Custom Connector Signal Integrity Expertise for a Broad Range of Applications

Pre Layout Design Analysis

Pre-layout simulation allows us to predict and eliminate signal integrity problems early, allowing us to proactively constrain routing, plan stackups, and optimize clock, critical signal topologies and terminations prior to board layout. Pre-layout simulation is the ideal way to “get it right” the first time.

We can include the Test Socket models and conduct and interconnect scenarios with different vendors sockets over different speeds and voltages and compare data eyes.

Post Layout Design Analysis

Post-layout signal integrity simulation allows us to analyze signal integrity and timing at three important stages: following part placement in your PCB layout system, after critical net routing, and after detailed routing of an entire PC Board:

• Batch simulation automatically scans large numbers of nets on and entire board flagging SI and EMC hot spots

• Interactive analysis takes you to the next level, simulating batch analysis-identified trouble spots

• Quick Terminators allow new termination components to be inserted on-the-fly, enabling real-time analysis

Our analysis accurately predicts crosstalk waveforms for any trace topology and IC placement, also showing the specific board cross-sections in violation of crosstalk thresholds

Compatible PCB Layout Systems

• Mentor Graphics PADS Layout, Expedition and Board Station
  
• Cadence Allegro, SPECCTRA and OrCad Layout
  
• Altium Protel and P-CAD
  
• Intercept Pantheon
  
• Zuken CADStar Visula and CR3000/5000 or Board Designer
  

Other benefits of our consulting services

• Accurate modeling of lossy transmission line effects, including skin effects and dielectric loss

• Analyze inter-symbol interference in multi-gigabit signals, including random jitter, eye diagrams and eye masks to define keep-out regions

• Simulate with spice or IBIS models

• Advanced via modeling

• Differential signal simulation and analysis, including impedance planning and optimization of differential terminations

• Optimization of termination strategies, including series termination, parallel, parallel AC and differential

• Provides an early look at likely EMC failures, including both radiation and trace current analysis
  

If you would like to speak with a design specialist about your interconnect requirements, contact us for a no obligation discovery meeting. We look forward to hearing from you.