.com/content/homepage/

Spread Spectrum Scene http://www.sss-mag.com/welcome.html

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UMR EMC Lab http://www.emclab.umr.edu/

Technical Library and Site Linkshttp://www.emctech.com.au/links.html

TomaCorphttp://tomacorp.com/em.html

1.7.3 Packaging

Meeting of Electrical Performance of Electronic Packaging http://www.epep.org/

Hybriconhttp://www.hybricon.com/EngWebsite/

1.7.4 Semiconductors, TCAD & Device Physics

Center for Silicon System Implementation (CSSI / Carnegie-Mellon) http://www.ece.cmu.edu/~cssi/

Chip Center http://www.chipcenter.com/eexpert/praeth/praeth005.html

International Rectifier Application Training Guide http://www.irf.com/technical-info/guide/semi.html

Semiconductor Applet Service http://jas.eng.buffalo.edu/

UC Berkeley Device Group http://www-device.eecs.berkeley.edu/

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1.7.5 Signal Integrity

EDA Tools for VLSI (Very Large Scale Integration) http://www.ece.utexas.edu/~mcdermot/eda_tools.htm

Free EDA Technical Papershttp://www.eg3.com/eda.htm

PCI WebOpedia ZDNet http://www.zdwebopedia.com/TERM/P/PCI.html

VLSI. - CAD Tools http://www-scf.usc.edu/~ee577/cad_tools.html

Mayo Clinic SPPDG (Special Purpose Processor Development Group) http://www.mayo.edu/sppdg/

sppdg_home_page.html#technology_transfer

MRC Institute (Microelectronics Research and Communications Institute)

http://www.mrc.uidaho.edu/

1.7.6 EMI

Computational Electromagnetic Linkshttp://www.emclab.umr.edu/cemlinks.html

Interference Technology (rbITEM)http://www.rbitem.comhttp://www.interferencetechnology.com/

1.7.7 Standards

Compact Model Councilhttp://www.eigroup.org/cmc/

International Organization for Standardization (ISO)http://www.iso.org/iso/en/ISOOnline.openerpage

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

http://www.eeel.nist.gov/

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

http://www.tiaonline.org/standards/search_n_order.cfm

1.7.8 EDA Magazine Publishers

EDN Magazine http://www.ednmag.com/

EE Design http://www.eedesign.com/

EE Times http://www.eetimes.com/

IEEE Transactions & Journals http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/periodicals.jsp

Microwave Journal http://www.mwjournal.com/

Photonics http://www.photonics.com/Spectra/NewProds/

RF Design http://industryclick.com/magazine.asp?magazineid=4&siteid=31

ZDNet http://www.zdnet.co.uk

1.7.9 EDA Book Publishers & Dealers

AddALLhttp://www.addall.com/

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Addison-Wesley & Benjamin Cummings http://www.awl.com/

Advanced Book Exchange http://www.abebooks.com/

Amazon.comhttp://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/subst/home/home.html/002-

2841688-4823012

Artech Househttp://www.artech-house.com/

Barnes & Noble http://www.barnesandnoble.com/bookstore.asp

Blackwell's Books http://www.blackwell.com/

Book Fairhttp://www.techexpo.com/cgi-techexpo/bookfair-srch.pl

BookFinder.comhttp://www.bookfinder.com/

Kluwer (Springer)http://www.wkap.nl/

MacMillanhttp://www.mcp.com/

McGraw-Hill http://www.mcgraw-hill.com/

Op-Amp Technical Bookshttp://www.opampbooks.com/

Powell's Books http://www.powells.com/

Prentice-Hallhttp://www.phptr.com/

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John-Wiley & Sonshttp://www.wiley.com/

The World Wide Web Virtual Library: Publishershttp://archive.comlab.ox.ac.uk/publishers.html

TechExpo http://www.techexpo.com/cgi-techexpo/bookfair-srch.pl

1.8 Miscellaneous

1.8.1 Virtual Test & Curve Fitting Software

IBM Data Explorerhttp://www.research.ibm.com/dx/

National Instruments http://www.ni.com/http://ni.com/design/eda.htm

DataFit Curve Fittinghttp://www.curvefitting.com/

1.8.2 Test & Measurement Companies:

Agilent Technologies Test & Measurement (Was HP)http://we.home.agilent.com/cgi-bin/bvpub/agilent/CIALandingPage/

cp_CIALanding.jsp?LANGUAGE_CODE=eng&COUNTRY_CODE=ZZ&NAV_ID=-11145.0.00

http://www.ate.agilent.com/ste/products/intelligent_test/parametric_test/Para_Tech_Oview.shtml

Agilent IC-CAP http://eesof.tm.agilent.com/docs/

LabView

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Using programmable power supplies, signal generators, oscilloscopes, etc., and a graphical PC interface, LabView from National Instruments creates a "virtual instrument" environment for measuring semiconductors, other devices, PCBs and systems:

http://sine.ni.com/apps/we/nioc.vp?cid=1381&lang=US

IBIS Accuracy Subcommittee http://www.vhdl.org/pub/ibis/accuracy/

Keithley Instruments http://www.keithley.com/

LeCroy Test & Measurementshttp://www.lecroy.com

Polar Instruments http://www.polar.co.uk/

Symmetry-Modpex:http://www.i-t.com/engsw/symm/modpex.htm

TDA Systems, Inc. (TDR measurements, instrument software drivers) http://www.tdasystems.com

Tektronixhttp://www.tek.comhttp://www.tek.com/Measurement/other_tm/curve_tracers/home.html

EMSCANhttp://www.emscan.com

Detectus ABhttp://www.detectus.se

1.8.3 Mixed Technology Simulation

(e.g., electromechanical, mechanical)

Avant! -SABER

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http://www.synopsys.com/products/mixedsignal/saber/saber.html

Easy5Xhttp://www.boeing.com/assocproducts/easy5/index.html MAST http://www.openmast.org/

Mechanical Dynamics http://www.adams.com/ Parametric Technology http://www.ptc.com/