CableMod - Analysis of electronic system interconnections

Developing complex electronic systems can be a great challenge for design engineers, especially regarding electromagnetic compatibility aspects of the cables connecting the separate components. The ongoing trend towards higher complexity, functionality and flexibility of harness systems, together with the growing need to reduce their space consumption and weight, typically results in non-ideal cable shielding.
Additional measurement efforts would be necessary to cope with the problems arising when one has to investigate signal integrity and EMC behaviour of such electronic interconnections. To overcome this bottleneck CableMod provides the user an efficient software tool regarding EMC/EMI and signal integrity aspects for modelling and simulation of complex cable structures.
CableMod includes powerful two-dimensional field solvers for the determination of transmission line characteristics and a Spice-equivalent network simulator for calculating the currents and voltages in the excitated conductor systems.



Capabilities
* Import of predefined cable harness geometry and three-dimensional housing or chassis geometry
* Library management system to store cable cross-sections, materials, loadings, and signal waveforms
* Automatic bundling of cable harnesses with no limitation in complexity
* Multiple simulation capabilities in time and frequency domain
* Parameter variation and Monte Carlo analysis
* Import of IBIS models for realistic SI analysis
* Optional export of simulation models in Saber and Spice syntax
* Optional schematic viewer module SLNetView
* Optional data output to radiation calculation module RadiaSim





Benefits
* Optimized system specifications and EMC concepts of new products at an early stage of development
* Reduction of shielding effort, weight, and space consumption of complex cable harnesses
* Higher signal quality and better design functionality
* Reduced measurement activities and less re-design cycles for rapid prototyping
* Introduction of more flexible cable system placement concepts
* Shorter time-to-market and reduced overall costs for greater competitiveness



Cable types
* Single wire
* Coaxial cable
* Twisted pair
* Ribbon cable
* Complex cable harnesses



Analysis methods

Various simulation capabilities in frequency and/or time domain:
* Voltage distributions on measuring points
* Current flow through components
* Scattering parameter
* Impedance curves
* Radiation and irradiation



Supported platforms
Intel compatible PCs
* Microsoft Windows (NT, 2000, XP)
* Linux (Red Hat 7.3, SuSE 8.0, or higher)
UNIX workstations
* HP 700 (HP-UX 11.0, or higher)
* Sun Sparc (Solaris 8, or higher)


Contact us for pricing or more information: info@emintegrity.com







CableMod is a product of SimLab Software GmbH, Germany, and it is sold and supported in the US by ^EMIntegrity.