ePCB and Electronic Package Design - EDA
Simberian, Inc.
Simbeor™ 2007
Advanced 3D full-wave solver for accurate, easy to use and affordable analysis of multilayered circuits
Product Description
Faster data rates drive the need for accurate electromagnetic models for multi-gigabit serial data channels. Both early exploration of the interconnect budget and channel verification require frequency-dependent ultra-broadband RLGC models for transmission lines and S-parameter models for via holes extracted with a 3D full-wave electromagnetic simulator. Simbeor™ 2007 is a tool to produce such 3D full-wave models for multi-gigabit data channels. Without these advanced models, a channel design may require experimental verification and iterations to improve overall performance, adding delays and increased costs to the project.
Simbeor™ 2007 is an integrated graphical environment with a 3D full-wave field solver for analysis of multiconductor interconnects in multilayered media with broadband causal dielectrics, metal interior and surface roughness loss and dispersion models. The electromagnetic simulator extracts modal propagation constants and characteristic impedances and frequency-dependent RLGC per unit length matrix parameters of transmission lines as well as S-parameters of discontinuities.
All problem description data and simulation results in Simbeor™2007 are stored in xml format. A solution explorer allows the user to create and to edit the problem description data with multiple wizards, dialogs and interactive geometry 3D view and graphs. This approach allows for an easy-to-learn intuitive “try-and-see” editing environment. The number of actions from an empty project through to results is highly minimized, and most setups related to computational models are automatic for the user. In addition, data can be reviewed and edited directly in xml-format by an experienced user. Cut/Copy/Paste and other editing operations on tree provide for quick reuse of old projects, and sub-projects and support fast prototyping for what-if experiments.
Simbeor™ 2007 Technology
- Hybrid 3D full-wave frequency-domain (FD) solver for multilayered circuits to accounts for practically all types of loss and dispersion
- Model trace metal interior with Trefftz finite elements to provide continuous analysis
- at low frequencies where current distribution in conductors is uniform
- at medium frequencies where skin-effects develops
- at high frequencies with well-developed skin-effect
- Account for metal surface roughness
- Causal dielectric one-pole and wideband Debye dielectric polarization loss models
- High-frequency dispersion in multilayered dielectrics
- Advanced 3-D extraction of modal and RLGC(f) p.u.l. parameters of lossy multi-conductor lines
- Extract causal S-parameter models for localizable via-hole transitions and discontinuities
- Easily identify design problems that can not revealed with simplified models from static or quasi-static field solvers
- Advanced 3D broad-band transmission line models include both low and high frequency effects
- Optimize geometry and create accurate models for localizable via holes and transitions
- Easy-to-use and easy to learn 3D electromagnetic simulation environment
- Faster time to market and overall lower design costs
- Very affordable 3D electromagnetic solution
- Output t-line and via-hole models to HyperLynx/Elda format
Company Background
Simberian Inc. builds and delivers advanced affordable and easy to use 3D full wave electromagnetic solutions for the high speed and high frequency electronic design automation. Simberian’s first released product, Simbeor™ 2007, can be used in any high-speed channel design flow to create advanced 3D electromagnetic models of complex transmission lines and via-holes for data rates from 1 Gbs to 100 Gbs and higher. Simberian, Inc. has three offices worldwide in Seattle, WA and Novosibirsk, Russia and a sales office based in Beaverton, OR
Integration with HyperLynx and Eldo
Simbeor™ 2007 is designed to support de-compositional analysis of interconnects. It is interfaced to HyperLynx and Eldo with SPICE W-element model files with frequency-dependent RLGC data for transmission lines and Touchstone files with S-parameters for via-holes.
Platforms Supported
Single/dual/quad core, 1 GB RAM, Windows XP, Windows 2000
Contact Information
For further details about technical webinars and evaluations of Simbeor 2007, please visit www.simberian.com or contact: Yuriy Shlepnev, shlepnev@simberian.com, tel. +1-206-409-2368