Xpeedic: ChannelExpert – Channel Exploration

ChannelExpert provides a fast, accurate and easy way to evaluate and analyze pre-layout or post-layout high speed channel with its built-in advanced circuit and EM solver technologies.

It is challenging for digital system designers to simulate a high-speed SERDES channels. There are many different simulation scenarios to cover ranging from pre-layout / post-layout, frequency-domain / time-domain / statistical analysis, compliance check, to TX / RX optimization. 

ChannelExpert offers many built-in channel templates to support pre-layout exploration. Parametric S-parameters and transmission line models are supported for easy channel exploration. For post-layout scenario, ChannelExpert can extract the desired channels with or without crosstalk from physical layout with transmission line and 3D via models automatically generated with inbuilt field solvers.

Key Features

• Built-in 2D RLGC solver to model TML
• Easy multiple channel creation by table with only one-click
• Built-in template to quickly create single channel and multiple channel
• Easy to import PCB file to create channel
• Support full BP simulation for Traditional BP, Orthogonal Direct BP, Orthogonal Mid-Plane BP
• Support generating high speed SERDES channels from a bunch of PCB files and perform crosstalk and insertion loss simulations
• Support buffers with DFE, CTLE and FFE, automatically optimize the equalization coefficient based on channel characteristics
• Built-in substrate and stackup databases to modeling TML
• Parametric S-Parameter files and transmission line physical parameters for easy channel exploration
• Add multiple interpolation and extrapolation algorithms for S-parameter based frequency domain and crosstalk analysis
• Support COM (Channel operation margin) analysis
• Seamlessly link to SnpExpert for S-parameter viewing and post-processing

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