Z-planner Enterprise is a PCB stackup tool that optimizes impedance and signal integrity while cutting material costs with its extensive laminate library.
Z-planner Enterprise offers a powerful PCB stackup design calculator that simplifies the process of achieving controlled impedance. It is specifically focused on ensuring robust signal integrity throughout the PCB by enabling rapid simulation of electrical performance based on the current stackup configuration. By leveraging accurate laminate data early in the design process, Z-planner helps designers adhere to a consistent, correct-by-design stackup methodology.
At the core of Z-planner Enterprise is its integration with Siemens’ HyperLynx Field Solver, which empowers users to target specific differential impedances for precise circuit values. This tool calculates signal characteristics based on copper trace specifications and signal frequency, ensuring that the pre-layout signal integrity simulations are highly accurate.
Beyond controlled impedance calculations, Z-planner Enterprise offers detailed insertion loss analysis across a wide range of frequencies, providing insights into total signal loss and the specific contributors to that loss. The software allows designers to account for critical factors affecting signal degradation, including:
- Dielectric loss
- Copper roughness
- Skin effect
- Glass weave skew
- Conductor loss
Z-planner Enterprise enables users to adjust parameters such as trace length, dielectric dissipation factors, and copper material properties, offering valuable insights into the electrical integrity of the PCB stackup. This level of detailed control helps designers optimize their designs for both high-speed performance and manufacturability.
- Accurate PCB Stackup Calculations: Ensure signal integrity across various impedance models.
- HyperLynx Integration: Use Siemens’ HyperLynx Field Solver for precise differential impedance targeting.
- Insertion Loss Breakdown: Identify specific sources of signal degradation, including dielectric dissipation and copper roughness.
- Real-Time Adjustments: Modify stackup parameters to improve design performance and optimize signal integrity.
With Z-planner Enterprise, designers can efficiently manage stackup requirements and ensure that their PCB designs maintain electrical integrity from the earliest stages of development.
