SIMULATION TECHNOLOGIES USED IN HIGH-SPEED PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD DESIGN

Abstract

Fast transients of today’s chips generate a large amount of high frequencies harmonics which in turn bring upon the designer an increasing amount of problems. Heat, crosstalk, electro-magnetic interference, ground bounce, reflections, plane resonance and many other issues turn the design decision making into an extremely complex problem. The use of tools for simulating and managing the constraints of the electronic system is absolutely necessary, and recent technological progress has brought with it a range of algorithms capable of significantly anticipating the operation process of electronic devices.