ANSYS

®

Iceboard

®

11.0 RELEASE

Product Features

The Most Complete PCB Thermal Simulation Solution

Direct ECAD Interface Import ECAD data from Mentor
® BoardStation

Designers are creating PC boards (PCBs) that are higher density, higher power andsmaller than ever before. Do you have the thermal analysis tools necessary to keep up with these advances?Realize and solve potential problems in the design phase and avoid costly over-design or failure in the field with ANSYS Iceboard software.ANSYS Iceboard provides all the advanced thermal capabilities you need to:

® and Expedition
™ , CadenceAllegro
® , Accel, Innoveda (PADS
® ),Altium
™ , Zuken, VeriBest and more Data includes traces, vias, components and true board shape Data is used for accurate 3-D representation of multi-layer, single- and double-sided boards Component library includes JEDEC-based 3-D geometry

Identify and solve thermal problems early in design —when failures are least costly to fix

Compatible with compact thermal models SmartMapping learns your components’ nomenclature to automatically map components in the ECAD data base to the ANSYS Iceboard internal library

Improve overall thermal management of your PCBs for better reliability Slash development time without risks of over-design or failure in the field Increase overall product reliability and speed time to market

Import power dissipation No limits on the number of components Integrated CFD Solution Predicts actual air flow over the board Air and board are meshed auto-matically and independently for optimum solution for each domain and solution speed User-defined inlets and outlets Identifies over-temperature components Several options to account for adjacent boards Edge clamp devices (such as wedgelocks) can be added for conduction to sidewalls

Quick Start: Import Design Data Even if you’re not a thermal expert, ANSYS Iceboard software allows you to quickly predict and solve thermal problems early in the design. You can automatically import all the relevant design data from your ECAD tool, including component data, traces, power and ground planes, and vias. Abuilt-in component library provides 3-D geometry and thermal data to automatically create a 3-D board model. In less than one hour, you can accurately define a complete board.

Export the board to Icepak
® for system-level simulation Trace Heating Define the current in traces and planes and automatically account for Joule heating Trace temperature automatically accounts for temperature dependencies of copper Automatically calculates the voltage drop of power and ground planes

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