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| Shocking Technologies Becomes a
Cadence Connections Member |
SAN JOSE, Calif. – July 14, 2008
– Shocking Technologies, Inc., a leader
in the development of Voltage Switchable
Dielectric™ (VSD™) materials, today announced
that it has joined the Cadence® Connections®
program.
Shocking
Technologies and Cadence® Design Systems, Inc.
of San Jose, Calif have agreed to work together
to integrate Shocking’s VSD™ technology into
Cadence Allegro® products to enable designers to
seamlessly embed global ESD (Electrostatic
Discharge) protection into printed circuit
boards and semiconductor
packages.
“Shocking is very excited that
Cadence has agreed to work with us and enable
our customers to easily implement this blanket
ESD solution,” said Lex Kosowsky Shocking’s
President and CEO. “We believe that
incorporation of VSD™ materials will eventually
become a ubiquitous part of building a PCB or
semiconductor package.”
“Customers of
Cadence and Shocking will now have access to
custom design rules from Shocking Technologies
that assist in mitigating the dangers of
electrostatic discharge while optimizing
designs,” said Steven Kamin, Group Director of
Allegro Product Marketing at Cadence Design
Systems. “We are pleased that the open and
flexible architecture of the Cadence Allegro and
SiP solutions continues to be used by our
partners to enable engineers to design smaller,
less expensive, and more reliable
products.”
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| Shocking Connection Enables ESD
Solution for PCB and IC Package
Design: |
When properly designed
into a PCB or substrate, Shocking’s XStatic™
VSD™ material has demonstrated protection levels
exceeding 30KV for both contact and air
discharge modes. XStatic™ VSD™ material not only
provides superior ESD protection levels, but
when properly implemented, can protect 100% of
the components on a PCB or the I/Os in a
semiconductor package.
Although memory
and mobile phones represent the initial
applications for VSD™ materials, the technology
is applicable to almost any type of electronic
product. As semiconductor devices continue to
shrink, and portability and interoperability
continue to proliferate, ESD becomes more and
more of a problem. A global ESD solution that is
embedded within the board or package not only
lowers costs for the manufacturer, but also
increases reliability and brand value in the
eyes of the consumer. |
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| About
Shocking Technologies, Inc.: |
| Shocking Technologies,
Inc. is a privately held, venture-backed company
developing Voltage Switchable Dielectric™ (VSD™)
materials. A VSD™ material is a polymer
nano-composite that behaves like an insulator
(dielectric) during normal circuit operation and
becomes conductive when the voltage across the
VSD™ material increases beyond a predefined
threshold voltage. After the voltage drops below
the threshold again, it switches back to an
insulator. This unique property, coupled with
the ability to tailor the response of the
material, opens up several new areas in
electronics. The first application being
introduced enables embedded electrostatic
discharge (ESD) protection in printed circuit
boards (PCBs) and semiconductor packages.
Subsequent applications will usher in new
manufacturing processes as well as novel product
designs. More information regarding the company
is available at www.shockingtech.com. |
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