Continuing in its tradition of promoting and recognizing printed circuit board (PCB) design excellence, Mentor Graphics Corp. has announced winners of its 21st annual PCB Technology Leadership Awards. Started in 1988, this program is the longest running competition of its kind in the electronic design automation (EDA) industry. It recognizes engineers and computer aided design (CAD) designers who use innovative methods and design tools to address today’s complex PCB systems design challenges and produce industry-leading products.
Industry experts judged entries from 17 countries in five categories representing a wide variety of industries. The PCB industry expert judges included Happy Holden, senior technology specialist of Mentor Graphics; Gary Ferrari, technical support director, FTG Circuits; Pete Waddell, vice president of UP Media Group and publisher of Printed Circuit Designs & Fab magazine; Andy Kowalewski, senior interconnect designer, AdvantagePCB; and Rick Hartley, senior principal engineer, avionics division of L-3 Communications.
2009 Technology Leadership Award WinnersCategory: Best Overall Design
Company Name: Tellabs, USA
Using the Expedition Enterprise, HyperLynx SI products
Design Team: Steven Everly, Stephen Mihal
Category: Consumer Electronics & Handhelds
Company Name: Panasonic, Japan
Using the Expedition Enterprise, HyperLynx SI products
Design Team: Takayuki Hinokidani, Shuhei Osako
•Runner Up: Vestel Electronic, Turkey
Using the Expedition Enterprise product
Category: Industrial Control, Instrumentation, Security & Medical
Company Name: CiBoard Electronic, Germany
Using the PADS and Expedition Enterprise products
Designer: Michael Schwitzer
•Runner Up: Oregano Systems, Austria
Using the Expedition Enterprise, HyperLynx SI products
Category: Military & Aerospace
Company Name: GE Fanuc, UK
Using the Expedition Enterprise product
Design Team: Ian McCormick, Jim Rose
•Runners Up (tied)
- General Dynamics, Canada
Using the Board Station XE, HyperLynx PI products
- DRS, Canada
Using the Expedition Enterprise, HyperLynx SI products
Category: Computers, Blade & Servers, Memory Systems
Company Name: Kontron, Canada
Using the Expedition Enterprise product
Designer: Benoit Mainville
•Runner Up: SiennaECAD, India
Using the PADS product
Category: Telecom, Network Controllers, Line cards
Company Name: Alcatel-Lucent, US
Using the Expedition Enterprise product
Designer: Susan Plul
•Runners Up (tied):
- RAD Data Comm, Israel
Using the Expedition Enterprise, HyperLynx SI products
- Rancore Technologies, India
Using the PADS, HyperLynx SI/PI products
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