明导国际公司（纳斯达克代码：MENT）今天宣布第22届年度PCB技术领导奖（TLA）的评选结果，这一活动延续了该公司在表彰PCB设计技术进步方面的一贯传统。从1988年开始至今，该活动已经成为电子设计自动化（EDA）工业领域持续时间最长的竞赛评比项目。该奖项的目的是为了鼓励与表彰工程师和计算机辅助设计（CAD）设计师利用创新手段和设计工具，来解决当今复杂的PCB系统设计难题以及制造业界领先的产品。

"明导国际公司2010年技术领导奖的选评领域非常好地反映了电子行业的发展现状，代表了当今更加先进且更加复杂的电子电路，"富士康科技集团副总裁和首席技术官Happy Holden表示，"今年的评选更加困难，因为所有的领域都采用了非常先进的技术。高脚数FPGA和ASIC的产量特别大，有些已经以间距为0.5mm的精细微间距器件实现了微型化。令人鼓舞的是，大部分设计师都在利用明导国际的工具和HDI/微通孔等先进PCB技术进行创新性设计。"

行业专家从世界范围内选择了五个可以代表各种行业的领域。PCB行业专家评判组成员包括富士康科技集团副总裁和首席技术官Happy Holden、FTG电路公司技术支持主管Gary Ferrari、《Printed Circuit Design & Fab/Circuits Assembly》杂志出版商—UP Media公司总裁Pete Waddell、AdvantagePCB公司资深互连线路设计师Andy Kowalewski以及L-3通信公司航空电子部资深总工程师Rick Hartley等。

2010 Technology Leadership Award Winners

Category: Best Overall Design
Company Name: GE Intelligent Platforms (UK) – Using: Expedition® Enterprise
Design Team: Paul Curran, Mike Tapp, Rob Savage, John Digby

Category: Consumer Electronics and Handhelds
Company Name: Seagate (USA) – Using: Expedition Enterprise
Design Team: Diane Williams, Dave Williamson, Mark Roberts

Runner Up: Qualcomm Inc (USA) – Using: Board Station® XE
Design Team: Larry Paul, Bryan Selby, Jason Yeo, Yongsheng Peng, Christine Henry, David Bahnemann, Andres March, Yang Zhang

Category: Industrial Control, Instrumentation, Security and Medical
Company Name: JSC ELINS, (Russian Federation) – Using: Expedition Enterprise
Design Team: Dmitry Belyaev, Vladimir Sikoev, Evgeniya Tevs

Runner Up: GE Intelligent Platforms (US) – Expedition Enterprise
Design Team: Howard Donaldson, Jack Henslee, Matt Ferguson

Category: Military & Aerospace
Company Name: General Dynamics (Canada) – Using: Board Station XE
Design Team: Rene Allard, George Claridge, Kevin Fitzgerald, Cristian Filip, Luc Bouchard

Runner Up: Astrium (UK) – Using: Expedition Enterprise
Design Team: Mark Walker, Sean Manning, Bob Masterton, Stephen Williams, Jon Hill

Category: Computers, Blade and Servers, Memory Systems
Company Name: ZTE, (China) – Using: Expedition Enterprise
Design Team: Zhang Meijuan, Guo Yonggang, Peng Shuifei, Chen Huifeng

Runner Up: Broadcom, (USA) – Using: Expedition Enterprise
Designer: Rich Pitta

Category: Telecom, Network Controllers, Line Cards
Company Name: Alcatel-Lucent (Italy) – Using: Board Station XE
Design Team: Lugi Aldeghi, Fabrizio Crippa, Massimiliano Severi, Giuseppe Sorbara, Lucia Marta, Ivan Malaspina, Luigi Brambilla

Runners Up:

• SIENNA ECAD Technologies Pvt. Ltd. (India) – Using: PADS®
  Design Team: Srinivas R, Savita Rajesh
• Alcatel-Lucent (Israel) – Using: Expedition Enterprise
  Design Team: Elad Noach, Rafi Zalalihin, Tamir Hazan

Category: Transportation & Automotive
Company Name: Huizhou-Desay Automotive (China) – Using: Expedition Enterprise
Designer: Tan Baichuan

Runner Up: Huizhou-Desay Automotive (China) – Using: Expedition Enterprise
Designer: Huaquan Li

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