Concurrent design of multiple PCBs and Chip-Packages in a single environment
3D Multi-Board PCB Layout Software
3D PCB layout is becoming a critical need as the electrical and mechanical designs converge with little room for error
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CR-8000 Design Force
Design Force combines traditional 2D design with native 3D design and the latest human interface techniques, accelerated graphics, and almost instantaneous rendering and refreshing. It is the fastest, most effective PCB layout software available today. Design Force enables design teams to layout their designs in the context of a complete system or product.
Hierarchical multi-board design and system-level signal and design traceability
Single environment for high-speed design with constraint management and SI and PI analysis
Design to any manufacturing specification with built-in design for manufacturing (DFM) checks
With a native 2D and 3D architecture, designers can effectively co-design a chip, package and board to optimize I/Os at each level, embed components in the dielectric of a stack-up intelligently, and verify manufacturing rules in real-time. Concurrent design-for-manufacturing checks and constraint verification ensure that both manufacturing and engineering intent are maintained during the design process.
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Design Force lets you manage multiple boards in one system, and bring them together in their physical environment.
Functionality Overview
Multiple PCBs in one environment
Design Force combines traditional 2D PCB design with native 3D design to support a single board, multi-board and chip-package-board interconnect analysis and optimization.
System-level signal traceability
Design Force manages multiple boards in one system. Users can select from a combination of PCBs, packages, and SoCs, and complete the layout of the design as a complete system.
Chip-Package-Board Co-design
Design Force is the industry’s only chip/package/board co-design solution in one PCB layout tool.
With Design Force you can design and optimize your IC packaging design and never leave your PCB layout.
High-speed design
Design Force supports advanced PCB layout tasks with sophisticated manual and automatic functionality that adheres to user definable sets of constraints. With integrated analysis tools, users can conduct signal integrity analysis concurrently during the physical layout.
Placement and Routing
Easy-to-use interactive placement and routing features and powerful autoplacement and autorouting capabilities boost productivity while automatically adhering to differentiated constraints to ensure manufacturability and signal as well as power integrity.
Built-in Analysis
Design Force PCB layout software allows access to embedded EMI and power integrity analysis and supports integrations to best-in-class analysis solutions for disciplines such as RF, Full-wave 3D signal integrity, power integrity, and thermal.
DFM Checks and Manufacturing Outputs
Design to any manufacturing specification during layout with built-in design for manufacturing (DFM) checks. Creation of panel designs, fabrication and assembly drawings, and CAM outputs.
Available Extensions
CR-8000 Design Force allows for a multitude of extensions to meet your specific design requirements
Advanced Design Rule Checking
Comprehensive checking of PCB manufacturability early in the design process. CR-8000 ADM (Advanced Design for Manufacture) facilitates checking that the design conforms to both manufacturing and component mounting specifications.
Advanced IC Packaging
As IC packaging architecture advances, Zuken’s Design Force enables the designer to deal with the growing complexity in design space in handling high pin-counts, high-density designs, and the need to interface with multiple formats and flows. Parametric wizards are available to define and optimize pin maps. A native 3D interface is available to deal with the various package architectures allowing for seamless co-design with chip and PCB designs. For feasibility studies, automatic fan-out and full routing features are available.
Chip-Package-Board Co-design
Our PCB layout software offers true co-design through a hierarchical setup wherein multiple designs can be brought together in the same framework. The connectivity between designs can be set up automatically or manually. The user is then able to move between designs (chip RDL, package, or board or any combination thereof). This enables the user to accurately see and edit the nets/routing on a system scale.
PCB FPGA Co-Design
A powerful PCB FPGA co-design environment that enables the exchange of I/O and constraint information between PCB designs and FPGA designs.
Embedded SI Analysis and Topology Planning - Scenario EX
Scenario EX enables to check the electrical characteristics and the connection topology of signal tracks. It allows “What-If Scenarios” of both schematic and layout data to optimize the behaviour of a circuit. It can be used both for interactive design and design verification. It can be used stand-alone or embedded into Design Force (Design Force SI)
Signal Integrity, Power Integrity and EMC Simulation
CR-8000 includes fully-integrated simulation and analysis tools to verify all aspects of your single or multi-board designs including:
- Signal Integrity
- Power Integrity
- Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC)
Current Density Check
Fast and easy check of the current density of a layout structure towards a given maximum.
Multi-instance Interactive and Automatic Routing
Advanced interactive and automatic routing. Specify multiple instances of strategy-driven areas and simultaneously autoroute the design.
Sharing and Reviewing Design Data
Board Viewer – free CAD viewer
Board Viewer allows users to share and review native Design Force data to enhance communication during product development.
Board Viewer Advance
An enhanced viewing tool for sharing and reviewing Design Force design information including component property viewing (query), cross-probing with schematics; Design Rule Checks and manufacturing rule checks; graphical comparison of boards.
ECAD/MCAD Collaboration
3D product visualization is becoming a critical need as the electrical and mechanical designs converge with little room for error. Many companies cite ECAD / MCAD design synchronization as a significant product design challenge. Traditional 2D PCB-centric design cannot meet the needs of a 3D multi-discipline product design process.
PI/EMI Analysis Module
A simulation environment for Power Integrity (AC impedance and de-coupling impact, DC voltage drop, current analysis) and electro-magnetic interference (EMI full board screening, differential mode, common mode, power bus noise).
DFM Elements
An extension to the Design Force PCB layout software for the creation of panel designs, fabrication and assembly drawings, and CAM outputs.
On demand webinars
- Webinar
septembre 14, 2020
EMC for PCB Designers
In this presentation, an EMC minded PCB design approach is presented, allowing designers to understand which EMC rules will apply to PCB projects and how EMC analysis capabilities can be utilized in the CAD flow to reduce the risk of EMC compliance failure once the board is manufactured.
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- Webinar
juillet 06, 2020
Practical Signal Integrity for improved EMI Control in PCB Design
In our webinar we will provide an introduction to the challenges of signal integrity and the underlying physical effects. This will provide the basis for practical tips to address the related challenges during PCB design.
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- Webinar
juin 04, 2020
Constraint Specification in CR-8000
In this webinar the use of the Rule Stack Editor and Clearance Class in conjunction with the Constraint Browser will be explained step by step.
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- Webinar
mai 04, 2020
Advanced IC Packaging and Co-Design with Design Force
Webinar, Design Force Advanced Packaging, CR-8000
- Webinar
novembre 15, 2019
How to be First to Market with DDR5!
DDR5 is the latest generation of memory. In this joint webinar with Keysight Technologies, we’ll begin with pre-layout simulation, then transition to CR-8000. The design will then be verified by Electromagnetic (EM) simulation and system simulations in Keysight ADS, in order to build confidence in the final DDR5 design.
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- Webinar
novembre 28, 2018
Design PCBs using an engineering knowledge base
Repeating the same mistakes, missing key requirements, and failure to follow design guidelines all cost time and money. An engineering knowledge base that is tightly integrated with the PCB design process can be a key differentiator for your design team.
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Related Resources
Find out more about CR-8000 Design Force via our blogs, press releases and more...
- Press Release
juin 16, 2020
CR-8000 2020
Key development themes for CR-8000 2020 are superior design efficiency, comprehensive system-level design and verification, and support for the latest advancements in packaging technology.
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FPGA optimization, skew group routing, back-drilled vias, electro-mechanical co-design,flex-rigid PCBs, multi-domain analysis, tile bump, 3D wire desi...
- White Paper
octobre 20, 2018
Designing Products, Not Just Boards
White Paper, Design Force
The benefits of product-centric design and how it differs from current-generation PCB-centric processes and tools.
- White Paper
octobre 20, 2018
3D Convergence of Multi-board PCB and IC Packaging Design
White Paper, Design Force, Chip-Package-Board Co-Design, Design Force Advanced Packaging
Combine chips and boards in new configurations
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Design Force Blog Posts
- Blog
janvier 28, 2021
Tech Tip: How to start a Multi-Board Design in CR-8000
Multi-board designs are becoming increasingly important as today's products require higher speeds and more complex circuits in smaller dimensions. There is more than one way to create multi-board layouts in CR-8000.
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- Blog
août 25, 2020
Tech-Tip: Checking Data Outside the Board
Board design rule checks only check up to the board outline. If you had dropped or moved some data outside the board outline there was no check for this until now...
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- Blog
août 20, 2020
Exploring What’s New in CR-8000 2020
What drives the features that are added or updated in a new release? The majority of the changes or additions in any Zuken tool release are customer-driven. Our customers provide valuable insight into emerging technologies, process and methodology changes, and the direction in which their EDA needs are taking them. This post focuses on the high points of the CR-8000 2020 release.
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- Blog
juillet 07, 2020
Tech-Tip: Creating a Connector Pin Netlist
Checking the pinout of your connectors is an important part of creating your printed circuit board. Checking your pin connections can save you from a costly re-spin of your circuit board. This can be done using the Constraint Browser in Design Force. By default, the Constraint Browser does not show this information.
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- Blog
mai 26, 2020
Tech-Tip: Enhancement of the Operation that Moves a Via (Activ-45 Move)
A function that pushes tracks away and avoids obstacles when a via is moved has been added. This is a great advantage for the designer when routing. What use to take a lot of time to move traces and vias to move a via to a new location has been greatly enhanced using the “Activ-45 Router”.
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- Blog
mars 26, 2020
Multi-board design for applications with different voltages
The benefits of developing all boards of a system concurrently on a single CAD canvas. Stacking PCBs, as opposed to connecting with cables, in multi-board design is a current and highly popular trend, as manufacturing costs are reduced and reliability improved.
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