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Synthelyzer™ ECAD Plugin

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Automate Electrical Stress Analysis,

MTBF Prediction, and Component Derating
during Board Design
within Altium, OrCAD, and Siemens EDA

Plug-In

Key Features:

  • Performs detailed analysis of electrical stress derating for components.

  • Utilizes cutting-edge AI technology for robust and efficient design solutions.

  •  Seamless integration with leading ECAD software for streamlined workflow and real-time analysis.

  • Includes automated circuit stress calculators to accelerate design processes. ​

  • Provides thermal resistance data and stress metrics for 3D thermal simulations.

  • Identifies EOS violations with Pareto analysis and detailed reports on over-stress and over-design.

  • Recommends design adjustments to resolve overstress issues effectively.

  • Implements derating guidelines managed for optimal component performance.

  • Automates FMEA analysis to assign failure modes and assess PCB-level impacts.

  • Predicts MTBF based on Telcordia 3 Parts Count/Parts Stress and Mil-217-F2 standards.

  • Calculates Parts Stress MTBF using precise electrical and thermal stress data (when using fiXtress).

  • Features an AI-driven PCB components library with automatic parameter filling.

  • Automatically integrates reliability data across all RAMS analyses (FMEA, FTA, RBD, MTTR) and Logistics).

  • Works together with BQR's fiXtress® through tools like "components library manager" and "derating curves manager" for comprehensive system-level analysis and reporting, incorporating thermal estimations and component data.​

Benefits:

  • Automates Component Derating: Streamlines the manual component derating process, enhancing efficiency.

  • Saves Time and Reduces Errors: Saves time, reduces errors, and accelerates design cycles.

  • Generates MTBF Reports: Generates MTBF reports based on real stress, improving MTBF outcomes.

  • Identifies Overstressed Components: Identifies overstressed components, providing actionable recommendations for adjustments.

  • Ensures Robust Products: Ensures more robust products by pinpointing and resolving potential failure points, and enhancing PCB quality.

  • Utilizes Central Design Data: Utilizes design data as a central repository for reliable information.

  • Ensures real-time synchronization between your electronic design modifications and BQR's automated design analysis and optimization solutions.

  • Achieves Comprehensive Traceability: Achieves comprehensive traceability by directly linking analyses to the latest schematic version, facilitating verification and validation processes.

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Additional Benefits:

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  • Control PCB Weight: Synthelyzer™ offers comprehensive component stress analysis, helping to identify components that contribute to excess weight. This empowers designers to make informed decisions about alternatives that maintain performance while effectively reducing overall PCB weight, leading to more efficient and user-friendly products.

  • Maximize Space Efficiency: Before moving to the layout phase, Synthelyzer™ conducts thorough analyses to identify components that may take up more space than necessary. By optimizing component selection early in the design phase, engineers can ensure better space utilization, resulting in more compact and functional designs.

  • Tackle PCB Density Challenges: The plugin addresses PCB density challenges by identifying over-designed components. With design change recommendations, Synthelyzer™ ensures that your PCB design is both compact and functional, streamlining the design process and helping mitigate potential routing and placement issues.

  • Reduce Component Costs: Synthelyzer™ identifies overstressed components while providing insights into more cost-effective alternatives that meet performance requirements. This proactive approach can lead to significant savings on component costs while maintaining quality and reliability, ultimately fostering a more cost-efficient design process.

How It Works:

  • Specializes in PCB analysis: Unlike traditional system-level tools, it focuses on analyzing individual components within the PCB.

  • Seamlessly integrates with design tools: Works effortlessly with leading ECAD software to facilitate in-workflow analysis.

  • Offers detailed insights: Enables thorough analysis of potential failure points, ensuring precise predictions for PCB reliability.

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Take a Closer Look at Synthelyzer™
ECAD Plugin:

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A Closer Look at Synthelyzer™:

Plugin video
Checklist

Key Features

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Data Collection and Analysis

  • Collects detailed PCB components data for CircuitHawk™ and fiXtress®.

  • Performs PCB component derating lite.

  • Calculates PCB MTBF based on MIL HDBK 217F2 parts count and Telcordia 3 parts stress.

  • Generates Net name and Interface Control Document (ICD).

  • Assigns PCB components to functions for Failure Modes, Effects, and Criticality Analysis (FMEA/FMECA).​

  • Assigns components and failure modes to functions failure modes.

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Integration

  • Integrates seamlessly with Altium, Mentor, and OrCAD.

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Traceability

  • Integrated Analysis Alignment: ECAD Synthelyzer Plugin seamlessly aligns analysis with design updates, ensuring that every assessment remains synchronized with the evolving ECAD environment, thus maintaining accuracy and relevance.

  • Efficient Decision Support: By establishing a direct connection between analyses and real-time ECAD modifications, the ECAD Synthelyzer Plugin facilitates efficient decision-making, empowering users with insights that reflect the most current design state for informed actions.

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Benefits

 Benefits

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Automation and Efficiency

  • Automates the manual stress derating procedure.

  • Saves time and reduces errors in the design process.

  • Shortens design cycles, leading to faster product development

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Enhanced Reliability

  • Enhanced Integration: The plugin seamlessly integrates analysis with design updates, ensuring that every modification is reflected accurately in the analysis without the risk of oversight or inconsistency.

  • Efficient Decision-making: With clear traceability between analysis and design, the plugin streamlines decision-making processes by providing up-to-date insights aligned with the current state of the card, facilitating quicker and more informed decisions.

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Accurate MTBF and Fewer Failures

  • Provides more realistic MTBF estimations based on real component stress.

  • Identifies potential failure points, resulting in more robust and reliable products.

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How it works

How It Works

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Data Collection and Analysis

  • Collects comprehensive data on PCB components and their operational conditions.

  • Performs various analyses including component derating, MTBF calculations, and FMECA.

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Granular Analysis

  • Provides a detailed analysis of potential failure points.

  • Offers accurate reliability predictions for the final product.

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Integration with Design Tools

  • Seamlessly integrates with popular ECAD tools such as Altium, Mentor, and OrCAD.

  • Allows engineers to incorporate analyses directly into their design workflows.

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Case Studies, Blog Posts, and White Papers

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