PITTSBURGH, Dec. 23, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- ANSYS Inc. (NASDAQ:
ANSS) today announced that upgrades to ANSYS® 15.0 for
electronics provide users with unique capabilities that offer the
most advanced approach to the design and optimization of complex
electronics products.
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Released earlier this month, ANSYS 15.0 offers users a wealth of
capabilities across its products portfolio. As the final in a
series highlighting improved functionality across three main
physics areas, ANSYS today focuses on the enhancements to its
electronics offerings at release 15.0.
"At ANSYS, we predict real-world product performance using fast,
accurate and reliable simulation," said Larry Williams, director of product
management. "Our new release allows engineers to analyze
electrical performance of smartphone circuit boards, stealth
aircraft, and even the noise made by a washing machine."
The latest release of the electronics products suite delivers
advanced solver and meshing technology and automated workflows for
high-performance electronics design. ANSYS 15.0 also includes
new multiphysics analysis for noise, vibration and harshness (NVH)
for electric machines and other electromechanical devices.
Release highlights include:
- For high-frequency electromagnetics, advanced phi meshing for
3D electrical CAD/layout is optimized for meshing silicon
substrates, redistribution layers, electronic packages, and printed
circuit boards and advances the ANSYS HFSS™ 3D electrical layout
design. This customized environment automates the process of
preparing electrical layout data of printed circuit board (PCB),
electronic packages and custom integrated circuits for analysis
using HFSS. The Phi meshing technology augments this
design flow by creating initial 3D meshes up to 30 times faster
than previous releases while increasing capacity and reliability of
meshing very complex ECAD geometry.
- In ANSYS 15.0, users now have an option to choose curvilinear
element types that deliver high accuracy for simulating models with
curved and/or blended surfaces for HFSS-IE. Reflector
antennas commonly used in satellite communications are a classic
example where large curved surfaces must be modeled.
Additionally, many modern stealth technologies rely on blended
surface designs to minimize radar reflection back to the source.
The addition of curvilinear elements enables more accurate
and efficient solution for radar cross section and antenna
placement problems consisting of blended surfaces.
- A new product, SIWave-DC, targeting the DC analysis of
low-voltage, high-current PCB and IC packages, allows critical
end-to-end voltage margins to be assessed to ensure reliable power
delivery. SIwave-DC quickly identifies areas of excess
current density and thermal hot spots to reduce risk of field
failure. SIwave-DC is the first product to be released in an
ongoing development project to deliver complete signal integrity
and power integrity solutions. Additional products will be
released with ANSYS 15.1 in early 2014.
- A new multiphysics work flow that couples ANSYS
Maxwell® with ANSYS Mechanical™ allows electromagnetic
force calculated by Maxwell to ANSYS Mechanical's Structural
Dynamic solver to evaluate the frequency spectrum of displacements
and further compute the Acoustic Field. Noise, vibration, and
harshness (NVH) analysis is critical to engineers in the
automotive, aerospace and consumer appliance industries tasked with
delivering electric machines that are quiet and fault
tolerant.
ANSYS 15.0 contains many more new capabilities, which are
detailed at http://www.ansys.com/ansys15.0 or check out our blog
and the ANSYS 15.0 webinar series.
Current customers can download the latest version on the ANSYS
Customer Portal.
About ANSYS, Inc.
ANSYS brings clarity and insight to
customers' most complex design challenges through fast, accurate
and reliable engineering simulation. Our technology enables
organizations ― no matter their industry ― to predict with
confidence that their products will thrive in the real world.
Customers trust our software to help ensure product integrity and
drive business success through innovation. Founded in 1970, ANSYS
employs more than 2,500 professionals, many of them expert in
engineering fields such as finite element analysis, computational
fluid dynamics, electronics and electromagnetics, and design
optimization. Headquartered south of Pittsburgh, U.S.A., ANSYS has more than 75 strategic sales
locations throughout the world with a network of channel partners
in 40+ countries. Visit www.ansys.com for more information.
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