Paragon-SM 20 laser direct imager reportedly has positioning accuracy of ±12 µm. Includes a range of dynamic imaging modes to meet production demands. Has depth-of-focus of ±300 μm, user-friendly and intuitive GUI, is is said to connect seamlessly to CAM.

Orbotech, www.orbotech.com

Advanced Screen-Printing Technology uses special silver inks and related materials that include substrates and insulating materials to produce silver traces down to 30 μm lines and spaces for double and multilayer circuits with 80 μm vias. Conductivity reportedly is one order higher compared to traditional thick-film circuits. Traces are solderable. Accommodates embedded passives and EL-based optical components too.

DKN Research, www.dknresearch.com

BoardView software extends CAD navigation and circuit debug from ICs to PCBs and multichip modules. Integrates IC and PCB circuit debug with online signal trace and CAD navigation. Can trace signals on the PCB from chips to board and back again, and then navigate failure analysis tools to X, Y locations to determine the cause of the fault. Leverages Camelot technology. Reads industry-standard PCB and chip layout formats and displays them graphically. Formats supported include OASIS, Virtuoso, Gerber, GDSII and AutoCAD drawing exchange format. Chip layouts are loaded from the Camelot database.

Magma Design Automation, www.magma-da.com

Cadstar 12.0 features technology for design reuse and managing obsolescence. Helps protect and retain historical IP with the addition of a migration tool. Incorporates advanced Windows-compliant GUIs, including dockable windows and tabbed design windows. Includes a start page to help organize workflow; displays customer set preferences, including recent workspaces and design files, getting started training files, plus online links for support, news and events. Provides personal screen viewing preferences and a schematic startup wizard. Can carry out design migration from directly within, without the requirement for any additional add-on tools.

Zuken, www.zuken.com/cadstar