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HDT Italia s.r.l.

PRESENTATION

Mariateresa COSSO

H.D.T. Italia s.r.l.

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HDT Italia s.r.l.

High Design Technology

Headquarters TORINO (ITALY)

Corso Trapani, 16

Tel. ++39.011.746104

Fax. ++39.011.748109

E-mail:mkt@edm-hdt.it

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HDT Italia s.r.l.

• Founded in 1990 with the aim to develope

and market high-performance EDA tools

• Focused on:

– signal integrity

– hardware modelling

– design&validation of digital systems

– EMC/EMI issues

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• Consulting&services on :

– signal integrity and EMC/EMI evaluation ( PCB to system )

– modeling

– specific customer needs

– definition of design&qualification methodologies

– test&measurement

– software customization

HDT Italia s.r.l.

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• SPRINT: Simulation Program of Response of

Integrated Network Transients

• SIGHTS: Standard Interface for Graphic Handling of Transient Signals

• TEMA: Transverse ElectroMagnetic Analysis

HDT Italia s.r.l.

Products

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• PRESTO: Post-layout Rapid Exhaustive Simulation

and Test of Operation

• EmiR: Emission Radiated

• EmiR_Cable: Emission Radiated from a PCB with

an attached cable

HDT Italia s.r.l.

Products

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• TEMPO: Tool for Electrical Multiple-Performance

Optimisation

• MOD_ENV: Modeling Environment

• IBIS_ENV: Ibis to PRESTO translator

HDT Italia s.r.l.

Products

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HDT Italia s.r.l.

Application Domain • Signal Integrity investigation

– efficient handling of huge number of transmission lines

– simultaneous analysis of transmission, crosstalk and switching noise issues

• High-speed and complex system design&validation

• MCM, PCB, Backplane, Interconnection layout check

• EMC/EMI analysis

• Hardware quality verification

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HDT Italia s.r.l.

Application Market • Telecom

• Computer

• Automotive

• Aerospace

• Automatic Test Equipment

• Measurement

• Biomedical

• Consumer Electronics

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HDT Italia s.r.l.

Technologies supported

• PCB

• MCM

• Hybrid

Interconnect levels • multiboards

• backplane

• LANS

• entire apparatus

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HDT Italia s.r.l.

Platforms supported

• HP 9000/700 Series

• Sun SPARC Series

• Windows NT

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HDT Italia s.r.l.

Installations

• Aet

• Alenia

• Cselt

• Italtel

• Magneti Marelli

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HDT Italia s.r.l.

Installations (con’t)

• Telecom Italia

• Acf

• Aerospatiale

• Alcatel

• Thomson

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HDT Italia s.r.l.

Installations (con’t)

• Politecnico di Torino

• Università di Ancona, Roma, L’Aquila

• University of Budapest, Grenoble,Lille

• University of Patrasso

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HDT Italia s.r.l.

Collaborations

• Major EDA vendors:

»Zuken-Redac distribution agreement

• Hewlett Packard:

»partner in customization solutions (THRIS)

»technical papers

»third party

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HDT Italia s.r.l.

Collaborations (con’t)

• Pentatron:

»EMC/EMI measurement collaboration

• SINFOR:

»customer support service

• ON DEMAND EDA:

»distribution agreement

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HDT Italia s.r.l.

Collaborations (con’t)

• Research centers:

»CSELT inside of THRIS product (telecom

market)

»COREP

»ITALTEL in EMC/EMI

»SAGAX

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HDT Italia s.r.l.

Collaborations (con’t)

• University research&thesis:

»Politecnico di Torino, di Milano

»Università di Ancona, L’Aquila, Roma

»University of Grenoble (Prof. Chilo, Prof

Roudet)

»University of Lille (Prof. Demoulin)

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HDT Italia s.r.l.

• ESPRIT Microelectronics Special Action:

»Corep, Universita’ di Genova and Pavia

• EUROPRACTICE Training Courses:

»EMC/EMI design for Printed Circuit Boards

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HDT Italia s.r.l.

• ESPRIT ESD Projects:

»EMCLO: EMC Design Methodologies for PCB

Layout Optimisation

»MERITA:Methodology to Evaluate Radiation in

Information Technology Application

»OMEGA:Optimisation of Multiboard Systems

under EMC Guidelines for Avionics

»RISIP:Radiated Immunity in 3-D simulation for

Industrial Processes

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HDT Italia s.r.l.

• Proposal submitted to 5th Framework

Programme:

»CREST:Component Radiated

Electromagnetic modelling STandard

»HOMERES: Highly Optimised

Electromagnetic Radiated Emission

Simulator