Reduce Design Iterations and Time to Market While Increasing Reliability for Electronics
Reliability is a very broad term in the electronics world. It covers many different criteria, such as signal integrity, thermal management, environmental protection, power conversion and distribution, vibration, and many other electrical and mechanical considerations.This article, originally published by EE Times, explains the importance of reliability in PCB design and how software like Altair PollEx can help.
Technical Document
Solving Electromagnetic Interference Issues without Testing
Safe and compliant electronic system design is important across all industries. Conforming to EMC regulations while reducing development costs and time requires the implementation of simulation throughout the product design lifecycle. With increased adoption organizations reduce design iterations and costly laboratory testing while meeting targets. Learn how Altair PollEx and Feko are used to simulate EMI/EMC at the board, subsystem, and system level.
Webinars
Mobile Devices PCB Design Optimization, by Samsung Mobile
Enabling design for manufacturing characteristic verification. Please note that the presentation is in Korean. Click the AD icon to select alternative audio translations, including English.
Future.Industry 2021
Accelerated PCB Design Verification, by LS Electric
The presentation covers the following:
- Circuit Design Process(Navigator) System for design optimization
- Automation of PCB Design Verification
- Use of PollEx DFM/DFE in Circuit Design Process(Navigator) System
- DFE, Rule-based verification of electrical characteristics(Signal Integrity, Power Integrity, EMI/EMC/ESD..)
Future.Industry 2021
Enabling Board-Level Simulation, by Altium
Leverage your existing digital twin investment where it matters most - early in the product realization process when reliability, quality, and manufacturability are most easily optimized. Perform rigorous 2D and 3D physics analyses with system and circuit simulations to assure power integrity, signal integrity, and EMI for power delivery systems and high-speed channels in electronic devices. Improve electronics thermal management with airflow predictions, temperature, and heat transfer in IC packages, PCBs, electronic assemblies/enclosures, and power electronics.
Future.Industry 2021
Panel Discussion: Designing for a Smart, Connected World
Digitalization changes all areas of life, from the way we stay informed, travel, connect, and buy things, to how products are manufactured. It is also changing business models, and the pace of innovation and the ability to disrupt are becoming key factors in staying globally competitive. At the center of this digital transformation lies electrification and electronics. Hear from electronics, automotive, and solution provider experts, to explore further how we need to transform to meet these challenges.
Future.Industry 2021
Proactive Electrical Root Cause Analysis is Easier Than You Think
It is a widely accepted fact that PCB design flaws (like clearance, impedance mismatch, return current path discontinuity) manifest into serious electrical issues (reflection, EMI, crosstalk, etc). Owing to the increasing complexity of designs, Engineers find it difficult to probe the root cause of potential electrical problems with traditional approaches like visual inspection, rule-of-thumb, datasheet guidelines, and simulation. With the numerous electrical rules in Altair’s PollEx DFE (Design For Electrical Validity) and DFE+ (Advanced Design for Electrical Validity), we can scan the complete design for SI, PI, EMI, and ESD issues in a few minutes. Such rule-based verification steps complement the traditional simulation techniques by increasing analysis coverage and overall design quality.
Future.Industry 2021
Accelerating Electronic Systems Development from Design to Manufacturing - Altair PollEx
Delivering electronics that delight consumers requires more than just linking the ECAD and MCAD worlds. It requires physics-based analysis at the speed of design and collaboration across disciplines throughout development. PollEx brings Altair’s simulation-driven design philosophy to the electronics industry, inspiring innovation while ensuring timing, performance, reliability, and compliance targets are met.
Product Overview Videos
Simulation-Driven Virtual Prototyping of Smart Products
Reprint of the July 2021 cover feature in Microwave Journal
Simulation-driven virtual prototyping is employed in the design of modern smart products to accelerate product development speed, ensure intrinsic product qualities and improve the decision-making process during development. It results in smart products that are more cost effective with higher quality and reliability.
Technical Document
Designing Double-Data Rate (DDRx) Memory Interfaces Right the First Time
More and more smart connected devices need high-speed DDRx memory interfaces. The design of memory circuits has always required care, but PCB layouts for DDR memory are more demanding and traditional rules-based approaches are no longer sufficient, especially for the latest DDRx memory interface standards. Learn how Altair PollEx enables the optimization of DDRx timing, transmission lines, topology, and terminations ensuring signal integrity.
Webinars
Altair PollEx Basic Capabilities
Altair PollEx is the most comprehensive and integrated set of PCB design review and verification tools in the market for electrical, electronics and manufacturing engineers. PollEx Basic includes PollEx Modeler (PCB, CAM, BOM, Logic, CP).
Product Overview Videos
Altair PollEx Advanced Capabilities
Altair PollEx is the most comprehensive and integrated set of PCB design review and verification tools in the market for electrical, electronics and manufacturing engineers. PollEx Advanced Tools includes PollEx PCB Verification (DFM, DFA, DFE, DFE+ and Logic DFE), Solver (SI, PI and Thermal), MFGs (Mounting Emulator, Metal Mask Manager, Soldering Amount Calculator and etc.) and PollEx PCB UPE (Unified Part Editor).
Product Overview Videos
How Simulating for PCB Manufacturability Drives Profitability
Smart connected devices are everywhere, in homes, in transportation, and at work. This means electronic system
design (ESD) is having a greater influence on almost every type of product requiring new simulation tools to help
achieve electronic, electrical, mechanical, thermal, and connectivity goals. New printed circuit board development
opportunities also bring new production challenges for manufacturers, who must ensure process efficiency starting
with identifying potential defects and optimizing for manufacturing in the design phase.
Technical Document
Optimizing Printed Circuit Board Manufacturing Webinar Recording
Learn how Altair PollEx can make a new product introduction (NPI) profitable faster by identifying potential issues earlier and increasing PCB manufacturing efficiency. The comprehensive DFM/DFA analysis includes fabrication, assembly, test, flex/rigid-flex, substrate and panel features. See how PollEx exports manufacturing and validation data to production line machinery for fabrication, assembly, and end-of-line testing.
Webinars
Altair for Electronic System Design (ESD)
Electronic system design (ESD) is having a greater influence on almost every type of product requiring new simulation tools to help achieve electronic, electrical, mechanical, thermal, and connectivity goals. Altair’s simulation-driven design tools enable your team of specialized engineers to collaborate across all aspects of printed circuit board development from concept to manufacturing. Our products streamline your process, eliminate design iterations, and reduce time-to-market.
Brochures
How to Ensure Electronic System Reliability
Designing a reliable electronic system with minimum iterations is essential. Learn how to use Altair PollEx to review and improve PCB layouts earlier and drive robust designs with fast simulation tools for signal integrity, power integrity, thermal, EMI vulnerability and ESD protection, and more without relying on “rules of thumb”. Discover how PollEx fits into existing tool chains with unsurpassed connectivity to all the major ECAD systems.
Webinars
SI Analysis with Altair PollEx™ - DDR Design Case
The goal of Signal Integrity analysis in PollEx is to obtain the best signal quality by analyzing and adjusting multiple factors.
This presentation introduces the solution, applies it to a DDR design case study, and includes a benchmark study.
Case Study
Guide to Electronic System Development
Manufacturers today are tasked with designing smart, connected products at a breakneck pace to stay ahead of the competition. As performance demands continually increase, packaging sizes become smaller, and device connectivity becomes more critical, schematic engineers and product designers need ways to make efficient design decisions and collaborate with one another to optimize complex interconnected mechanical and electromagnetic systems. To develop the next generation of smart products, organizations are turning simulation to improve device performance and drive profitability.
eGuide
Improving PCB Development
Samsung SDI is a global market leader in the high technology and environmental battery industry. The company moved from digital display control circuits to battery control circuits, requiring a different approach to new electronic designs and related PCB manufacturing technologies. After doing an evaluation, working closely with the Altair Team, they selected PollEx as it could match their objective to manage and enhance the process from design to manufacturing. With PollEx Samsung SDI successfully collaborates from a central solution saving 6M USD a year thanks to a major reduction of design iterations and revision checks. They started using PollEx for PCB design review, and verification by using DFM to detect manufacturing faults in the early design stage. Later they expanded the use with DFE to detect electrical failures earlier in the design process. And they are planning to start using PollEx Solvers for signal integrity, power integrity and thermal analysis.
Customer Stories
PollEx PCB Verification for Design for Electrical Engineering Plus
In this tutorial we will look at using PollEx PCB verification for electrical engineering plus.
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PollEx Underfill for Generating BGA Underfill Location
In this tutorial we will look at using PollEx to find the BGA Underfill location using the Underfill option.
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PollEx Test Point Location Generator for Extracting Test Point Location
In this tutorial we will look at using PollEx to extract the test point location using the test point location generator.
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PollEx Solder Quantity Calculator for Estimating Solder Amount
In this tutorial we will look at using PollEx to estimate the quantity of solder on a model.
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PollEx Router Machine JIG Generator for Extracting Router JIG Data
In this tutorial we will look at using PollEx to extract router JIG data.
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PollEx PCB Worksheet Planner for PCB Design Working Planner
In this tutorial we will look at using PollEx to create the PCB design working planner.
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PollEx PCB Golden Sample for PCB Design Golden Sample Generator
In this tutorial we will look at using PollEx to generate a PCB golden sample.
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PollEx Mounting Emulator for Verifying the Component Location and Angle
In this tutorial we will look at using PollEx to verify the component location and angle using the Mounting Emulator.
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PollEx Mounting Data Extractor for Extracting SMT Library Format
In this tutorial we will look at using PollEx to extract the SMT library format using the Mounting Data Extractor.
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PollEx Metal Mask Manager for Generating and Managing Metal Mask
In this tutorial we will look at using PollEx to generate and manage the metal mask using the Metal Mask Manager.
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PollEx Logic Verification for Logic Design for Electrical Engineering Logic DFE
In this tutorial we will look at using PollEx to to verify the DFE logic design for electrical engineering.
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PollEx Logic for Schematic Design Review
In this tutorial we will look at using PollEx for schematic design review.
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PollEx Gerber to PCB for Converting Gerber to Intelligent PCB Design Format
In this tutorial we will look at using PollEx to convert gerber files to intelligent PCB design format.
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PollEx GDSII Compare for Comparing and Extracting GDSII Format
In this tutorial we will look at using PollEx to compare and extract GDSII format using the GDSII Compare tool.
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PollEx CAM for Gerber Review
In this tutorial we will look at using PollEx CAM to review Gerber data.
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PollEx BOM for Reviewing a Bill of Materials
In this tutorial we will look at using PollEx BOM to review the bill of materials.
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PollEx Block JIG Generator for Extracting Block JIG Files from PCB Layout
In this tutorial we will look at using PollEx Block JIG Generator to extract block JIG files from the PCB layout.
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PollEx Unified Part Library Editor (UPE)
In this tutorial we will review the PollEx unified Part Library Editor for creating integrated part libraries.
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PollEx PCB Thermal for Board Level Analysis
In this tutorial we will look at using PollEx to run a PCB Thermal Simulation for Board Level Analysis.
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PollEx PCB Signal Integrity for Board Level Analysis
In this tutorial we will look at using PollEx to run PCB Signal Integrity for Board Level Analysis.
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PollEx PCB Power Integrity for Board Level Analysis
In this tutorial we will look at using PollEx to run a PCB Power Integrity for Board Level Analysis.
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PollEx PCB Redmark Plus for PCB Design Mark-up
In this tutorial we will look at the PollEx Redmark Plus capabilities for PCB design mark-up.
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Design PCBs Right the First Time
Altair PollEx with its comprehensive and integrated set of PCB design viewing, analysis and verification tools helps organizations to:
Improve communication among multiple discipline engineers by overcoming difficulties due to usage of different data (structure) and application (toolsets).
Incorporate practical solutions and customizing features vetted by global electronic leaders.
Significantly reduce the number of design reviews and thereby achieve better time to market and cost
Webinars
Reduce PCB Design Reviews From Design to Manufacturing Using Altair EDA Solution
Printed Circuit Boards (PCBs) are integral part of the electronic devices. Though the complexity of the PCBs has evolved tremendously over the years, the design life cycle hasn’t changed and remains sequential with separate databases and component libraries for each stage.
This webinar presents Altair’s unified solution for PCB design considerations, including DFM, DFA, DFE, Signal Integrity and Thermal Analysis.
Webinars
EM and EDA, from Concept to Production
Altair’s portfolio of simulation-driven design solutions covers – amongst many other disciplines – electromagnetics (EM) and electronic design automation (EDA).
Conference Presentations
Altair Pollex - Design Review and Analysis of Printed Circuit Boards with PCB Modeler
Altair PollEx is the most comprehensive and integrated set of PCB design viewing, analysis and verification tools in the market for electrical, electronics and manufacturing engineers. Utilizing the PCB Modeler, users can quickly view and explore in detail PCB design data from all major industry formats.
Use Cases
Altair Pollex - Check the Quality of Designs with Rule-based PCB Verification Tool
Altair PollEx is the most comprehensive and integrated set of PCB design viewing, analysis and verification tools in the market for electrical, electronics and manufacturing engineers. It includes a powerful set of PCB design verification tools for electrical, manufacturing, and assembly.
Use Cases
PollEx PCB Modeler for PCB Design Review
Get started with PCB Modeler, easy-to-use and collaborative application, central application of PollEx with unsurpassed connectivity to major ECAD systems, to quickly visualize and review PCB designs without losing any ECAD design data.
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PollEx CP for PCB Design Comparison
Get started with PollEx CP, part of PollEx Suite, to easily and automatically compare different PCB designs and revisions, including schematics, layouts and BOM and with the possibility to export comparative reports with the results
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