CableMod™
The
High Freq Cabling EMC Simulator
Developing
complex electronic systems can be a great challenge
for design engineers especially regarding electromagnetic
compatibility aspects of the cables connecting
the separate components.
 The
new standard in development is the 42V system,
which will allow for smaller cables, but many
more EMC problems will occur. The ongoing trend
towards higher complexity, functionality and
flexibility of harness systems together with
the growing need to reduce their space consumption
and weight typically result in non-ideal cable
shielding. Additional measurement efforts would
be necessary to cope with the problems arising
when one has to investigate signal integrity
and EMC behavior of such electronic interconnects.
CableMod provides the user an efficient software
tool for modeling and simulation of complex
cable structures to overcome this bottleneck.
CableMod includes powerful two-dimensional field
solvers (Static2D - see below) for the determination
of transmission line characteristics and a Spice-equivalent
network simulator for calculating the currents
and voltages in the excited conductor systems.
Even though CableMod has it's own built-in CAD
tool for design, CableMod also accepts Nastran
file outputs from Catia or UniGraphics and can
produce outputs for frequency/time domain analysis
(I/V, s-parameter, distributed or lumped spice,
distributed or lumped Saber, T model) and radiation
calculations with SimLab's RadiaSim. The statistical
bundling algorithm can be fixed, parameter,
or Monte-Carlo, with variations in material
dielectric losses, ohmic losses, cable, bundling,
analysis, etc. CableMod can also handle no ground,
non-ideal ground, or partial area ground planes,
together with statistical material variations
in conductivities.
 Signal
Integrity Simulation of a Bus System in Automotive
Industry (75 kB)
For a more detailed EM simulation of complex
cable harness structures within automobiles
or aircraft, SimLab has teamed up with EMSS
for an efficient interface between CableMod
and FEKO.
 Combined
Radiation Calculations with CableMod and FEKO
(110 kB)
PCBMod*™
Total
PCB EMC Simulator package utilizing both PEEC
and BEM
PCBMod
is an efficient software tool which can be employed
in diverse stages concerning layout development
of printed circuit boards and integrated circuits.
The combination of ATHOS, Static2D/3D and StatMod
integrated into one single program enables the
user to analyse different types of circuit layouts
from the analog and digital field. The functionality
is not restricted by form or position of layout
geometries.
* - formerly ARAMIS
RadiaSim™
SimLab's Radiation Simulator Utilizing the PEEC
Method
RadiaSim
is the powerful PEEC method radiation tool from
SimLab. The tool enables the user to determine
the Radiated Static as well as the Dynamic E-
and H-field, intrinsic properties in defining
emissions and susceptibility. This is done by
defining Probe Points with the built-in CAD design
tool (2D probes - point, line, circle, graph;
3D probes - plane, cube, sphere) in three-dimensional
space (sizes of the probes and grounds can be
manipulated) where the field is to be calculated.
Antennae design can be circle, strip, or rectangle.
Both monopole and dipole analysis options are
included, with the ground (no ground or ideal
ground) option manipulated by the user. The result
can be viewed with the post-processors SLGraph
and SLShow of SimLab. The result (voltage at the
aerial base) can also be viewed with SLGraph.
StatMod™
High
Freq 3D EMC Simulator Utilizing the PEEC Method
StatMod
is a 3D EMC frequency domain simulation program
that utilizes the PEEC numerical analysis method.
StatMod also has it's own built-in CAD tool
for PCB design investigations. The program StatMod
was especially developed for layout planning
of low frequency analog circuits. Parasitic
effects from arbitrary placed area fills and
ground planes (ideal, non-ideal, no-ground,
partial area ground simulations, with 2 full
ground planes and an infinite number of partial
area ground planes) can be taken into consideration.
The calculation and visualization of current
and charge density distributions are only a
few of its special capabilities. StatMod, combined
with RadiaSim, can calculate power supply RF
radiation, the most influential component for
PCBs. 3D PEEC analysis of arbitrarily shaped
structures extracted from PCBs (such as complex
nets, vias, and their related structures), can
be analysed for I/V Distribution, s-parameter,
matrix, impedance, and partial SPICE outputs.
Static2D/3D™
2D
and 3D EMC Simulators Utilizing the Boundary Element
Method
Static2D/3D
enables you to test any layout structure on printed
circuit boards with digital and high frequency
analog designs. Static2D/3D has it's own built-in
CAD design tool for design investigations. Through
Static2D/3D the circuit developer obtains diverse
possibilities of usage in the field of modelling
of transmission lines and discontinuities on PCB
and IC designs, including ideal, non-ideal, no-ground,
and partial area ground simulations. The program
includes efficient two- and three- dimensional
field solvers which calculate electrical parameters
such as capacitances, inductances, resistances
and wave impedances per unit length. Outputs include
matrices (R,L,C,G) (Z,V,T), Spice lumped, Spice
distributed, Saber lumped, Saber distributed,
Eldo lossy wire, HSpice W Model, and T model.
Concepts
for High-Frequency Integrated Circuits (Research
on Signal Integrity by Means of Simulation)
(500 kB)
SLShow/SLGraph™
Post-Processor
Graphical Viewers
SLShow
is the powerful colored 3D Graphic Viewer of SimLab.
It acts as a post-processor to visualize the simulation
results of the SimLab products Static3D, StatMod
and RadiaSim.
SLGraph
is the powerful coloured 2D Graphic Viewer of
SimLab. It acts as a post-processor to visualize
the simulation results of the SimLab products
StatMod, CableMod and RadiaSim.
ATHOS™
Pre-Processor
Graphical Viewer and Layout Editor
High
demands are made on planning and analyzing layout
geometries and the verification of circuit functionality
in industrial development and manufacture of printed
circuit boards. Especially for the layout designer
in the analog field the use of ATHOS offers an
efficient enrichment in the design flow, because
here an exact and quick examination of the circuit
layout is made difficult by arbitrarily shaped
copper areas arranged on the board. By integrating
ATHOS into common PCB frameworks it is possible
to fit in easily into an existing design environment.
SimLab
software runs on the following platforms:
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