Today’s increasingly dense and complex designs combined with tighter logic-level noise margins are increasingly susceptible to power distribution network (PDN) issues because they require very stable power delivery to reliably function. Left unchecked, PDN issues can result in failed EMI compliance certification, delayed product introduction and intermittent field failures. Rather than treating PDN issues as a post-prototype design consideration, we need a way to accurately identify and resolve all IR drops, current density issues, and voltage drops early and often throughout the board layout process. Power Analyzer by Keysight in Altium Designer makes it easy to resolve PDN issues that arise during the board design process within a unified design environment.

This month we have a Keysight power integrity specialist joining us to talk about how you, with no extensive training, can analyze and solve your board for power integrity issues quickly, and without expensive software.

We’ll go over:

• A brief Introduction of Power Analyzer
• How to analyze your layout for current density and voltage drops
• How to effectively use Power Analyzer as part of the integrated design process directly in the PCB editor
• Power distribution optimization based on Power Analyzer analysis results

Alexsander Tamari

Field Applications Engineer

Matt Andrews graduated from the University of New Hampshire in 2011 and has worn many hats during his career.  As an engineer, he has performed schematic capture of electronic circuits, electrical design verification using SPICE programs, and mechanical designs of test fixtures using tools like Altium, LTSPICE, and SolidWorks.  He has also worked as a Sales Engineer for the SolidWorks reseller channel and as an Applications Engineer for an industry leading component manufacturer.  He has been with Altium since late 2018 and greatly enjoys helping engineers find ways of getting their jobs done more efficiently.

Christian Keller

Technical Sales Manager

James has a background of technical expertise in broadcast studio and defence electronics, database development, software quality assurance and website management. James is an Altium Designer expert with over 15 years experience using and influencing the development of electronics design software as well as supporting Australian electronics design engineers.

Questions?

Please do not hesitate to contact us or your local reseller with any further questions.