If you want to go bare bones. The following works:
1) Matlab with the RF Toolkit will provide you with the functions necessary to
read/write S-parameters and create channel models. (Programming is necessary)
2) For members of PCISig, you can download the Seasim statistical simulator.
3) IEEE Channel Operating Margin (COM) simulator can be downloaded for free and
used for Statistical simulations.
4) I can't vouch personally for Dave Banas program PyBert, but it's worth a try.
5) If you are working with a particular vendor's connectors, cables ... etc,
you may have access to some assistance from them or their tools. At Samtec, we
have a form-based version of our channelyzer tool where you can configure your
interconnect, and then submit the forms for simulation and results in a day.
With commercial tools it will get expensive quickly, but you get what you pay
for. We use Ansys HFSS, SIwave, and Designer Nexxim, along with Hyperlynx and
occasionally ADS. We augment those tools with Matlab and a custom version of
COM that we call Channelyzer.
Scott McMorrow, CTO Signal Integrity Group
Samtec
Office 401-284-1827 | +1-800-726-8329
www.samtec.com
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From: si-list-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:si-list-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On ;
Behalf Of Alexander Akulin (PCBtech)
Sent: Wednesday, May 3, 2017 10:35 AM
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Subject: [SI-LIST] Re: Low Cost Simulations
Hi,
May be Cadence Sigrity would be a better choice for you?
We use it both for SERDES channels simulation and for DDR topology verification
after the PCB routing.
It's a very powerful and useful tool.
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Best wishes,
Alexander
03.05.2017 16:37, Carson Au пишет:
Hi Experts,
What do people regard as the best value low cost simulation tools for
simulating high speed SERDES channels on a PCB?
Simbeor, of course, is a very good value 3D field solver. What about
system level IBIS-AMI simulators? Are there any good tools at a much
lower cost than ADS, QCD or HyperLynx?
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