SANTA CLARA, CA -- Agilent Technologies Inc. announces the 2009 release of Advanced Design System (ADS) for high-frequency/high-speed co-design of integrated circuits (IC), packages and PCBs.

ADS provides circuit, package, board and system designers with a single EDA platform for shared simulation models. According to the company this can minimize design rework, reduce costs and shorten delays in communications during the product design process.

The co-design platform can provide verification of high-frequency or high-speed system performance across the IC, package and printed circuit board designs using common system-verification test benches. Designers can identify and correct component interactions earlier in the design cycle.

ADS 2009 interoperates with Cadence and Mentor back-end design platforms, allowing designers to import Cadence Allegro PCB, Advanced Package Designer and System-In-Package physical design data for co-designing with active components and Design Rule Check results from Cadence Assura, Mentor Calibre or Triquint MailDRC for viewing and correcting within ADS layout environment.