Key Features

Solver on Demand Technology

• HFSS for 3D full-wave FEM EM field simulation
• PlanarEM for 3D full-wave MoM EM field simulation
• Nexxim for transient, Verifeye, QuickEye, LNA and IBIS-AMI circuit simulation
• HSPICE for transient circuit simulation

Dynamic Links

• SIwave
• Q3D Extractor

Transmission Line Modeler(included in DesignerSI option)

• Quasi-static 2D EM-field analysis with dynamic links to calculate:
• RLGC parameters for transmission lines
• Characteristic impedance (Z0) matrices
• Propagation speed, delay, attenuation
• Differential and common-mode parameters
• Near- and far-end crosstalk coefficients
• Surface roughness modeling
• Equivalent circuit models creation
• Full Wave (Broadband) and Lumped model export
• HSPICE®, HSPICE W Element (tabular frequency dependent model)
• SPICE, Simplorer® sml, Cadence DML
• Pspice®, Spectre®, Intel LCF, IBIS ICM

Design Management

• Fully scripted Design Rule Checking
• Highly customizable post-processing of results
• Transient and Spectral plots
• Eye diagrams with characteristic measurements
• Bit Error Rate curves and contours
• 3D swept parametric reports
• Statistical Eye diagrams
• Design optimization, tuning, and swept parameter analysis
• Statistical, Sensitivity and Yield analyses
• ANSYS® DesignXplorer® integration for manufacturability analyses
• Transmission line calculator utility
• Network Data Explorer
• I/O Setup wizard
• Netlist encryption to protect IP
• Library development/ management UI with P-cell editor
• Component de-embedding
• Calibration wizard
• SPICE macro-cell netlist import wizard
• IBIS model import wizard
• Model Import Wizards
• IBIS Model
• SPICE/Spectre netlist
• C++ model
• Multiple S model
• W element model
• Matlab model

Advanced Layout Environment

• Fully customizable and parameterizable layered stackup
• Top down and 3D geometry views and editing
• Advanced padstack editor
• Cadence APD/SiP and Allegro direct import (.mcm, .sip and .brd)
• ODB++
• Ansoft Neutral File (.anf)
• DXF/GDSII import
• Sub-design cutouts
• Finite dielectrics
• Solderball and Bondwire models

Nexxim Circuit Analyses

• Transient analysis
• QuickEye™ and VerifEye™ analyses for fast eye generation in high-speed channel design, bathtub curves, jitter, and eye masks
• Monte Carlo analysis supporting Spectre® and HSPICE® functionality.
• DC Analysis with automated convergence
• Dynamic links with Q3D Extractor® and SIwave™
• IBIS-AMI analysis and model support

Model Support

• Native HSPICE® and Spectre® model support
• CMOS, BiCMOS, SiGe and GaAs foundry libraries.
• Automated port reduction of Touchstone files
• Behavioral and Electrical models
• Verilog-A Support
• Touchstone 2.0 Support
• Native IBIS 5.0 Support
• MOSFETs (BSIM4, HiSim, BSIMSOI, PSP, MET, etc.)
• BJTs (HiCUM, VBIC, HBT, Mextram, Modella, etc.)
• Diodes (SPICE, PIN, Microwave, JUNCAP, etc.)
• JFETs/MOSFETs (Statz, TOM3, Materka, EEHEMT, Parker-Skellern, Angelov, Curtice, etc.)
• Independent and Controlled sources
• Filters (Bessel, Butterworth, Elliptic, etc.)
• MOSFETs (BSIM4, HiSim, BSIMSOI, PSP, MET, etc.)
• SPICE import with encryption and IP protection
• Broadband interconnects: Macro-models (.sss), S and W elements
• Distributed transmission-line models and discontinuity models for:
• Microstrip and Stripline
• Suspended Stripline and Offset Stripline
• Coplanar and Grounded Coplanar Waveguide
• Slotline and Coaxial cable
• Multi-coupled transmission lines for arbitrary multi-level stackup configurations
• Matlab support