This document describes HDT Italia s.r.l., an Italian company that develops EDA tools for signal integrity, hardware modeling, digital system design and validation, and EMC/EMI issues. It provides information on HDT's products, application domains, supported technologies/platforms, installations, collaborations, and involvement in European research projects related to EMC/EMI modeling and simulation.

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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
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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
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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
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Products

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• TEMPO: Tool for Electrical Multiple-Performance
Optimisation
• MOD_ENV: Modeling Environment
• IBIS_ENV: Ibis to PRESTO translator
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Products

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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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Application Market
• Telecom
• Computer
• Automotive
• Aerospace
• Automatic Test Equipment
• Measurement
• Biomedical
• Consumer Electronics

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Technologies supported
• PCB
• MCM
• Hybrid
Interconnect levels
• multiboards
• backplane
• LANS
• entire apparatus

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Platforms supported
• HP 9000/700 Series
• Sun SPARC Series
• Windows NT

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Installations
• Aet
• Alenia
• Cselt
• Italtel
• Magneti Marelli

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Installations (con’t)
• Telecom Italia
• Acf
• Aerospatiale
• Alcatel
• Thomson

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Installations (con’t)
• Politecnico di Torino
• Università di Ancona, Roma, L’Aquila
• University of Budapest, Grenoble,Lille
• University of Patrasso

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Collaborations
• Major EDA vendors:
»Zuken-Redac distribution agreement
• Hewlett Packard:
»partner in customization solutions (THRIS)
»technical papers
»third party

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Collaborations (con’t)
• Pentatron:
»EMC/EMI measurement collaboration
• SINFOR:
»customer support service
• ON DEMAND EDA:
»distribution agreement

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Collaborations (con’t)
• Research centers:
»CSELT inside of THRIS product (telecom
market)
»COREP
»ITALTEL in EMC/EMI
»SAGAX

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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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• ESPRIT Microelectronics Special Action:
»Corep, Universita’ di Genova and Pavia
• EUROPRACTICE Training Courses:
»EMC/EMI design for Printed Circuit Boards

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• 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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• Proposal submitted to 5th Framework
Programme:
»CREST:Component Radiated
Electromagnetic modelling STandard
»HOMERES: Highly Optimised
Electromagnetic Radiated Emission
Simulator