PALINDROME is Intercept's state-of-the-art reverse-engineering option that detects layout-driven design changes and automatically adds them to a Mozaix schematic. As an enhanced back annotation option in Intercept's Mozaix schematic software, Palindrome compares schematic and layout data and provides valuable design-discrepancy data for RF engineers and PCB designer teams. Palindrome automatically and interactively generates new, logically correct schematics that are fully synchronized with the layout.

Palindrome's reverse-engineering features enable designers to choose components to add to the board that are complete with company-specific part numbers and other key properties. Designers may back annotate complete design sections to the schematic that include added Digital, Hybrid, and RF circuitry. New parts and symbols can be read in from a linked company library, or can be automatically generated on the fly during back annotation.

Palindrome is especially useful for specialized design flows that include sending Pantheon circuitry to a third party simulator. Users can forward a schematic to layout, modify the part circuitry on the board by adding new Digital, Hybrid, or RF sections, import an RF section from another database or third-party tool, and finally back-annotate the layout modifications to the schematic. Users can also implement a full reverse engineering flow that starts with importing the PCB from legacy data, perhaps Gerber-only recovery, and finishes with auto-generation of complete schematic and library data.