Intercept Announces Enhancements to ADS Interface Functionality

ATLANTA, GA – May 19, 2015 – Intercept Technology Inc., a leading EDA software developer for PCB, RF and hybrid design solutions, today announced enhancements to the Keysight Technologies Advanced Design Systems (ADS) Board Link interface functionality within Pantheon. The ADS Board Link from Keysight Technologies is a next-generation printed circuit board integration solution for bi-directional transfer of layouts, schematics and libraries between ADS and enterprise PCB tools.

New Pantheon capabilities of the bi-directional ADS interface include the following:

• The ability to read in and view all Keysight ADS Board Link data within Pantheon, including both static and parametric component geometries from ADS Board Link.
• The ability to create complex parametric component geometries seamlessly, on-the-fly.
• The ability to correctly interpret formula-based variables such as width, length and other parameter values as needed.

Intercept’s advanced technology interface to the Keysight ADS Board Link allows users to import data from an XML file into the Mozaix schematic capture application; data may then be forward and back annotated to Pantheon for design layout and geometry creation as needed.  

“We are proud to provide users with an enhanced ADS Board Link interface for a more powerful EDA solution,” said Dale Hanzelka, Director of Sales and Marketing at Intercept. “Our leading-edge component geometry generation capabilities make the creation of complex shapes fast and easy.”