五:Return Path Workflow
选择 Return Path Workflow
设定reference Net, 通常是GND。
但是如果信号是跨分割的,是否也还是选择GND呢?
点击Select Directed Group,选择需要封装的网络。Select Directed Group如何使用,之前的workflow中右介绍过。
Start Analysis
Save Analysis Results
View Return path Table
选择感兴趣的网络,点击Vision 栏位下的Start Simulation
右下角点击View path vision,在选择Vision Net 和Vision layer
DQ<0>是第三层的信号,参考第二层(SPLIT2),可以看到右侧板子上深红色的电流返回路径。
Return Path 只有一个表征参数 Quality Factor, 如帮助文档所说,Quality Factor 是实际电感跟理想电感的比值,因该越接近1越好。
The Simulation table lists the Return Path Quality Factor (RPQF) along with nets, vision, and start and end signal pins.
RPQF is a ratio of the actual loop inductance and the ideal loop inductance based on ideal reference plane conditions.