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Getting Started with SIPro/PIPro . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

SIPro/PIPro Workflow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Analysis Capabilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

PI-DC Analysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

PI-AC Analysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Power Plane Resonance Analysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Power-Aware Signal Integrity Analysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Design Assumptions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Example Workspace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Creating an SIPro and PIPro Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Creating a New SIPro/PIPro Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Opening an Existing SIPro/PIPro Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

SIPro/PIPro Setup Window Elements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

SIPro and PIPro Setup Window Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

SIPro/PIPro Setup Window Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

SIPro and PIPro Project Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Nets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Changing Net Type . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
How to Find a Net . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
How SIPro/PIPro Identifies the Net Type . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Setting the Net Type Manually . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
How to Find a Component Instance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Substrate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
How to View the Geometry by Layer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Pins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Materials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Scripts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Analyses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Viewing and Hiding Project Tree Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Customizing View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Workspace Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Layout Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Simulation Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Scripting Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Scripting Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Parameter Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Parameter Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Configuring SIPro and PIPro . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Interface Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Modeling Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Nets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Add-on Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

Add-on Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Add-on Search Path . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

Installing Additional Add-ons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

Setup Options for Customizing Results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

Range . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

Size Factor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

Hiding and Unloading Results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

See Also . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

Using Component Models . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

Using Component Models . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

Creating and Editing Component Models for Analysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

Creating Component Models for Analysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

Editing a Component Model for Analysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

Adding a Lumped Model . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

Adding an SnP Model . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

Selecting an Existing Model DB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

Selecting Multiple Model DBs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

Specifying a Default Model . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

Specifying a Model with more than 2 pins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

Specifying a Arrayed Component . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

Using Vendor Parts DB Browser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

Adding Components to the Vendor Parts DB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

Adding Custom Component . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Adding a Lumped Model . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Adding an SnP Model . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

PIPro Analysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
PIPro Analysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

Tutorial-Performing a PI-DC and PI-AC Analysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

Performing a PI-DC Analysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

Creating a PI-DC Analysis Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Defining a VRM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Defining a Sink . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Defining Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Saving the Analysis Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Running the Analysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Viewing Results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Voltage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Current Density . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Power Loss Density . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Generate Schematic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Performing a PI-AC Analysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Enable MuRata Library . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Opening the Example Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Creating a PI-AC Analysis Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Defining a Component Model . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Defining Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Running the Analysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Viewing PDN Impedance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77

PIPro Analysis Setup Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77

Prerequisites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77

Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77

VRMs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78

Sinks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78

Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78

PI-DC Static IR Drop Analysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79

Creating a PI-DC Analysis Set up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79

Defining a VRM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Defining a Sink . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Defining Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Running the PI-DC Analysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Show Me How Do I Perform a PI-DC Analysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

Viewing PI-DC Analysis Results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

Running a PI-DC Analysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Pins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
VRMs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Vias . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Reports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Setting Template . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Voltage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Current Density . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Power Loss Density . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Generate Schematic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86

PI-AC Dynamic IR Drop Analysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87

Creating a PI-AC Analysis Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87

Defining a PI-AC Analysis Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Copying the PI-DC Analysis Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Creating a New PI-AC Analysis Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Defining VRMs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Defining Sinks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Defining Component Models . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Defining Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Defining Frequency Plans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Saving fields for field plots . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Saving the Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Show Me How Do I Perform a PI-AC Analysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91

Viewing PI-AC Analysis Results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91

Running a PI-AC Analysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
PDN Impedance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Viewing PDN Impedance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Removing PDN Impedance Plots . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Importing a Target Impedance File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Result Type Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
VRM Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Viewing Electric Field . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Viewing Magnetic Field . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Current Density . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Generating a Schematic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Enable the decoupling capacitors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Tuning Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98

PI-PPR Analysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99

Creating a PI-PPR Analysis Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99

Defining a PI-PPR Analysis Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Copying the PI DC/AC Analysis Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Creating a New PI-PPR Analysis Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Defining VRMs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Defining Sinks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Defining Component Models . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Defining Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Defining Frequency Plan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Saving the Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101

Viewing PI-PPR Analysis Results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101

Running a PI-PPR Analysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Electric Field . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Magnetic Field . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Current Density . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103

SIPro Analysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105

SIPro Analysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105

Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Tutorial-Performing Power Aware SI Analysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105

Opening the Example Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105

Creating a Power Aware SI Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106

Defining Ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Defining Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107

Running the Analysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108

Viewing Results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108

View TDR/TDT Results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Show Me How Do I Perform a Power Aware SI Analysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109

Creating a Power Aware SI Analysis Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109

Creating a New Power Aware SI Analysis Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109

Selecting Nets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109

Defining I/O Ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110

Defining Component Models . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111

Defining Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111

Defining Frequency Plans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112

Saving the Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112

Viewing Power Aware SI Analysis Results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113

Running a Power Aware SI Analysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113

S-Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113

Using the S-Parameters Results Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114

Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Insert . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Toolbar Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Graph Type Selector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Single Ended Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Port Property Table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Mixed Mode Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Port Property Table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Context menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Context menus only for Mixed Mode tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Context menus not available for Mixed Mode tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
View Mixed Mode S-parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120

View TDR/TDT Results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121

Using the TDR/TDT Results Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121

Export . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Toolbar Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
TDR/TDT Setup Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Single Ended Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Port Property Table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Mixed Mode Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Port Property Table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Matrix Selector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123

Generate Sub Circuit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124

Installing the Deprecated SI and PI Analysis Addon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125

Installing the Deprecated SI and PI Analysis Addon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125

SIPro/PIPro Videos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127

SIPro and PIPro

SIPro/PIPro
SIPro/PIPro is a simulation and analysis tool that enables you to evaluate the signal integrity (SI) performance of signal
nets and the power integrity (PI) performance of power distribution networks (PDNs). This tool provides several
capabilities to perform pre-layout analyses and post-layout verifications. The following figure illustrates the analysis
setup and results visualization environment of SIPro/PIPro:

Contents
Getting Started with SIPro and PIPro

Creating an SIPro and PIPro Setup

SIPro and PIPro Setup Window Overview

Using Component Models

PIPro Analysis

PIPro Analysis Setup Overview

Tutorial-Performing a PI-DC and PI-AC Analysis

PI-DC Static IR Drop Analysis

Creating a PI-DC Analysis Setup

Viewing PI-DC Analysis Results

PI-AC Dynamic IR Drop Analysis

Creating a PI-AC Analysis Setup

Viewing PI-AC Analysis Results

PI-PPR Analysis

Creating a PI-PPR Analysis Setup

Viewing PI-PPR Analysis Results

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SIPro Analysis

Tutorial-Performing Power Aware SI Analysis

Creating a Power Aware SI Analysis Setup

Viewing Power Aware SI Analysis Results

SIPro and PIPro Videos

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Getting Started with SIPro/PIPro

Using the SIPro/PIPro simulation and analysis tool, you can evaluate the signal integrity (SI) performance of signal nets
and the power integrity (PI) performance of power distribution networks (PDNs). It enables you to perform pre-layout
analysis and post-layout verifications. SIPro/PIPro provides the following analysis capabilities:

PI-DC Analysis

PI-AC Analysis

Power Plane Resonance Analysis

Power-Aware Signal Integrity Analysis

The following figure illustrates the analysis setup and results visualization environment of SIPro/PIPro:

SIPro/PIPro Workflow
The workflow for evaluating the SI or PI performance of a layout design is displayed in the following figure:

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Analysis Capabilities
PI-DC Analysis
A PI-DC analysis computes the voltage, IR drop (voltage drop), current, and power loss density in the power supply nets.
It helps you to identify the IC and connector pins or stitching vias drawing large amounts of current at DC operating
conditions. Due to excessive voltage drop, the power supply voltage at the IC might fall below the recommended
minimum voltage. This can cause malfunctioning of the IC. Excessive current density in the perforated power supply rails
can generate excessive heat, which might lead to board failures due to delamination or fusing. Also, excessive current in
the stitching vias can lead to via failures losing connection. Any number of power supply nets with source and sink
models can be simulated together.

PI-AC Analysis
A PI-AC analysis computes the impedance for the IC current loads over a broad frequency range. It helps you to identify
whether the power distribution network (PDN) provides a low impedance path from the Voltage Regulator Module (VRM)
to the IC. An excessive impedance in a certain frequency range can generate excessive voltage noise, also called dynamic
IR drop, when the IC power supply pins draw large amounts of transient current, required for I/O or core logic switching,
at rates that fall into that frequency range.

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Power Plane Resonance Analysis

A power plane resonance (PPR) analysis computes the self-resonant frequencies and corresponding Q-factors of the
power distribution network (PDN). It helps you to identify optimal placement of ICs, decoupling capacitors and stitching
vias. A power plane resonance can disturb sensitive analog circuitry and generate excessive radiation. This can cause
that EMC specifications cannot be met.

Power-Aware Signal Integrity Analysis

A power-aware signal integrity analysis computes a model characterizing the behavior of signal and power networks. The
model can be assesed from within the SIPro window and can be used as input for further analysis in circuit simulation, e.
g. channel or transient simulations.

For PI-AC, Power Plane Resonance Analysis and Power-Aware Signal Integrity Analysis, the
minimal recommended memory requirement is 4 GB, preferrably higher. There is a fixed
overhead cost even for small designs of 1.5-2GB. The memory growth as the simulated designs
get larger is close to linear. The memory requirement is not dependend on the requested
frequency range.

Design Assumptions
The recommended starting point for using SIPro and PIPro is a layout with instantiated components. A flat layout with
top level pins can be used, but an analysis setup is much easier when the component instances are available. Net names
play a key role in the analysis setup. The file import in ADS for following design transfer formats preserves the net names
when that information is provided by the third party tool. Verify the file export options in the third part tool to pass as
much design information as possible.

Vendor Tool Recommended

Design Transfer Format

Altium®

Designer ODB++

Cadence®

Allegro PCB BRD or ODB++

APD ADFI

SiP ADFI

OrCAD ODB++

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Mentor Graphics®

Expedition ODB++

PADS ODB++

BoardStation ODB++

Zuken™

CR5000 ODB++

CR8000 ODB++

CADSTAR ODB++

Other Formats

ABL

The substrate (layer stackup) defines the arrangement and materials of the signal and power plane layers in a multi-layer
board or package design. Always verify the substrate definition in case of a design transfer from a third party tool. The
third party tool often does not export the full substrate specification. Once you have the layout with components, net
names and substrate, you are ready to open the SIPro/PIPro Setup window.

Example Workspace
An example workspace to get started with SIPro and PIPro is provided with ADS, see examples/HSD
/SIPro_PIPro_Getting_Started_Example_wrk.7zads. The workspace contains a Samsung DDR3 UDIMM memory card. The
design files are from the JEDEC (www.jedec.com). The design consists of a 6 layer board with single power rail for core
and I/O buffers.

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Creating an SIPro and PIPro Setup

To analyze the SI and PI performance, you can create an SIPro/PIPro setup in the following ways:

Create a new setup

Open an existing setup

Creating a New SIPro/PIPro Setup

To create a new SIPro/PIPro setup:

1. Open a Layout window in ADS.

2. Select Tools > SIPro/PIPro > New Setup from a Layout window to create a new setup. The New SIPro/PIPro Setup
window is displayed, as shown in the following figure:

3. Specify the Cellview name.

4. Select the required substrate.

5. click OK. A new SIPro/PIPro Setup window is displayed, where you can set up and run an analysis.

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The SIPro/PIPro window cannot be used for ADS layout designs that contain the following
features:

Derived layers

3D EMPro components

Slot layers

Multi-technology setup

In addition, the SIPro/PIPro setup assumes meaningful and consistent net definitions in the
design.

Opening an Existing SIPro/PIPro Setup

The SI and/or PI analysis setup data for a specific design is stored in a cell view of the “SIPro/PIPro Setup” type .
The default view name is “sipiSetup”. These views are registered with OA and behave like “Schematic” and “Layout”
views. You can perform various tasks such as, renaming, copying, moving, and archiving. A single view can contain
multiple analysis setups, such as PI-DC and PI-AC analysis setup.

To open an existing setup:

1. Open a Layout window in ADS.

2. Select Tools > SIPro/PIPro > Open Setup from a Layout window to open an existing setup. The Select one view
window is displayed, as shown in the following figure:

3. Select the required view.

4. Click OK. The SIPro/PIPro Setup window is displayed.

Alternatively, you can open an existing setup by clicking the sipiSetup view in the Main window.

SIPro/PIPro Setup Window Elements

The SIPro/PIPro Setup window consists of the following elements:

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GUI Element Description

Project Panel Consists of a panel that provides a tree-structured

representation of the design Parts, Definitions, Graphs,
and Analyses.

Geometry Window Comprises the main viewing area. It enables you to

perform various viewing operations.

Simulation Window Allows you to monitor analyses sent the calculation

engine.

Parameters Window Enables you to create, edit, and delete parameters that
can be referenced in an analysis setup

Scripting Window Allows you to view, edit, and execute scripts.

Menus Provides File, Edit, View, Tools, and Help menus.

Workspace Tabs Provides Geometry, Simulation, Parameters, and Scripting

tabs to control the associated windows

For more information about SIPro/PIPro windows, see Workspace Windows.

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SIPro and PIPro Setup Window Overview

SIPro/PIPro Setup Window Overview
Contents
SIPro and PIPro Project Panel

Workspace Windows

Configuring SIPro and PIPro

Add-on Manager

Setup Options for Customizing Results

SIPro and PIPro Project Panel

In the SIPro/PIPro Setup window, the Project panel provides a tree-structured representation of a design. You can use
the Project panel to define a specific PI or SI analysis setup, to run the analysis and to review results. The Project panel
toolbar enables you to show or hide specific items of a design. The following figure displays a project panel:

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A project panel consists of the following components:

Design

Definitions

Analyses

Scripts

Graphs

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Design
The Design list displays the physical parts of the design-under-test. Currently, this is the layout view from which the SIPro
/PIPro Setup was opened, no other parts can be added. The layout tree contains four items: Nets, Components, Substrate
and Pins.

Nets
All nets in the layout view are listed. Each net gets a type, ‘Power’, ‘Ground’, ‘Signal’ or ‘Undefined’ assigned. The nets are
sorted by type.

Type Icon

Power

Ground

Signal

Undefined

Verify that the nets that you plan to simulate have been typed correctly. Even though SIPro
/PIPro attempts to automatically identify the net type, the algorithm can miss nets with arbitrary
names.

Changing Net Type

To change a net type:

1. Select the required net.

2. Right-click the selected net and select the required type.

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How to Find a Net

To find a specific net:

1. Click the Filter icon ( ) next to Nets in the Parts tree.

2. Type the required net name.

3. Click to display a list of matching algorithms, as shown in the following figure:

Simple: Display tree nodes that contains specified text

Regular Expression: Display tree nodes that contains specified regular expression.

Hierarchical: Display tree nodes that contains specified regular expression per hierarchy level separated by
slash.

Regular Expression is very powerful tool but it requires certain knowledge to use. Below is some
convenient example for typical use cases.

Example Match Note

U(1|2|5|11) Matches U1, U2, U5 and U11 "|" means "OR"

U[5-8] Matches U5, U6, U7 and U8 "-" can be used for "range"

U1[1-3] Matches U11, U12 and U13 U[11-13] doesn't work as

expected

DQ[1-8]N? Matches DQ1, DQ1N, DQ2, "?" can be used as optional

DQ2N,...,DQ8 and DQ8N string

4. Select the string matching algorithm: Simple, Regular Expression, or Hierarchical.

The Hierarchical option is relevant when tree nodes are hierarchical

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How SIPro/PIPro Identifies the Net Type

SIPro/PIPro attempts to identify the net type by case-insensitive name matching. In case no match is found, the net type
is ‘Undefinded’. The algorithm uses following rules by default:

Type Regular Expression Examples

Power pwr|power|vdd|vcc|vref|vtt|bat AVDD, DVDD, VREF, VTT, VBAT

^[\+\-]?\d+[p_]\d+v +1p2v, -1p2v, 1p2v, +1_2v, -1_2v,

1_2v
^[\+\-]?\d+v
+12v -12v 12v
^[\+\-]?\d+
+12, -12, 12

Ground gnd|ground|grnd|vss AGND, AVSS

Signal dq DQ0, DQ1

Memory a\d+ A01, A02

Clock ba\d+ BA01, BA02

Diff pair clock|clk CLK

HS Serial _[pn]$ DQS0_P, DQS0_N

[\+\-]$ DQS0+, DQS0-

sig|tx|rx SIG01

This rule can be modified by user. See here for more detail.

Setting the Net Type Manually

To override the automatic net type, you can select one or more nets, right-click and choose the appropriate net type.

Components
All component instances in the layout view are listed and grouped per component.

How to Find a Component Instance

To find a specific component instance:

1. Click the Filter icon ( ) next to Components in the Parts tree.

2. Type the component instance name.

3. Click to display a list of matching algorithms, as shown in the following figure:

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4. Select the string matching algorithm: Simple, Regular Expression, or Hierarchical.

Substrate
The Substrate tree item presents the objects in the layer grouped by Conductor layer, Via layer or Dielectric layer.

How to View the Geometry by Layer

First, switch off the Parts Visibility toggle. This toggle can be found on the Geometry Window’s View toolbar. Then, select
the appropriate layer in the Substrate tree. The view displays the objects on the selected layer only.

Pins
All top level pins in the layout are listed.

Definitions
The Definitions branch stores definitions that can be applied to or shared with other objects within the project. You can
apply a definition to other objects in the Project panel by clicking and dragging the definition object on the required
object.

Materials
To view a material definition object, select a material from the Materials list.

Scripts
The Scripts branch stores user-defined scripts. Right-click Scripts to add a new script or import an existing macro or
function script to the project.
You can execute or edit the script in the Scripting workspace window.

To add a new scripts:

1. Right-click Scripts in the Project panel:

2. Select New Python Script to create a new script or click Import Scripts to use an existing script.

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Analyses
The Analyses branch enables you to run a PI DC analysis, PI AC analysis, PPR analysis, and SI analysis. By default, it
provides an empty template for creating an analysis, as shown in the following figure:

Instead of using the default templates, if you want to add a new analysis:

1. Right-click Analyses in the Project panel:

2. Select the required analysis. A new analysis is added at the end of the Analysis branch.

Viewing and Hiding Project Tree Components

You can view or hide options present in the Project panel by using toggle buttons. The following figure displays these
toggle buttons:

The following table describes each toggle button:

Option Icon Description

View Parts Enables you to view or hide Parts in

the project panel.

View Definitions Enables you to view or hide

Definitions in the project panel.

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Option Icon Description

View Scripts Enables you to view or hide Scripts in

the project panel.

Toggle All Enables you to view or hide all the

components of the project panel.

Customizing View
To set a specific view for your design in the layout window, you can right-click the required component and select one of
the following options:

Option Icon Description

Set Visible Enables you to view the selected

component in the Layout window.

Set Invisible Enables you to hide the selected

component in the Layout window.

Solid Enables you to display components in

a solid view in the Layout window.

Wireframe Enables you to view or hide all the

components of the project panel.

Delete Enables you to delete a component.

Expand Enables you to display all the

subparts of a component in the
project panel.

Workspace Windows
The SIPro/PIPro Setup window consists of the following windows:

Layout

Simulation

Parameters

Scripting

Layout Window
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Layout Window
The Layout window provides a layout view of your design. In this window, you can use various tools for customizing the
view of a simulation space. This window comprises the main design viewing area.

The following table describes options available in the View menu and View Tools toolbar:

Option Icon Description

Toolbars View Tools

View Manipulation Select: The Select tool is used to

select objects as well as
manipulate the view of the
simulation space.

Orbit: The Orbit tool is selected to

perform rotation of the simulation
space through left-clicking-and-
dragging.

Pan: The Pan tool is selected to

perform translation of the
simulation space through right-
clicking-and-dragging.

Zoom: Zoom-in or zoom-out of

simulation space by scrolling up or
down the mouse wheel,
respectively.

Zoom to Window: Zoom into a

rectangular shaped area of the
geometry as specified by the user.
To use, select the tool, then left-
click and drag the mouse to
designate the rectangular zoom
area.

Zoom to Extents Enable you to zoom automatically as

can view the entire geometry.

Zoom to Selection Enables you to automatically zoom

selected object only.

Standard Views The Standard View button function is

to automatically change the
perspective of the objects in the
workspace window.

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Option Icon Description

Front (-Y)

Back (+Y)

Top (-Z)

Bottom (+Z)

Right (-X)

Left (+X)

Isometric Views The Isometric Views button function

is to automatically change the
perspective of the objects in the
workspace window.

Front/Right/Top

Front/Left/Top

Front/Right/Bottom

Front/Left/Bottom

Back/Right/Top

Back/Left/Top

Back/Right/Bottom

Back/Left/Bottom

Custom Views Enable you to define any perspective

than the Standard Views and
Isometric Views, and display at that
perspective.

Add View

Cutting Planes Cutting Planes button feature allows

you to define an arbitrary cross-
section of the object and display it.

Toggle Cutting Plane

Edit Cutting Plane

Save Cutting Plane

Field Reader The Field Reader tool measures field

values at the location where the
mouse hovers over the geometry.

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Option Icon Description

Export Image The Export Image tool takes a screen

shot of the geometry as it is currently
shown in the workspace window, and
saves it to a specified location.

Toggle Parts Visibility Toggles the design parts on and off.

Clicking the Opacity button located
to the right of this button, opens a
slider to customize the translucency
of its objects. The sliders change the
alpha of the design objects, making
them more or less translucent as the
slider is dragged right or left,
respectively.

Toggle Output Visibility Toggles the output results on and off.

Toggle Bounding Box Visibility Ttoggles the visibility of the bounding

box of a design when the design is
selected.

Toggle Output Viewing Controls Toggles the visibility of the output

viewing controls for sensor results.

Simulation Window
The Simulations workspace provides an interface to define simulations to send to the calculation engine. Simulations can
be easily created, defined, and stored in the Simulations workspace window. Each time a project is modified and saved,
you must define a new simulation to register the change. This workspace window stores definitions such as source types,
parameter sweeps, S-Parameters, frequencies of interest, scattered/total field interfaces and termination criteria that are
specific to a calculation. EMPro supports the following solver EM simulation technologies:

The following table lists the icons present in the Simulations window:

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Option Icon Description

Simulation Starts a simulation.

Add To Queue Selects the required simulation from

the upper panel of the Simulations
window and add to the queue.

Remove From Queue Selects the required simulation from

the upper panel of the Simulations
window and remove from the queue.

Delete From Queue Deletes the selected simulation from

the disk.

To start the next phase To interrupt the current phase of the

simulation and start the next phase.

Kill the Queue Kills the currently executed

simulation.

The following information is available in the upper pane of the Simulations window:

Option Description

Id Displays a project ID, which references the location of the

loaded project in the file directory.

Name Displays the project name specified by a user.

Date Created Specifies the date when a simulation was created.

Engine The simulator used for performing simulation.

Status Displays whether a result is complete or still being

calculated while the simulation is running. This status can
be refreshed manually by pressing the Update button or
automatically by selecting Auto-scroll.

The following tabs are available in the lower pane of the Simulations window:

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Option Description

Summary Provides a summary of the simulation such as simulation

path, status, boundary conditions, ports, feed, and
waveforms.

Notes Displays any notes that you might have added while
setting up a simulation.

Log Displays a log of tasks performed during the simulation.

Scripting Window
The Scripting workspace allows you to view, edit, and execute scripts.

To create a new python script;

1. Select Script > New Python Script, as shown in the following figures:

2. Type commands in the scripting window:

Scripting Options
The following table describes options available in the Scripting window toolbar:

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Option Description

Script New Python Script

Commit

Revert

Clear Output

Edit Enables you to copy, cut, or select text in a script.

Execute Execute Script

Cancel Execution

View Script Tools

Editing Tools

Execution Tools

Editor View

Indentation

ConvertEOL

PsychicPy

Parameter Window
The Parameters window enables you to create, edit, and delete parameters that are referenced. By default, three
parameters are provided minFreq, maxFreq, and timestep.

To modify the frequency range of the default minimum and maximum frequency parameters:

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1. Click Parameters. The Parameters window is displayed.

2. Double-click the minFreq or maxFreq value in the Formula field.

3. Specify the required value.

4. Click Apply.

Parameter Options
The following table describes the Parameters options:

Name Description

Name Enables you to define a parameter, which can be

referenced later.

Formula Allows you to provide a mathematical formula or a simple

numeric value that will define the value of a given
parameter. This formula can reference other parameters
that have already been defined.

Value This column is a read-only column that displays the

evaluated value of the parameter. If an invalid formula is
entered, an error message will appear within this field
with a description of the invalidity. Simply hold the mouse
over the error message to view this description. Similarly,
a parameter is deleted by selecting the unwanted
parameter and clicking the button above the table. If a
parameter is deleted that is referenced within another
parameter's definition, an error message will appear since
the parameter that is referenced is no longer defined.

Description Allows you to describe a parameter.

Configuring SIPro and PIPro

Before setting up an SIPro/PIPro project, you can configure the project settings by using the Options window. This
window consists of various tabs such as General, Interface, Modeling, and Nets. Using these tabs, you can specify the
global settings for your project.

Select Tools> Options to open the Options window. In this window, you can use the following tabs:

General

Interface

Modeling

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Nets

General
The General tab enables you to set the following options:

Templates: Enables you to specify the default folder location for storing SIPro/PIPro project templates.

Rendering Options: Allows you to control several display options in the SIPro/PIPro GUI:

Graphics Drivers: Specifies the display driver to be used for rendering graphics in SIPro/PIPro. The list of available
drivers depends on the operating system, graphics card, and on the usage of remote desktop. Using an
unsupported display driver may result in a blank Geometry Window. Any change to this setting will take effect
until you restart SIPro/PIPro. The display driver can also be changed using the --driver command line option when
starting SIPro/PIPro. Available graphics drivers are: OpenGL, OpenGL 2, DirectX 9, X11, MSW.

Transparency Algorithm: Determines the way SIPro/PIPro renders the parts opacity of an object. You can select
the values:

Z-sort Only Fast: This is the most efficient rendering option, but may contain artifacts
(small areas of inaccurate rendering).

Z-sort Only Nice: This is a more accurate rendering option than Z-sort Only Fast, but runs slower. It will
have less artifacts.

Depth Peeling: This option is more accurate than both Z-Sort algorithms. It's performance is dependent on
the graphics card, and may be significantly slower if the card does not support it.

Painters Algorithm: This is the most accurate rendering option, but runs the slowest. On modern graphics
cards, this option works very well.

Transparency Algorithm: This setting affects only the way an object is displayed in
the SIPro/PIPro interface, and does not affect calculation results.

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Interface Tab
The Interface tab enables you to set the following options:

Object Editing: Controls the editing of objects, when a new object is added to the project tree by right-clicking the
project tree. You can select one of the following values from the New Item Action drop-down list:

None: Adds a new object to the project tree.

Edit Name: Adds an object to the tree and provides a blinking cursor to add the object name in the project
tree.

Edit Properties: Adds an object and displays the appropriate window to edit the new object properties. The
Material Editor dialog box is displayed to specify settings.

Layout: Enables you to set preferences for saving or restoring the GUI layout.

Information: Enables you to to set their preference for decimal precision in tooltips.

Gridding: Enables or disables the use of the simplified grid.

Project Tree: The Icon/Text Size scroll adjusts the size of the items in the project tree.

Workspace:

Show All Tabs shows all workspace windows in tabbed workspace regardless of whether they are active or
not.

Show Only Active Tabs stores only the active tabs that are stored in the project workspace.

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Appearance: The Appearance pane allows you to change the appearance of the SIPro/PIPro GUI and buttons
within.

Modeling Tab
The Modeling tab provides several options for adjusting the color and appearance of faces, edges, vertices, components,
and the background. You can set the default colors used to display faces, edges, and/or vertices for parts when they are
first created. You can also set the color of the components (like voltage sources) and Geometry window background
color.

Components: Specifies the color used to render circuit components.

Background: Specifies the background color of the View.

Construction Grid: Specifies the color for the lines of the construction grid of the Sketcher and Orientation tools.

Mesh Slice: The color for mesh edges that are Free Space.

Invert Mouse Wheel: Switches the zoom direction when rolling the mouse wheel.

Separate View Tools: Toggles between showing all View tools in a drop-down list or as individual items.

Smooth View Transitions: Specifies SIPro/PIPro to perform smooth rotations between different view orientations. If
you do not select this option, SIPro/PIPro snaps to the selected view orientation.

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Nets
Using the Nets tab, you can specify the net type recognition rules for ground, power, and signal by using Regular
Expression options.

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Also, you can specify differential pair recognition by using pairs of Regular Expression for plus net and minus net.
Differential Pair recognition is currently used only for mixed mode of S-parameter plots and TDT/TDR plot window.

Specify regular expression for Plus Net and Minus Net respectively. If given any of two Net names are matched with given
regular expressions and rest string that are matched pieces are stripped off are the same, they are recognized as
differential pair.

For example, regular expression P$ for Plus and N$ detect Sig1P and Sig1N as differential pair.

Either one of Plus or Minus can be empty. This can be used to recognize a case such as pair name is like AAA and AAA#. (
empty regular expression for Plus Net and #$ for Minus Net).

Add-on Manager
You can extend the SIPro/PIPro user interface with additional functions, which are customized for your design needs.
These tools are python scripts that you can customize for your workflow. You can access the following add-on tools:

Component Models Add-on: Enables you to Export their Components and ComponetModels to a file and also
allows to Import them.

Introspection Add-on: Enables you to generate the recipie of the setup and the elements of the setup like Sinks,
Vrms, Component Models and Results.

Layers Display Setting: Enables you to change the Display Settings of the Conductive layers and the via layers in
the Active Project.

ScaleViewZ Add-on: Enables you to add a toolbar to the main window to scale the view in the Z direction.

Add-on Manager
The Add-on Manager allows you to enable or disable add-ons, inspect their status and possible load errors, and modify
the search path. It can be accessed from Tools > Add-on Manager.

The Add-on Manager displays a separate panel with the following elements:

A check box with the file name of the add-on: Select the check box to enable a add-on. Hovering over the file
name will show the full path of the add-on.

The load status on the left of the check box: A green icon is shown when an add-on is successfully loaded, a
yellow exclamation mark when it failed to load. Hover over the icon to see the full error message. No icon will be
shown for a disabled add-on that is not loaded.

If available, a short description of the add-on: Click in the Add-on Manager to display more information
about an add-on.

If available, two labels with the author and version information of the add-on.

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Add-on Search Path

You can download additional add-ons, which are saved on the following search path:

Additional search path: A user specified location where downloaded or custom add-ons can be saved. This path
can be modified in the Add-on manager and multiple locations can be specified using the platform specific path
separator (colon on Linux, semicolon on Windows). By default, a location in the user home directory is set. Add-
ons discovered on the additional search path are disabled by default, and must explicitly be enabled in the Add-on
manager.

If multiple add-ons with the same filename are found, only the first one on the path will be loaded. This way, a default
add-on can be overridden by a custom version placed in the additional search path.

Installing Additional Add-ons

You can download more add-ons and updates from the add-on download page. To install an add-on, perform the
following steps:

1. Save the downloaded Python script to one of the locations configured in the additional search path.

2. Open the Add-on Manager.

3. Find the new add-on and select its check box to enable it.

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If the downloaded add-on is an update of the existing add-on, save the the update on the additional search path. Restart
ADS and the updated version should be found and loaded instead of the original.

Once an add-on is added, it cannot be unloaded until the program is exited. While managing add-ons during a session,
consider the following factors:

When a loaded add-on is disabled, the status icon will still be shown in the Add-on Manager. Only the next time
that ADS is started, the add-on will no longer be loaded.

When an add-on fails to load because of a Python exception or other error, it will remain in this state even if the
error is fixed. Restart ADS to load the add-on.

When add-ons with the same file name are found on the search path, only the first to be found is loaded.
However, if the first add-on was added only to the path while ADS is already running, it does not overrule an add-
on by the same name that is already loaded, even if the latter one is found further on the search path.

Setup Options for Customizing Results

While viewing the results of an analysis, you can specify the setup options displayed in the following figure:

Range
The following table describes the Range options:

Range Description

Min Minimum value of the scale bar

Max Maximum value of the scale bar

Layer Layer name to show the values

Net Type Net type to show the values (Not available in some type
of filed plots)

Automatic Automatically set the Min/Max values. Turn this option off
if you want to specify your preferred Min/Max.

For complex/multi-layered board, it might be difficult to display the Field plots for all layers. In such a scenario, using
Layer Display Settings add-on to limit the displaying layers as well as Layer selector and/or Net Type selector in the Field
plot setup provides a better view.

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Select the following options for a better view:

From the Layer drop-down list, select Show All, from the Net Type drop-down list, select Power , and in the Layer
Display Settings panel, select All Layers Visible,

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Layer: ETCH_SPLIT3, Layer Display Settings: ETCH_SPLIT3, Net Type: Power

Size Factor
Specify the size factor of the arrows in the window. ( Below left is Size Factor = 1, Below right is Size Factor = 2 )

Excitation: Specify a excitation source from either VRMs or Sinks you defined in the setup.(Not available in some type of
filed plots)

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Frequency: Specify a frequency to display values.(Not available in some type of filed plots)

Hiding and Unloading Results

While viewing results in the Layout window, you can hide and unload other results.

To hide other results, click the Hide Others button.

To unload other results, click the Unload button.

Viewing PI-AC Analysis Results

Viewing PI-PPR Analysis Results

Viewing Power Aware SI Analysis Results

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Using Component Models

Using Component Models
Contents
Creating and Editing Component Models for Analysis

Using Vendor Parts DB Browser

Creating and Editing Component Models for Analysis

For an SIPro/PIPro analysis, you need to calculate the impact of decoupling capacitors. Identify the component models
and define electrical models for the selected components by defining component models.

In this section, you will learn how to create component models and then add a lumped, SnP, or model DB for analysis.

Creating Component Models for Analysis

To create a component model for analysis:

1. Select a component group in the Components list.

2. Right-click the selected component group and select Create Component Model for Analysis. The SIPro/PIPro
Setup window is displayed.

3. Select the target analysis where you want to create the component model:

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4. Click OK.

You can also drag and drop the selected components on Component Models in the SIPro/PIPro
Setup. The instances will be grouped by component name.

Editing a Component Model for Analysis

After creating a component model in the SIPro/PIPro Setup panel, you can define the electrical model parameters. The
following types of models can be added:

Lumped

SnP

Model DB

Multiple Model DBs

Adding a Lumped Model

To define a lumped component model:

1. Double-click the component group in the SIPro/PIPro Setup panel. The Component Model Editor is displayed.

2. Select Lumped from the Add drop-down list.

3. Specify the Resistance, Inductance, and Capacitance value.

4. Select an RLC arrangement option.

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5. Click Apply.

6. Click Done.

Adding an SnP Model

You can add an SnP model for multi-port components, such as 4-pack resistors and 7-pack resistors. To define an SnP
component model:

1. Double-click the component group in the SIPro/PIPro Setup panel. The Component Model Editor is displayed.

2. Select SnP from the Add drop-down list.

3. Specify the S parameter file in the File Name text box. You can also click to browse to the required
file.

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4. Click Apply.

5. Click Done.

Selecting an Existing Model DB

To use an existing model:

1. Double-click the component group in the SIPro/PIPro Setup panel. The Component Model Editor is displayed.

2. Select Model DB from the Add drop-down list.

3. Click in the Model section.

4. The Model DB window is displayed.

5. Select the required model.

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6. Click OK. All the fields are filled with the details of the selected model.

7. Click Apply.

8. Click Done.

Selecting Multiple Model DBs

To use an existing model:

1. Double-click the component group in the SIPro/PIPro Setup panel. The Component Model Editor is displayed.

2. Select Multiple Model DB from the Add drop-down list.

3. Click in the Model section.

4. The Model DB window is displayed.

5. Select the required models.

6. Click OK. All the fields are filled with the details of the selected model.

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7. Click Apply.

8. Click Done.

Specifying a Default Model

If you have added multiple models, you can select a default model that will be considered during an analysis. After you
have completed a simulation, you can change the default model and view results immediately. You do not need to re-
simulate your design.

To specify a default model:

1. Double-click the component group in the SIPro/PIPro Setup panel. The Component Model Editor is displayed.

2. Select a model in the Model List section.

3. Click Set Default. For example, in the following figure, model_4 is selected:

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4. Click Apply.

5. Click Done.

Specifying a Model with more than 2 pins

If you have a component that has more than 2 pins, you can specify port numbers for each pins to define how the model
is connected when simulated.

If number of pins of component is more than 2 Ports pane appears in the left of the dialog.

To specify ports and models

1. Modify Port Number column so each pin connection matches the actual model's port numbers. "0" means
common reference ground. In below example, 3 ports are defined where P1( + ) and P4 ( - ) as Port1, P2( + ) and
P4( - ) as Port2, P3( + ) and P4( - ) as Port3. You can make Port Number column blank if you don't want to
connect model to that pin.

2. Specify model(s) that matches the number of ports you defined in Ports pane.

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Specifying a Arrayed Component

If you have an arrayed component contains multiple 2-pin components, you can define it by using "Arrayed Component"
checkbox.

To specify a Arrayed Component

1. Check Arrayed Component checkbox. Note that the checkbox only appears when the component has more than 2
pins.

2. Specify Port Numbers for each pins. Use "-" sign to make pin connects to minus terminal of the port. In below
example, P1 connects to plus terminal of port1 and P5 connects to minus terminal of the port1.

3. Specify 2-pin model(s). The same model will be applied to each ports.

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Using Vendor Parts DB Browser

Using Vendor Parts DB Browser
SIPro/PIPro provides a database of vendor part electrical models. It provides a complete set of MuRata, Samsung, and
TDK components. You can select an electrical model for the required capacitor in the Vendor Parts DB Browser window.

To display the Vendor Parts DB Browser:

1. Select Tools > Vendor Parts DB. The Vendor Parts DB Browser window is displayed.

2. Select the required electrical model. You can also use the Filter text field to search the required model. Type a
value in the required column. You can use multiple filter values. For example, the following figure displays results
of the 2.2uF capacitors search.

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In the Vendor Parts DB Browser window, you can also view the impedance of various capacitors. You can select multiple
capacitors in the window and compare the impedance value, as shown in the following figure:

The properties that are the same for all selected components appear grayed out in the Part Details panel.

Adding Components to the Vendor Parts DB

SIPro/PIPro allows you to extend the existing vendor parts database. The following types of models are supported:

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Component from ADS

Lumped

SnP

Adding Custom Component

Adding a Lumped Model

To add a custom lumped model type to the Vendor Parts DB:

1. Click the Add Custom Component button in the Vendor Components Browser window to open the Component
Model Creator dialog box.

2. Select the Lumped model type from the Select Model Type drop-down list.

3. Specify the Lumped Model properties:

4. Click Apply.

5. Click Done.

Adding an SnP Model

To add a custom SnP model type to the Vendor Parts DB:

1. Click the "Add Custom Component..." button in the Vendor Components Browser window to open the Component
Model Creator dialog.

2. Select the SnP model type from the Select Model Type drop-down list.

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3. Specify the S parameter file in the File Name text box. You can also click to browse to the required file. The
pin-port configuration is automatically generated from the S parameter file.

4. Click Apply.

5. Click Done.

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PIPro Analysis
Contents
Tutorial-Performing a PI-DC and PI-AC Analysis

PIPro Analysis Setup Overview

PI-DC Static IR Drop Analysis

PI-AC Dynamic IR Drop Analysis

PI-PPR Analysis

Tutorial-Performing a PI-DC and PI-AC Analysis

In this tutorial, you will learn how to create a PI-DC and PI-AC analysis setup, run the analysis, and view results. The
example workspace contains a Samsung DDR4 UDIMM memory card. The design files are downloaded from JEDEC (www.
jedec.com) and used for demonstration purposes. The example design consists of a 6 layer board with a single power rail
for core and I/O buffers, as shown in the following figure:

You can view the nets, components instances, and individual nets in the navigator window. The main power net passes
from the conductor at the bottom of the design to the devices at the top. GND nets are present on the design. The
substrate pack consists of routing on the top and bottom layer. The power and GND nets are on layer 3 and 4. Before
performing the PIPro analysis, you need to know the names of the power and GND nets.

In this example design, the VRM is connector J1, which is the source of power supply. It is the connector device at the
bottom of DDR4 board. There are eight sinks, which are the ICs distributed over the board. The power supply is
consumed by sinks. You will analyze the impact of decoupling capacitors.

You can access the example workspace from the following location:

examples/HSD/SIPro_PIPro_Getting_Started_Example_wrk.7zadsfcv

In this tutorial, you will perform the following tasks:

Perform a PI-DC analysis

Perform a PI-AC analysis

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Performing a PI-DC Analysis

You can analyze the voltage drop in the VDD-GND power distribution network. The supply power comes in through
connector 'J1', the ICs that consume current are the 'DDR4...' component instances. There are no series components.

To perform an analysis, open the SIPro/PIPro Setup window:

1. Open a Layout window in ADS.

2. Select Tools > SIPro/PIPro > Open Setup from a Layout window to create a new or open an existing setup. The
SIPro/PIPro Setup window is displayed.

Creating a PI-DC Analysis Setup

To create a PIPro Static IR Drop (PI-DC) analysis, use the default empty template available in the project panel. Expand
DC Analysis 1 in the SIPro/PIPro panel, as shown in the following figure:

To create a setup, you need to define the following:

VRM

Sink

Options

Defining a VRM
To setup a VRM:

1. Select the J1 connector component instance in the Components list, as shown in the following figure:

2. Drag and drop the selected instance on the VRMs part in the SIPro/PIPro Setup panel. The Select Net for J1
window is displayed.

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3. Select VDD.

4. Click OK. A new VRM definition is added in the SIPro/PIPro Setup panel.

5. Double click the VRM definition to open the VRM Editor dialog box.

6. Specify the DC Voltage, Voltage Tolerance, Resistance and Inductance.

Defining a Sink
Sinks are devices that consume current. To define a sink:

1. Select u_ddr4_x4_fbga78-10x13 at component level in the Components list, as shown in the following figure:

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2. Drag and drop the component on Sinks. Since the component connects to multiple power nets, the Select Net for
U7 dialog box is displayed.

3. Select VDD as the power net you want to analyze.

4. Select the Use same selection for All Sinks/VRMs option.

5. Click OK. A Sinks definition is added having a list of 8 sinks, as shown in the following figure:

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6. Double click sink_U4 in the Sinks list to open the Sink Editor dialog box.

7. Type 30 in the DC Current field.

8. Click Done.

Defining Options
A PI-DC analysis provides the following options:

Use Ideal Ground Approximation. When enabled, this option will treat all Ground nets as ideal shorts. The power
rail is often the dominant contributor to the voltage drop. This option provides you the capability to analyze this
dominant factor in less simulation time.

To specify options:

1. Double-click Options in the Analyses list. The Setup PI-DC Simulation window is displayed.

2. Select Use Ideal Ground Approximation.

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3. Select Custom target mesh size and specify the required value.

4. Click Done.

Saving the Analysis Setup

After defining your analysis setup, select File > Save. Now, you are ready to perform the analysis.

Running the Analysis

Double-click Run to start the PI-DC analysis. The Simulations window is displayed and the PI-DC analysis is initiated.

Viewing Results
After the simulation is complete, the results are listed in the project panel. You can view the results by double-clicking
the required Results option:

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Overview
Clicking the Overview option opens a window with a table based overview of voltages and currents at Sinks, Pins, VRMs,
and Vias.

Voltage
Clicking the Voltage option in the Results list loads the voltage plot in the Geometry window. This is a scalar plot. The
voltage is forced at 0 at the negative pins of the VRMs.

Current Density
Clicking the Current Density option in the Results list loads the current density plot in the Geometry window. This is a
vector plot. The color indicates the current density amplitude. The white arrow indicates the direction of the current. The
arrow size is not an indication for the current density amplitude.

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Power Loss Density

Clicking the Power Loss Density option in the Results list loads the power loss density. This is a scalar plot. This plot
shows the power loss per unit area.

Generate Schematic
Clicking the Generate Schematic option opens a Schematic window with the VRMs, Sinks, Component Models and an
SNP that points to the DC S-parameter model.

Performing a PI-AC Analysis

After running a PI-DC analysis, you can perform the PI-AC analysis. A PI-AC analysis enables you to calculate the
impedance of the power distribution networks from different sinks. It helps you to determine and minimize the
impedance between power and ground pins at various IC locations on the board. A PDN should have the lowest
impedance for achieving good power integrity. Therefore, you need to minimize the impedance between power and
ground pins, which will vary based on the location of capacitors and the type and value of capacitor. The goal of PI-AC
analysis is to provide low impedance to all sinks.

In this example, the impact of components placed between the capacitors is calculated. You will use component models
of the MuRata library.

Enable MuRata Library

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Enable MuRata Library

In this example, you will run simulations with MuRata library components. Download the MuRata library from the Web:

http://www.murata.com/en-global/tool/library/keysight3

Include the MuRata library in the current ADS workspace and enable this library in ADS.

Opening the Example Design

Open the SIPro_PIPro_Getting_Started_Example_wrk.7zadsfcv design. The PI analysis setup data for a specific design is
stored in a cell view of the “SIPro/PIPro Setup”.

Double-click the sipiSetup view in the ADS Main window.

The SIPro/PIPro Setup window is displayed.

Creating a PI-AC Analysis Setup

In this example, you will copy the PI-DC analysis setup. Therefore, you do not need to redefine the VRMs, which are the
connectors for supplying power, and sinks that consume the current.

1. Right-click the PI-DC analysis setup in the project panel:

2. Select Copy > To PI-AC Analysis:

3. The PI-DC analysis setup is copied to create a new PI-AC Analysis.

4. Right-click the copied analysis and select Rename.

5. Type VDD_GND_AC, as shown in the following figure:

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Defining a Component Model

For a PI-AC analysis, you need to calculate the impact of decoupling capacitors. Identify the component models and
define electrical models for the selected components.

To define a component model:

1. Select the component group c_capacitors_0603-511-500044_4.7a in the Components list. This group of
components will be analyzed.

2. Drag and drop the selected component on Component Models in the SIPro/PIPro Setup window. A new list is
created, as shown in the following figure:

After adding a component model in in the SIPro/PIPro setup panel, you may need to
delete the nets that are not connected to GND and VDD.

3. Double-click c_capacitors_0603-511-500044_4.7a in the Component Models branch to specify the electrical

models to be used for analysis.

4. Select Lumped from the Add drop-down list.

5. Type 4.7 uF in the Capacitance field.

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6. Click Done

You can also search an electrical model in the database provided by the vendor. For more
information, see Using Vendor Parts DB Browser and Creating and Editing Component Models
for Analysis.

Defining Options
To define options:

1. Double-click Options in the PI-AC Analysis list in the SIPro/PIPro Setup panel.

2. Accept the default Resolution and Arc Resolution value.

3. Click the Frequency Plans tab.

4. Click Done.

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Running the Analysis

Save your PI-AC analysis setup and double-click Run to start the PI-AC analysis. The Simulations window is displayed
and the PI-AC analysis is initiated.

Viewing PDN Impedance

To view PDN impedance results:

1. In the Results list, double-click PDN Impedance. The PDN impedance window is displayed.

2. Select the required sinks.

3. Right-click the selected sinks and choose Add PDN Impedance. The PDN Impedance plot is displayed.

PIPro Analysis Setup Overview

To perform a power integrity (PIPro) simulation, you require detailed information about the power distribution network
(PDN) in a design. This information includes identifying the voltage regulator module (VRM), the IC that consumes power,
the components and component models, and stimulus for the analysis.

Prerequisites
Before performing a PIPro analysis, you need to gather the following Information about a PDN:

Identify the power and ground rail net name(s) that you want to analyze and obtain the DC voltage. A power rail
can consist of multiple nets that are connected through series components.

Identify the instance name (or reference designator) of the Voltage Regulator Module (VRM). In case the VRM is
not mounted on the Printed Circuit Board (PCB) and the supply power comes in through one (or more) connectors,
identify these instances name(s). Also, the power rail and ground rail might come in through a separate connector.
For such designs, you need to identify both connector instance names.

Identify the instance name(s) of the ICs that consume power. Obtain the DC current consumption properties of
each IC. This is the total current that will be distributed among the set of individual pins of the IC. Obtain the
allowed DC voltage drop for each power rail. This is the recommended minimum DC supply voltage that is needed
by the IC to guarantee proper operation. You might consult the datasheet, ask the vendor, run the power
calculator provided by FPGA vendors, or ask the IC designers.

Identify the instance name(s) of all series components on the power rail. These are typically resistors, inductors, or
fuses. Obtain the electrical model parameters for them (RLC values and topology).

Setup
In a new SIPro/PIPro setup, you can use the empty templates for PI-DC, PI-AC, and PPR analysis in the Project panel. You
can also create a new analysis. To create a new analysis, right-click Analyses and choose the required analysis. The
following figure displays the PI-DC and PI-AC setup:

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VRMs
A voltage regulator module (VRM) allows processors with different supply voltage to be mounted on the same
motherboard. A VRM regulates the voltage fed to a microprocessor. While creating an analysis setup, you can define
various properties of a VRM, such as the DC voltage, voltage tolerance, and resistance.

Sinks
A sink is a component, such as ICs, that consumes electricity in a design. While creating a setup, you can define the
amount of current the ICs will consume by defining the properties of a sink, such as the DC current, resistance, and
voltage tolerance.

Options
The following table describes various options available for a PIPro analysis:

Option Description

Resolution This option specifies that points closer than the

Resolution distance will be considered as equal during
simulation

Arc Resolution Arc resolution is used to discretize arcs and circles during
simulation

Custom Target Mesh Size Specifies the mesh size for generating the global 3D
mesh during simulation

Use Ideal Ground Approximation Ground net metalization is modeled as a perfect

conductor during simulation

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PI-DC Static IR Drop Analysis

PI-DC Static IR Drop Analysis
Creating a PI-DC Analysis Setup

Viewing PI-DC Analysis Results

Creating a PI-DC Analysis Set up

Using SIPro/PIPro, you can perform a PI-DC analysis to compute the voltage, IR drop (voltage drop), current, and power
loss density in the power supply nets. The DC analysis helps you to identify the IC and connector pins or stitching vias
drawing large amounts of current at DC.

Due to excessive voltage drop, the power supply voltage at the IC might fall below the recommended minimum voltage.
This can cause malfunctioning of the IC. Excessive current density in the perforated power supply rails can generate
excessive heat, which might lead to board failures due to de-lamination or fusing. Also, excessive current in the stitching
vias can lead to via failures losing connection. Any number of power supply nets with source and sink models can be
simulated together.

You can use the default empty template available in the project panel. Expand the DC Analysis 1 option present in the
Analyses node:

You can also create a new analysis. To create a new analysis:

1. Right-click Analyses and select New PI-DC Analysis.

2. Expand the analysis tree node of the new analysis branch:

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Defining a VRM
A VRM regulates the voltage provided to a microprocessor.

To define a VRM:

1. Select a VRM (or connector) component instance in the Parts tree. You can also search the required component.
For more information about, see How to Find a Component Instance.

2. Drag and drop the selected instance on the VRMs part in the project panel. A new VRM definition is added in the
project panel.

3. If the VRM connects to multiple power nets, the Select Net for Instance dialog box is displayed, where you have
to select the required net. The same applies for ground nets.

4. Double click the VRM definition to open the VRM Editor dialog box.

5. Specify the DC Voltage, Voltage Tolerance, and Resistance. The Inductance will not play a role for a DC analysis.
The Voltage Tolerance (absolute or in percent) is the voltage drop that is allowed at the output pins of the VRM.
There will be no voltage drop in the VRM in case the series resistance and inductance values are 0.

6. Click Done.

Defining a Sink
A sink is a component that reduces the temperature of an electronic device by dissipating heat into the surrounding air.
You can define the following options for a sink:

To define a sink:

1. Find the IC component instance(s) in the Components list.

2. Select the instance(s) and drag and drop them onto Sinks. New Sink definitions will be added in the tree.

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3. In case the IC connects to multiple power nets, the Select Net for Instance dialog box is displayed, where you can
select the required net.

4. In case multiple instances were dropped, the Select Net for Multiple Instances dialog box provides a check box to
Use same Selection for All Sinks/VRMs. The same applies for ground nets.

5. Double-click the Sink definition to open the Sink Editor dialog box.

6. Specify the DC Current, Resistance and Voltage Tolerance. The Voltage Tolerance (absolute or in percent) is
maximum voltage drop that is allowed at the input pins of the IC.

Defining Options
A PI-DC analysis provides following options:

Option Description

Use Ideal Ground Approximation When enabled, this option will treat all Ground nets as
ideal shorts. The power rail is often the dominant
contributor to the voltage drop. This option provides you
the capability to analyze this dominant factor in less
simulation time.

Running the PI-DC Analysis

After saving your analysis setup, double click Run to start the PI-DC analysis. The Simulations window is displayed and
the PI-DC analysis will start. The Simulations window allows you to monitor and manage simulations.

Show Me How Do I Perform a PI-DC Analysis

Video: How to Perform a PI-DC Analysis

Viewing PI-DC Analysis Results

After completing a PI-DC analysis setup, you can run the analysis in SIPro/PIPro. You can view the overview, voltage,
current density, and power loss density. You can also generate a schematic.

Running a PI-DC Analysis

To run a PI-DC analysis and view results:

1. Save your PI-DC analysis setup.

2. Double-click Run to start the PI-DC analysis. The Simulations window is displayed, which allows you to monitor
and manage simulations. The results are listed in the project panel.

3. Expand Results in the Analysis list of the project panel:

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4. Double-click the required analysis result.

Overview
Clicking the Overview option in the Results list opens the DC Results Overview window. This window provides a table-
based overview of voltages and currents at Sinks, Pins, VRMs, and Vias.

Sinks

In the Sinks tab, you can view the source current, VRM voltage, input voltage, resistance, tolerance, and margin values.

Pins
To view pins:

1. Click the Pins tab in the DC Results Overview window.

2. Choose the required pin from the Select Pins drop-down list. The table is updated with the selected pin results.

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VRMs
To view VRMs, click the VRMs tab in the DC Results Overview window.

Vias
To view ID and current of vias, click the Vias tab.

Reports
To generate a PI-DC analysis report:

1. Click the Reports tab.

2. Click Save Report.

Setting Template
To set a template for your report, click the Set Templates button. Browse to the DocX, ODT, and HTML location for
selecting a template for your report.

Voltage
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Voltage
Clicking the Voltage option in the Results list loads the voltage plot. This is a scalar plot. The voltage is forced at 0 at the
negative pins of the VRMs.

Current Density
Clicking the Current Density option in the Results list loads the current density plot. This is a vector plot. The color
indicates the current density amplitude. The white arrow indicates the direction of the current. The arrow size is not an
indication for the current density amplitude.

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Power Loss Density

Clicking the Power Loss Density option in the Results list loads the power loss density. This is a scalar plot. This plot
shows the power loss per unit area.

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Generate Schematic
Clicking the Generate Schematic option opens a Schematic window with the VRMs, Sinks, Component Models and an
SNP that points to the DC S-parameter model.

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Setup Options for Customizing Results

PI-AC Dynamic IR Drop Analysis

PI-AC Dynamic IR Drop Analysis
Creating a PI-AC Analysis Setup

Viewing PI-AC Analysis Results

Creating a PI-AC Analysis Setup

A PI-AC analysis computes the impedance for the IC current loads over a broad frequency range. It helps you to identify
whether the power distribution network (PDN) provides a low impedance path from the Voltage Regulator Module (VRM)
to the IC. An excessive impedance in a certain frequency range can generate excessive voltage noise, also called dynamic
IR drop, when the IC power supply pins draw large amounts of transient current, required for I/O or core logic switching,
at rates that fall into that frequency range.

Defining a PI-AC Analysis Setup

You can create a PI-AC analysis setup in the following ways:

Copying an existing PI-DC analysis setup.

Creating a new PI-AC analysis setup.

Copying the PI-DC Analysis Setup

If you have already performed a PI-DC analysis, you can copy its setup for creating a PI-AC analysis setup. To copy an
existing setup:

1. Right-click the PI-DC analysis setup in the project panel.

2. Select Copy > To PI-AC Analysis.

Creating a New PI-AC Analysis Setup

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Creating a New PI-AC Analysis Setup

If you want to create a new setup, right-click Analyses and then select New PI-AC Analysis. After creating a new setup,
you need to define VRMs and sinks. For more information, see PIPro Analysis Setup Overview.

Defining VRMs
To define a VRM:

1. Select a VRM (or connector) component instance in the Components list. You can also search the required
component. For more information about, see How to Find a Component Instance.

2. Drag and drop the selected instance on VRMs in the AC Analysis list. A new VRM definition is added.

3. If the VRM connects to multiple power nets, the Select Net for Instance dialog box is displayed. Select a net.
Similarly, you can select ground nets.

4. Double-click the VRM definition to open the VRM Editor dialog box.

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Defining Sinks
To define a sink:

1. Find the IC component instance(s) in the Components list.

2. Select the instance(s) and drag and drop them onto Sinks. New Sink definitions will be added in the tree.

3. In case the IC connects to multiple power nets, the Select Net for Instance dialog pops up where you will have to
select one.

4. In case multiple instances were dropped, the Select Net for Multiple Instances dialog provides a check box to Use
same Selection for All Sinks/VRMs. The same applies for ground nets.

5. Double click the Sink definition to open the Sink Editor dialog. Specify the DC Current, Resistance and Voltage
Tolerance. The Voltage Tolerance (absolute or in percent) is maximum voltage drop that is allowed at the input
pins of the IC.

Defining Component Models

For a PI-AC analysis, you need to consider the decoupling capacitors because they are not an open circuit at AC.

To define a component model:

1. Select the component group, which you want to analyze, in the Components list.

2. Drag and drop the component group on Component Models. The instances will be grouped by component name.

3. Define the electrical model parameters by using one of the following ways:

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Double-click the component instance to display the Component Model Editor window. For more
information, see Creating and Editing Component Models for Analysis.

Alternatively, you can open the Vendor Parts database by selecting Tools > Vendor Parts DB. Drag and drop
the appropriate vendor part onto the component instance node (single model assignment) or onto the
component model group node (group model assignment). For more information, see Using Vendor Parts DB
Browser.

Defining Options
To define options, double-click Options in the PI-AC Analysis list in the project panel. provides It provides the following
options:

Option Description

Resolution Points closer than the specified resolution will be

considered equal during the simulation

Arc Resolution Value used to discretize circles and arcs during the
simulation

Custom Target Mesh Size Mesh size used to generate the global 3D mesh during
simulation

Use Ideal Ground Approximation When enabled, this option specifies that all Ground nets
are considered as ideal shorts. The power rail is often the
dominant contributor to the voltage drop. This option
provides you the capability to analyze this dominant
factor in less simulation time.

Defining Frequency Plans

By default, you can use the Automatic, Logarithmic and Adaptive frequency plan. The Automatic will provide the optimal
frequency sampling using a combination of Adaptive and Logarithmic sweeps.

Click the Frequency Plans tab to specify a plan.

Saving fields for field plots

By default, the fields valued needed for visualization are not stored. You can enable this using the Field Storage dialog.

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Note that this will save big files to disc. Depending on the example this can result in multiple GB of saved data.

Saving the Setup

Save your PI-AC analysis setup and double-click Run to start the PI-AC analysis.

Show Me How Do I Perform a PI-AC Analysis

Video: How to Perform a PI-AC Analysis

Viewing PI-AC Analysis Results

After creating a PI-AC analysis setup, you can run the analysis in the SIPro/PIPro Setup window. For a PI-AC analysis, the
following results are displayed:

PDN Impedance

S-parameters

Electric Field

Magnetic Field

Current Density

Generate Test Bench

Generate Sub Circuit

Running a PI-AC Analysis

To run a PI-AC analysis and view results:

1. Save your PI-AC analysis setup.

2. Double-click Run to start the PI-AC analysis. The Simulations window is displayed, which allows you to monitor
and manage simulations:

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3. Expand the Results tree item.

4. Double-click the required result:

PDN Impedance
A PI-AC analysis computes the impedance of the IC current loads over a broad frequency range. You can identify whether
the power distribution network (PDN) provides a low impedance path from the Voltage Regulator Module (VRM) to the
sinks or ICs. It provides the input impedance value from each sink.

Viewing PDN Impedance

To view PDN impedance results:

1. In the Results list, double-click PDN Impedance. The PDN impedance window is displayed.

2. Select the required sinks.

3. Right-click the selected sinks and choose Add PDN Impedance.

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Removing PDN Impedance Plots

To remove PDN Impedance plots:

1. Click the Plot tab.

2. Select the plots to be removed.

3. Click . The selected plots are deleted from the PDN Impedance window.

Importing a Target Impedance File

The PDN impedance window supports the import and visualization of target impedances. The following table lists the
contents of a sample CSV file:

Frequency[Hz] Impedance[Ohm]

100000 0.01

1000000 0.01

1000000 0.1

10000000 0.1

10000000 1.5

1E+08 1.5

1E+08 2

1E+09 2

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Frequency[Hz] Impedance[Ohm]

1E+09 2

To import a series of target impedances:

1. Select File > Import Target Impedance. The Import Custom Target Impedance File dialog box is displayed.

2. Select a CSV file containing values. This file should contain comma separated frequency and impedance values.

The importer does not perform a validity check on the actual data.

3. Once imported, the values are added as a new plot on the impedance graph, as shown in the following figure:

Result Type Options

In the Result Type section, you can select the following options:

Impedance: Displays the PDN impedance values.

S-Parameters: Displays the s parameter results.

The impedance plots show the PDN impedance values including the default component models specified in the setup.
After changing the default model specified in the Component Model Editor dialog (see Creating and Editing Component
Models for Analysis), you can update the impedance plots without recalculation. This allows a quick way to vary e.g.
decap component models and inspect the effect on the PDN plots.

VRM Options
If you are viewing Impedance results, you can also select the following VRMs options:

Open

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Closed

Viewing Electric Field

Double-click Electric Field in the Results list of PI AC analysis. The electric field plot is displayed:

Viewing Magnetic Field

Double-click Magnetic Field in the Results list of PI AC analysis. The magnetic field plot is displayed:

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If you want to view only the recent results and hide previous analysis, click Hide Others.

Current Density
Double-click Current Density in the Results list of PI AC analysis.

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Generating a Schematic
Double-click Generate Schematic in the Results list of PI-AC analysis. A Schematic window is displayed, which includes
the VRMs, Sinks, Component Models and an SNP that points to the S-parameter model.

You can run a simulation from the schematic. The results display the input impedance for sinks, which is similar to the
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Enable the decoupling capacitors

The key parameter is the index, which determines the location of the switch. If the index is 0, the switch is open. If the
value of index is set to 1, the connection is made to the first part. Similarly, if the index is 2, then connection is made to
the second part. The following figure displays the results when the index value is set to 1:

Tuning Parameters
To tune parameters:

1. Click theTuning icon. The TuneParameters dialog box is displayed.

2. Select the decoupling capacitor in Schematic.

3. Set the Minimum value to 0.

4. Set the maximum value to 5.

5. Specify the Step value as 1.

6. Click the up and down arrows.

Setup Options for Customizing Results

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PI-PPR Analysis
PI-PPR Analysis
Creating a PI-PPR Analysis Setup

Viewing PI-PPR Analysis Results

Creating a PI-PPR Analysis Setup

A PI-PPR (Power Plane Resonance) analysis computes the resonances of the design over a broad frequency range. It
helps you to identify the resonance frequencies and fields of the design, with and without components. It provides a
global view on natural modes (eigenmodes) between the power and ground planes. Some of the modes may cause
excessive impedance from VRM to IC. Some modes resonating around the signal frequencies may affect the signal
quality.

Defining a PI-PPR Analysis Setup

You can create a PI-PPR analysis setup in the following ways:

Copying an existingPI-DC/AC analysis setup.

Creating a new PI-PPR analysis setup.

Copying the PI DC/AC Analysis Setup

If you have already performed a PI-DC or PI-AC analysis, you can copy its setup for creating a PI-PPR analysis setup. To
copy an existing setup:

1. Right-click the existing PI-DC or PI-AC analysis setup in the project panel.

2. Select Copy > To PI-PPR Analysis. The entire setup is copied to create a new PI-PPR analysis setup.

Creating a New PI-PPR Analysis Setup

If you want to create a new setup, right-click Analyses and then select New PI-PPR Analysis.

Definition of VRMs and sinks are optional in PI-PPR. At least one VRM, or one sink or one
component is suggested to be defined to indicate the power and ground nets be put in PPR
simulation. For more information, see PIPro Analysis Setup Overview.

Defining VRMs
To define a VRM:

1. Select a VRM (or connector) component instance in the Parts tree. You can also search the required component.
For more information about, see How to Find a Component Instance.

2. Drag and drop the selected instance on the VRMs part in the project panel. A new VRM definition is added in the
project panel.

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3. If the VRM connects to multiple power nets, the Select Net for Instance dialog pops up where you will have to
select one. The same applies for ground nets.

4. Double-click the VRM definition to open the VRM Editor dialog box.

Defining Sinks
To define a sink:

1. Find the IC component instance(s) in the Parts tree.

2. Select the instance(s) and drag and drop them onto Sinks. New Sink definitions will be added in the tree.

3. In case the IC connects to multiple power nets, the Select Net for Instance dialog pops up where you will have to
select one.

4. In case multiple instances were dropped, the Select Net for Multiple Instances dialog provides a check box to Use
same Selection for All Sinks/VRMs. The same applies for ground nets.

Defining Component Models

For a PI-PPR analysis, you need to consider the decoupling capacitors because the R, L and C parameters associated
with that component may affect the resonances.

To define a component model:

1. Select the component group, which you want to analyze, in the Components list.

2. Drag and drop the component group on Component Models. The instances will be grouped by component name.

3. Define the electrical model parameters by using one of the following ways:

a. Double-click the component instance to specify the electrical model parameters for that instance.

b. Alternatively, you can open the Vendor Parts database by selecting Tools > Vendor Parts DB. Drag and
drop the appropriate vendor part onto the component instance node (single model assignment) or onto
the component model group node (group model assignment). For more information, see Using Vendor
Parts DB Browser.

Defining Options
The same options can be set as for an PI-AC simulation.

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Defining Frequency Plan

There are three parameters in PPR frequency plan: Start frequency (Fstart), Stop frequency (Fstop), and Number of
eigenmodes (N). The first N modes with resonant frequencies between Fstart and Fstop would be provided. By default,
the Start and Stop frequencies are defined as minFreq and maxFreq. You can change the minFreq, maxFreq, by using the
Parameters window. For more information, see Parameters window.

Saving the Setup

Save your PI-PPR analysis setup and double-click Run to start the PI-PPR analysis.

Viewing PI-PPR Analysis Results

After creating a PI-PPR analysis setup, you can run the analysis in the SIPro/PIPro Setup window. For a PI-PPR analysis,
the following results are displayed:

Electric Field

Magnetic Field

Current Density

Running a PI-PPR Analysis

To run a PI-PPR analysis and view results:

1. Save your PI-PPR analysis setup.

2. Double-click Run to start the PI-PPR analysis. The Simulations window is displayed, which allows you to monitor
and manage simulations.

3. Expand the Results tree item.

4. Double-click the required result:

Electric Field
Double-click Electric Field in the Results list of PI-PPR analysis. The electric field plot is displayed:

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Magnetic Field
Double-click Magnetic Field in the Results list of PI -PPR analysis. The magnetic field plot is displayed:

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Current Density
Double-click Current Density in the Results list of PI-PPR analysis.

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Setup Options for Customizing Results

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SIPro Analysis
SIPro Analysis
Contents
Tutorial-Performing Power Aware SI Analysis

Creating a Power Aware SI Analysis Setup

Viewing Power Aware SI Analysis Results

Tutorial-Performing Power Aware SI Analysis

In this tutorial, you will learn how to create a Power Aware SI analysis setup, run the analysis, and view results. The
example workspace contains a Samsung DDR4 UDIMM memory card. The design files are downloaded from JEDEC (www.
jedec.com) and used for demonstration purposes. The example design consists of a 6 layer board with a single power rail
for core and I/O buffers, as shown in the following figure:

In this example design, the goal is to analyze the signal behavior of the critical line, including the effect of the GND
metallization.

The goal of SI analysis is to provide an S-parameter model for the DQR15 line.

Example Workspace

examples/HSD/SIPro_PIPro_Getting_Started_Example_wrk.7zads

Objective

Set up a Power Aware SI analysis

Run the Power Aware SI analysis

View Power Aware SI results (S-parameter and Generate Schematic)

Opening the Example Design

Open the SIPro_PIPro_Getting_Started_Example_wrk.7zads design. The SI analysis setup data for a specific design is
stored in a cell view of the “SIPro/PIPro Setup”.

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To create a sipiSetup view, open the layout and select Tools > SIPro/PIPro > Open Setup.

If the sipiSetup view already exists, you can open it with a double-click in the ADS Main window.

The SIPro/PIPro Setup window is displayed.

Creating a Power Aware SI Setup

In this example, you will create a new SI analysis setup. To create a new setup, right-click Analyses and then select New
SI Analysis.

Defining Ports
For an SI analysis, you need to define ports that will be the ports of the S-parameters calculated by the tool. In this
example, you will define two ports, one on each side of the single DQR15 line.

To define a port:

1. Select the DQ15 line in the Nets tree.

In this example, you will use pins 6 and C2 to define the ports.

2. Drag and drop pin RN20 on the ports part of the tree.

By hovering over the exclamation mark, you will see that the GND reference for the port is not
defined. You can either manually select a GND pin and drag it to the port. Alternatively, you can
automatically find the closest GND pin by right-clicking 1: port and then selecting Add Nearby Pins To
Minus Terminal, which will add J1.P24 as the minus reference to the port:

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Two nets were automatically added to the list of nets: GND and DQ15. The metallization
associated with these nets will be included in the Power Aware SI simulation.

3. Drag and drop pin J1 to the I/O Ports part of the tree.

4. Right-click 2: DQ15_J1 and select Add Nearby Pins To Minus Terminal, which will add J1.P_165 as the minus
reference to the port:

Defining Options
To define options:

1. Double-click Options in the SI Analysis list.

2. Double-click in the Points field of the Adaptive frequency plan and type 150.

3. Click the Options tab.

4. Accept the default Resolution and Arc Resolution value.

5. Optionally, you can model the GND metallization as ideal PEC by selecting the ‘Use Ideal Ground Approximation’
option, which will result in a faster overall simulation.

6. Click Done.

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Running the Analysis

Save your SI analysis setup and double-click Run to start the SI analysis. The Simulations window is displayed and the SI
analysis is initiated.

Viewing Results
After the analysis is complete, you can view results in the Results list. You can open the results during a simulation to
viewing the intermediate results.

To view the S-parameters results:

1. Double-click the S-Parameters option in the Results list.

2. Select the required nets in the Single-Ended section.

3. Right-click the selected nets and select Add Return Loss.

View TDR/TDT Results

To View TDR/TDT results:

1. Double-click the TDR/TDT option in the Results list.

2. Select the required nets in the Single-Ended tab.

3. Right-click the selected nets and select Add TDR.

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Show Me How Do I Perform a Power Aware SI Analysis

Video: How to Perform a Power Aware SI Analysis

Creating a Power Aware SI Analysis Setup

A Power Aware SI analysis enables you to compute the S-parameters over a broad frequency range for one or more
critical lines defined via I/O ports in the setup.

Creating a New Power Aware SI Analysis Setup

If you want to create a new setup, right-click Analyses and then select New SI Analysis.

Alternatively, you can copy an existing analysis setup to create a new one.

Selecting Nets
To add nets to the SI analysis node in the SIPro/PIPro setup:

1. Select the required nets in the Project panel:

2. Right-click the nets and select Add to Analysis.

3. Select PA-SI Analysis as the target analysis.

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4. Click OK. The selected nets are added to the SI Analysis list.

Defining I/O Ports

The I/O ports define the + and – terminals for the S-parameter ports in the Power Aware SI simulation.

To define an I/O Port:

1. Select the required nets in the Nets list of the SI Analysis node.

2. Right-click the selected nets and select Create Ports or Component Model Groups.

3. To create a port, accept the default selection, Create Ports.

4. Click OK.

Alternatively, you can drag and drop pins. To define ports:

1. Drag a pin connected to the net that you want to model to the I/O Ports in the project panel. This will create a
new I/O port with only the + connection defined.

2.
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2. To complete the definition of this I/O Port, drag a nearby pin connected to a GND or PWR net to the I/O Port
definition, or alternatively automatically connect the closest GND pin to the – terminal of the port by right-
clicking the Port and selecting Add Nearby Pins To Minus Terminal.

This operation will automatically populate the Nets list with the nets connected to the + and –
terminal.

Defining Component Models

Optionally, you can add components (series components such as resistors or decoupling capacitors) in the SI analysis.

To define a component model:

1. Select the component group, which you want to analyze, in the Components list.

2. Drag and drop the component group on Component Models. The instances will be grouped by component name.

3. Define the electrical model parameters by using one of the following ways:

a. Double-click the component instance to specify the electrical model parameters for that instance.

Defining Options
To define options, double-click Options in the SI Analysis list in the project panel. It provides the following options:

Option Description

Resolution Points closer than the specified resolution will be

considered equal during the simulation

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Option Description

Arc Resolution Value used to discretize circles and arcs during the
simulation

Custom Target Mesh Size Mesh size used to generate the global 3D mesh during
simulation

Use Optimized Via Modeling Use via modeling settings optimized for simulation
performance.

Model Signal Return Currents in Coplanar Ground Ground metallization close to signal metallization is
included in the signal modeling during simulation

Defining Frequency Plans

Click the Frequency Plans tab to specify a plan.You can use the Automatic, Linear, Logarithmic and Adaptive frequency
plan. The Automatic uses a optimal combination of Adpative and Linear sweeps to cover the frequency range. The Start
frequency can be 0 Hz, the simulator will assume 1 kHz when 0 Hz is specified.

When using an Adaptive sweep for electrically long lines on a complex board, a large number of frequency points may be
required to reach convergence, specifically when a large number of signal lines is being analyzed. A linear frequency plan
setup is advised in this case.

To capture the dynamic behavior of a signal line when using a Linear sweep, you will need 10 frequency points per
wavelength, so in case the length of the signal line is 5 wavelengths, you will need 50 frequency points. This is typically
sufficient when using the SiPro generated S-parameter model in e.g. a transient or channel simulation.

Saving the Setup

Save your SI analysis setup and double-click Run to start the SI analysis.

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Viewing Power Aware SI Analysis Results

After creating an SI analysis setup, you can run the analysis in the SIPro/PIPro Setup window. For an SI analysis, the
following results are displayed:

S-Parameters

TDR/TDT

Generate Sub Circuit

Running a Power Aware SI Analysis

To run an SI analysis and view results:

1. Save your SI analysis setup.

2. Double-click Run to start the SI analysis. The Simulations window is displayed, which allows you to monitor and
manage simulations.

3. Expand the Results list:

You can view S-parameters and generate a Schematic.

S-Parameters
To view the S-parameters results:

1. Double-click the S-Parameters option in the Results list. The S-Parameters window is displayed.

2. Select the required nets in the Single-Ended section.

3. Right-click the selected nets and select the required option such as, Add transmission.

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Using the S-Parameters Results Window

The S-Parameters window consists of the following menus:

Data

Insert

View

Data
The Data menu provides the following options:

Export : Exports the currently displayed plot to a text file.

Save Plots as New Graph: Copies the current graph including plots and markers. It is saved in the Graphs node in
the project tree.

Insert
The Insert menu provides the following options:

Point Marker: Insert a point marker in the graph.

Crosshair Marker: Insert a crosshair marker.

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Horizontal Marker: Insert a horizontal marker.

Vertical Marker: Insert a vertical marker.

View
The View menu provides the following options:

Pan: Left-click on the graph and move mouse pointer to pan.

Zoom: Left click on the graph and move mouse pointer to create a rectangle to zoom.

Zoom to Extents: Zoom in or out to current plots so that they can fit into the graph.

Export Image: Export plot image to a file.

Toolbar Options
The S-Parameters window provides several toolbar options for customizing the graph.

Icon Description

The Export Data icon enables you to export the currently

displayed plot to a text file.

The Export Image icon enables you to export the plot

image to a file.

The Zoom to Extents icon enables you to zoom in or out

to current plots so that they can fit into the graph.

The Pan icon enables you to move mouse pointer to pan.

The Zoom Tool icon enables you to move mouse pointer

to create a rectangle to zoom.

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Icon Description

The Legend Visible icon enables you to show or hide the

legends of the plots.

The Selection tool icon enables you to select items in a

plot.

The Point Marker Tool insert a point marker in the graph.

The Crosshair Marker icon inserts a crosshair marker.

The Horizontal Marker icon inserts a horizontal marker.

The Graph Properties icon displays the graph properties

pane. You can change graph appearance, and axis
controls.

Graph Type Selector

You can set the following Graph Type Selector options to select a graph type:

XY Graph Magnitude: Displays magnitude of the plots in the XY rectangular graph.

XY Graph Phase: Displays phase of the plots in the XY rectangular graph.

Smith Chart: Displays plots in the Smith chart.

Single Ended Tab

In the Single Ended tab, you can view the port properties, change the port impedance, and manipulate plots by right-
clicking on each row in the table.

Port Property Table

The Port Property Table shows various port properties in a table.

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Number: Specifies to the S-parameter index.

Net Type: Specifies whether the port's plus terminal connects to Signal nets or Power nets

Port: Port name that you define in the analysis tree

+Net: Specifies the net name(s) that is connected to the plus terminal of the port.

-Net: Specifies the net name(s) that is connected to the minus terminal of the port.

Instance: Specifies the instance name(s) with which a port connected. For top level pins, this property becomes
blank.

Z: Specifies the port impedance. This property is editable. To edit, double-click the cell or select Specify Reference
Impedance context menu.

You can perform the following tasks by right-clicking a port and selecting the required option:

Viewing the Transmission plot : Right-click the selected port and then select Add transmission to display the
transmission characteristic(s) of selected port(s) to the graph. This feature will automatically find the other end of
connected link of the selected ports. This feature is convenient to check transmission characteristics for the
multiple lines.

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Viewing the Return Loss: Right-click the selected port(s) and select Add return loss to display the return plot(s) of
selected port(s) to the graph.

View the Insertion Loss: Right-click a net and then select Add Insertion Loss to display the insertion loss between
the selected two ports to the graph.

Insertion loss here does not necessarily mean "transmission". It means loss between any
of two ports.

View Near End Crosstalk: Right-click a port and then select Add Near End Crosstalk to view the near end crosstalk
(s)of selected port(s) in the graph. This feature will automatically find all near end cross talk of the selected ports
with using Instance information.

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Add Far End Crosstalk : Add far end crosstalk(s) of selected port(s) to the graph. This feature will automatically
find all far end cross talk of the selected ports with using Instance information.

Specify Reference Impedance : Set preferred reference impedance to the selected ports.

Remove All Plots : Remove all plots from the graph.

Mixed Mode Tab

In the Mixed Mode tab, you can define differential pair of ports and add mixed mode plots in the graph in addition to most
of what you can do in the Single Ended tab.

Port Property Table

In the Mixed Mode tab, Signal column is added to the ones for Single Ended table.

Signal: Shows the type of the port.

SE stands for Single Ended

D stands for Differential

C stands for Common.

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Context menus
In mixed mode tab, some context menus are added and some context menus are removed comparing to the one for
Single Ended tab.

Context menus only for Mixed Mode tab

Make Differential Pairs: Make differential pairs for selected ports. This context menu works in two different ways
depending on how many ports you select in the table.

If you select two ports in the table it means to create an differential pair for the selected two ports
explicitly. If selected ports are already a part of other differential pair that differential pair will be broken
before creating new differential pair.

If you select more than two ports in the table it means to create multiple differential pairs for selected
ports. In this case differential pairs will be recognized and created automatically based on net names and
instance name with using predefined Differential Pair Recognition Rule. (See more detail here).

In below example picture, selecting 4 ports and using Make Differential Pair for them will create two pairs
as follows.

Port1 and 3 as a differential pair because these plus nets are DQ1 and DQ1# which are recognized as
differential pair by the recognition rule and also these are on the same instance Rx.

Port2 and 4 as a differential pair because these plus nets are DQ1 and DQ1# which are recognized as
differential pair by the recognition rule and also these are on the same instance Tx.

Break Differential Pairs : Break existing pairs for selected ports.

Context menus not available for Mixed Mode tab

Add Near End Crosstalk

Add Far End Crosstalk

View Mixed Mode S-parameters

View Return Loss : Use Add Return Loss context menu on desired ports.

View Insertion Loss : Use Add Insertion Loss context menu on desired two ports that you want to view insertion
loss in between. ( Note: term of "Insertion Loss" doesn't necessarily mean insertion loss of physically connected
link. )

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Matrix Selector

Matrix Selector allows you to select add/remove plots based on S-parameter index.

View TDR/TDT Results

To view TDR/TDT results:

1. Double-click the TDR/TDT option in the Results list.

2. Select the required nets in the Single-Ended section.

3. Right-click the selected nets and select the required option such as, Add TDR.

Using the TDR/TDT Results Window

The TDR/TDT window consists of the following menus:

Export

Export
The Export menu provides the following options:

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Save Plots as New Graph: Copies the current graph including plots and markers. It is saved in the Graphs node in
the project tree.

Toolbar Options
The TDR/TDT window provides several toolbar options for customizing the graph. See Toolbar Options section in the
Using the S-Parameters Results Window for more detail.

TDR/TDT Setup Options

Start Time : Specify start time.

Stop Time : Specify stop time.

Delay : Specify delay value.

Samples : Specify number of data samples in time domain.

Result Type : Specify Y-axis unit in either Impedance or Voltage.

Response Type : Specify response type either Step or Pulse.

Pulse Width : Specify pulse width for Pulse Response Type. This value is ignored in Step Response Type.

Window : Specify window type

Single Ended Tab

In the Single Ended tab, you can view the port properties, change the port impedance, and manipulate plots by right-
clicking on each row in the table.

Port Property Table

The Port Property Table shows various port properties in a table. See Port Property Table section in the Using the S-
Parameters Results Window for more detail of table contents.

You can perform the following tasks by right-clicking a port and selecting the required option:

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Viewing the TDT plot : Right-click the selected port and then select Add TDT to display the TDT characteristic(s) of
selected port(s) to the graph. This feature will automatically find the other end of connected link of the selected
ports. This feature is convenient to check transmission characteristics for the multiple lines.

Viewing the TDR plot : Right-click the selected port and then select Add TDR to display the TDR characteristic(s)
of selected port(s) to the graph.

Specify Reference Impedance : Set preferred reference impedance to the selected ports.

Remove All Plots : Remove all plots from the graph.

Mixed Mode Tab

In the Mixed Mode tab, you can define differential pair of ports and add mixed mode plots in the graph in addition to most
of what you can do in the Single Ended tab.

Port Property Table

In the Mixed Mode tab, Signal column is added to the ones for Single Ended table.

Signal: Shows the type of the port.

SE stands for Single Ended

D stands for Differential

C stands for Common.

In mixed mode tab, following context menus are added comparing to the one for Single Ended tab.

Make Differential Pairs: Make differential pairs for selected ports. See the same section in the Using the S-
Parameters Results Window.

Break Differential Pairs : Break existing pairs for selected ports. See the same section in the Using the S-
Parameters Results Window.

Matrix Selector
Matrix Selector allows you to select add/remove plots based on S-parameter index.

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Generate Sub Circuit

Double-click Generate Sub Circuit in the Results list. A Schematic window is displayed, as shown in the following figure:

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Installing the Deprecated SI and PI

Analysis Addon
The legacy SI/PI analyzer is still available, but is a deprecated solution. Please use SIPro or
PIPro instead, see Getting Started with SIPro and PIPro. This addon will no longer be available in
the future major releases of ADS.

Installing the Deprecated SI and PI Analysis Addon

The legacy SI/PI analyzer is available as an addon. The SI/PI Analyzer addon assists in setting up SI or PI EM and circuit
simulations. This addon consists of two parts:

Setup wizard: The setup wizard guides you through the process of creating a new cell that contains only selected
nets (physical interconnects) to be analyzed. The output of the setup wizard is a cell that is ready for EM analysis.

Analysis guide: The analysis guide assists in setting up typical SI or PI circuit simulation testbench. The output of
the analysis guide is a circuit schematic, ready to be simulated, a data display template that captures relevant
output figures. In addition, the analysis guide supports Momentum current visualization based on the results.

To install the SI and PI Analyzer addon:

1. Select Tools > App Manager in the ADS Main window.

2. Click Add User ADS Addon. The Add User Addon dialog box is displayed.

3. Click Browse.

4. Access the $HPEESOF_DIR/ael_addons/sipi_deprecated/ael folder.

5. Select the PhysSipi_boot.atf file and click Open.

6. Click OK. The PhysSipi_boot option is displayed in the User Addons list.

7. Select the Enabled check box for PhysSipi_boot, as shown in the following figure:

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8. Click Yes in the message box.

9. Click OK in the message box.

10. Click Close in the App Manager window.

11. Open a Layout window. The SI/PI Analyzer addon is displayed in the menu bar, as shown in the following figure:

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SIPro/PIPro Videos

Perform a PI-DC Analysis

This video talks about how to perform a PI-DC analysis.

Perform a Power Aware SI Analysis

This video talks about how to perform a Power Aware SI analysis.

Perform a PI-AC Analysis

This video talks about how to perform a PI-AC analysis.

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Getting Started with SIPro/PIPro . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Power Plane Resonance Analysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Power-Aware Signal Integrity Analysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Creating an SIPro and PIPro Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Opening an Existing SIPro/PIPro Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

SIPro/PIPro Setup Window Elements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

SIPro and PIPro Setup Window Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

SIPro and PIPro Project Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Viewing and Hiding Project Tree Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Configuring SIPro and PIPro . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Installing Additional Add-ons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

Setup Options for Customizing Results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

Hiding and Unloading Results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

Using Component Models . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

Creating and Editing Component Models for Analysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

Creating Component Models for Analysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

Editing a Component Model for Analysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

Adding a Lumped Model . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

Adding an SnP Model . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

Selecting an Existing Model DB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

Selecting Multiple Model DBs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

Specifying a Default Model . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

Specifying a Model with more than 2 pins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

Specifying a Arrayed Component . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

Using Vendor Parts DB Browser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

Using Vendor Parts DB Browser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

Adding Components to the Vendor Parts DB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

Tutorial-Performing a PI-DC and PI-AC Analysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

Performing a PI-DC Analysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

PIPro Analysis Setup Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77

PI-DC Static IR Drop Analysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79