Design through Manufacturing : Getting your Product to Volume, on Time

No matter how highly productive the PCB design process, all that advantage can be lost if the manufacturer cannot get the product to target production volume on time. Many issues can be addressed with high quality design-for-manufacturing (DFM) analysis functions that run concurrently with design tools. With Mentor's acquisition of Valor, users will benefit by having Valor's superior set of DFF and DFA checks integrated with the design process. This presentation addresses Valor's DFA and DFF functionality in Mentor and non-Mentor PCB design solutions as well as enhanced capabilities to transfer design data into manufacturing.