Analysis considerations for a PCB designer with Sigrity Aurora

Increasing Printed Circuit Board (PCB) complexity mandates performing different analysis types to ensure robust board performance. This complexity is brought on by the ever-increasing bus data rates to provide large throughput. As signal speeds increase, small imperfections start to dictate the performance of interconnects. The margin for error reduces, and the power consumption of various devices on the PCB increases.

The new Sigrity Aurora from Cadence puts all the power of the Sigrity engines under the Allegro user experience. The new capability allows a user to go from preliminary exploration, through design, to final verification and signoff, all in the context of the Allegro environment. This means you can access the design data without a need to copy the design in and out of two different environments.

Key benefits include:

• Bridges the gap between design and analysis with an in-design SI/PI analysis
• Tightly integrates Sigrity analysis engines with the Allegro implementation design canvas
• Provides quick screening of a design for SI problems without the need for any SI models
• What-if topology circuit simulation using the modern Allegro system capture canvas
• Accelerates the time to design success while lowering the cost of end products
• Provides an in-design SI/PI analysis within a constraint-driven flow

More details can be found here.

Team SimTech

Cadence Design Systems