fiXtress Reviews

Electronic designs are becoming more complex, making them harder to detect errors. These errors can result in high costs and hundreds or hours of work. It is important to detect these errors early on in order to prevent damage. In many cases, these mistakes are only discovered during the testing phase or on the customer's premises. BQR CircuitHawk, a unique and powerful (patent-based) tool for electrical circuit stress analysis and design error detection is available. CircuitHawk detects errors in the design phase before layout and production. So, during the final verification, no errors in schematics, connectivity, or stress are detected. CircuitHawk reduces design cycles and the time to market. This saves money and improves corporate reputation. CircuitHawk integrates design error detection, thermal, MTBF, and service life predictions at the schematic level before PCB layout and manufacturing.

Ansys Exalto, a post-LVS RLCk extractor software solution, allows IC designers to capture unknown crosstalk between different blocks in their design hierarchy. It extracts lumped-element parasitics from the design hierarchy and generates an accurate model for electrical and magnetic coupling. Exalto interfaces well with most LVS tools, and can be used in conjunction with the RC extraction tool you choose. Ansys Exalto post LVS RLCk extraction allows IC designers to accurately predict electromagnetic and substrate-coupling effects for signoff on circuits previously "too large to analyze." The extracted models can be back-annotated to any schematic or netlist and support all circuit simulators. Modern silicon systems have seen a rise in RF and high speed circuits. This has made electromagnetic coupling a first-order effect that must be accurately modelled to ensure silicon success.