Experts Converge for Ansoft's Sixth Annual HFSS Users Workshop
PITTSBURGH--March 4, 2003--Design experts from around the world came together last week in Los Angeles, California, for Ansoft Corporation's Sixth Annual HFSS(TM) Users Workshop, held February 20-21.The event featured several Ansoft and customer presentations outlining how HFSS can help shorten design-cycle time and optimize device performance. HFSS is industry-standard design-automation software that engineers use to analyze electromagnetic fields in microwave components and systems, integrated circuits, circuit boards, antennas and other high-frequency technology.
"I enjoyed the conference," said Greg Surbeck, a user-presenter from Ditrans Corporation. "I immediately went back to work and applied new techniques I learned there. It was time well spent."
Dr. Zoltan Cendes, Ansoft's Chairman and Chief Technology Officer, said, "I was impressed with the high quality of the user presentations. Our customers are using HFSS to address novel design issues well beyond the scope of what can be discovered with measurements alone. It is encouraging to see so many of our customers benefit from the exchange of ideas among each other."
Representatives from the following companies presented technical material at the workshop:
| -- | Tektronix: High-Speed Package Design with HFSS v9.0 |
| -- | Vitesse Semiconductor: HFSS Interconnect Models in High-Speed IC Design Flow |
| -- | Amkor Technology: Investigation of the Effects of Ground Vias, Solder Balls, and Wires in High-Speed Packages |
| -- | Intel: Interconnect, Packaging, and EMI Issues for Next-Generation Data Rates |
| -- | Ditrans: Design of a Custom PCB for RF Receiver System in Package (SiP) Test |
| -- | Kyocera America: Designing an X-Band T/R Module Package |
| -- | SLAC: Study of the Effect of High RF Magnetic Fields on Multi-Megawatt RF-Breakdown |
| -- | Raytheon: HFSS Design and Measurement Verification of a Variety of Antennas |
| -- | Motorola: Multi-Pitch, Broadband Helical Antenna Design |
| -- | Anaren Microwave: Temperature-Stable Design of Microwave Circulators using HFSS and Maxwell |
| -- | SLAC: Periodic Transmission Line Dipole Mode Study in RF Cavities for High-Energy Accelerators |
To download presentations from the event, go to www.ansoft.com/hfworkshop03.
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, power electronics, and fuel-cell technology. 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.