New release accelerates PCB design cycles by integrating 3D design and 3D analysis

Cadence Design Systems has announced its Cadence Sigrity 2018 release, which adds new 3D capabilities that allow PCB design teams to expedite design cycles while controlling cost and performance. A unique, 3D design and 3D analysis environment integrating Sigrity tools with Cadence Allegro technology offers a more efficient and less error-prone solution than current alternatives which use third-party modelling tools, saving days of design cycle time and lessening risk. Also, a new 3D Workbench methodology bridges the gap between the mechanical and electrical domains, enabling product development teams to analyse signals that cross multiple boards quickly and accurately. The new release also offers Rigid-Flex support for field solvers such as the Sigrity PowerSI technology, allowing robust analysis of high-speed signals that pass from rigid PCB materials to flexible materials. Design teams developing Rigid-Flex designs can now use the same techniques previously used only on rigid PCB designs, creating continuity in analysis practices while PCB manufacturing and material processes continue to evolve. “The Sigrity 2018 release takes a giant step forward by tightly coupling technology from multiple product teams at Cadence,” said Tom Beckley, senior vice president and general manager of the Custom IC and PCB Group at Cadence. “With the integration of 3D technology from the Allegro and Sigrity teams, we continue to polish our customers’ path to system design enablement by enabling them to take a more holistic approach to product optimisation encompassing not only the chip, package and board but also the mechanical structures.”