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Edit Electrical Analysis Constraints
View editable, versatile control parameters which influence the simulation/analysis results for crosstalk, network, electromagnetic field, eye-diagram, and SPICE.
Crosstalk Analysis Parameters
To extract the coupling parasitic elements and configure the SPICE netlist for the coupled nets, Crosstalk Analysis Parameters should be properly defined.

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  - PI
  - SI
    - Introduction
      Signal integrity (SI) is a measure of the quality of an electrical signal.
    - Create New Project
    - Common Analysis Setup
    - Assign Simulation Model
    - Manage Net Classes
      Classify nets according to their electrical characteristics.
    - Nets
      Net properties are basic attributes influencing the electrical analysis.
    - Generate Net Buses/Groups
      Generate Net Group or Bus Group for use with PollEx DFE+.
    - Edit Electrical Analysis Constraints
      View editable, versatile control parameters which influence the simulation/analysis results for crosstalk, network, electromagnetic field, eye-diagram, and SPICE.
      - EM Solver Run Control Parameters
        EM solver run control parameters control running built-in 2-D and 3-D electromagnetic full-wave field solvers.
      - Waveform/Eye Diagram Analysis Parameters
      - Default Device Models
        Specify default linear model to the parts which does not have simulation model.
      - Crosstalk Analysis Parameters
        To extract the coupling parasitic elements and configure the SPICE netlist for the coupled nets, Crosstalk Analysis Parameters should be properly defined.
      - Network Analysis Parameters
        Control the frequency-domain analysis for extracting network parameters such as S, Y, and Z parameters.
      - SPICE Run Control Parameters
        You can specify PollEx Spice’s simulation control parameters which will affect the simulation time, accuracy, and convergence characteristics.
    - SI Analysis
      Learn how to do versatile SI Analysis for the PCB system in Pre-route or Post-route stages.
  - SI Explorer
  - Thermal
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  This section contains the user guides for the following tools: DFA, DFE, DFE+, DFM, and Logic DFE.
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Instruction to install PollEx 2024.1.
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Crosstalk Analysis Parameters

To extract the coupling parasitic elements and configure the SPICE netlist for the coupled nets, Crosstalk Analysis Parameters should be properly defined.

These parameters are used to calculate the total coupling lengths for all nets included in the PCB.

Max trace coupling distance (MM): The trace segments are located within this distance are deemed as coupled. During finding coupling, the traces within a given distance from the selected pivot net (trace) are found.
Max number of adjacent signal layers to couple: Coupling distance will be checked not for the neighboring nets running in the same layer where pivot net is running. But also done for the nets running over specified numbers of adjacent layers specified by this parameter which locates above or below to the current layer.
Max number of adjacent traces to couple: When there are many coupled nets to a certain pivot net, this parameter limits the maximum number of nets which will be participated in making coupled spice netlist.
Max via coupling distance (MM): Specifies the coupling distance between via and pivot trace.
Min parallel length for coupling (MM): Even though two traces are coupled by meeting Max trace coupling distance condition, if the coupled length is shorter than this value, this coupling net segment will be ignored.