ANSYS debuts electromagnetic simulation suite for PCB design

PITTSBURGH & SANTA CLARA, USA: Designing and optimizing complex high-speed electronic devices from end-to-end is faster, easier and more accurate thanks to an expanded suite and new functionality for ANSYS SIwave™.

ANSYS' electromagnetic (EM) simulation suite for the design of high-speed printed circuit boards (PCB) and integrated circuit (IC) packages is now available via three targeted products, SIwave-DC, SIwave-PI, and SIwave.

Users can quickly identify potential power and signal integrity problems with increased flexibility and easier access to a complete set of analysis capabilities that can be leveraged throughout the PCB design flow.

Powered by its hybrid, full-wave finite element EM solver engine, the new SIwave suite delivers a complete signal integrity analysis solution in a single user interface. SIwave-DC targets the DC analysis of low-voltage, high-current PCB and IC packages, enabling the assessment of critical end-to-end voltage margins for reliable power delivery.

SIwave-PI includes all SIwave-DC features and adds alternating current (AC) analysis to accurately model power delivery networks and noise propagation on PCBs. SIwave combines all SIwave-DC and SIwave-PI functionality and adds a robust time-domain circuit simulation engine for end-to-end signal integrity design and compliance.