RTD Award: Phase I
Project Title: Design Automation for High-speed Electronic Systems
Research Partner: Xiaolin (Linda) Chen, Ph.D., School of Engineering and Computer Science, Washington State University Vancouver
Project Funding Began: January 2008
WSU Vancouver received $24,788 in Phase I Research and Technology Development funding from Washington Technology Center for the project titled "Design Automation for High-speed Electronic Systems."
Efficere Technologies, a creator of patented technology for high-performance electronics located in Vancouver, Washington, has teamed with researcher Xiaolin (Linda) Chen of the School of Engineering and Computer Science at Washington State University Vancouver to develop a software toolset that improves the electronic systems design process.
Technology trends toward higher speed and higher density devices have pushed high-performance electronic system design to its limits. In order to design high-performance systems with fast time-to-market, it is essential to be able to analyze a whole system or part of one at a fundamentally deeper level of physics. An automated circuit/electromagnetic (EM) analysis and simulation solution is critically important in improving design efficiency of high-speed systems.
In this Phase I project, Efficere Technologies and Dr. Chen will evaluate the feasibility and develop process integration tools that will provide seamless interoperability across a range of software tools such as electronics design automation layout editors, CAD geometry modelers and EM Solvers. The developed software toolset will streamline communication across these stand-alone tools, and provide an important missing link to the current design process of high-performance electronic systems.