Integrating Tradeoff Analysis and Plan-Based Evaluation of Designs for Microwave Modules

This paper describes EDAPS, an integrated system for designing and planning the manufacture of microwave modules. Microwave modules are complex devices having both electrical and mechanical properties, and EDAPS integrates electrical design, mechanical design, and process planning for both the mechanical and electrical domains. Since EDAPS generates process plans concurrently with design, we are developing ways for EDAPS to provide feedback about manufacturability, cost, and lead time to the designers, based on the process plans to be used in the manufacture of their designs.

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