MEMS design package checks rules as you go

Edited by the Electronicstalk editorial team Apr 19, 2005

L-Edit MEMS Design is the new flagship micro-electromechanical systems design package from Tanner EDA.

L-Edit MEMS Design is the new flagship micro-electromechanical systems design package from Tanner EDA.

L-Edit MEMS Design adds all-angle design rule checking (DRC) capabilities to the company's L-Edit MEMS software, improving design quality and reducing time to market.

With online DRC, users can now find out instantly if their design violates rules for standard or custom fabrication processes.

As designers create more system-on-chip configurations requiring the incorporation of electrical and mechanical devices on the same chip, the design methodologies for the two are starting to converge.

They therefore need tools specifically made to handle MEMS and IC design simultaneously.

L-Edit MEMS Design is the only product available today that can do this while giving them immediate verification of design integrity on-the-fly.

All-angle DRC means that, for example, a designer can check for minimum spacing between any type of polygonal object on various layers.

Any violations are highlighted the instant they are made.

Also, the user can easily create customised DRC rules to meet proprietary MEMS fabrication processes.

Development and maintenance of technology files is easily manageable through a series of design setup dialogue boxes.

This is very important in design environments where the process is rapidly evolving, and the designer is also responsible for maintaining a technology files database.

L-Edit MEMS Design is available now.