Integrated software tool set for design/analysis of electronic hardware

Author

Nilson, Donald R.

Author_Institution

Gen. Dynamics, Fort Worth, TX, USA

fYear

1991

fDate

29-31 Jan 1991

Firstpage

380

Lastpage

383

Abstract

An overview is given of the following integrated electronic design/analysis software tools used to optimize the quality of developed electronic military hardware: (1) Relgraph for design requirements flowdown and mission reliability modeling; (2) Valid/Allegro for electronic schematic capture, simulation, and printed circuit board (PCB) layout; (3) Engineering Parts Database (EPDB), a design database of program approved components; (4) Sinda, a finite-difference analyzer used for PCB thermal analysis; (5) Reliability Effectiveness Analysis Program (REAP) for reliability predictions of PCBs; and (6) CALCE for stress/fatigue analysis, vibration analysis, and PCB life prediction

Keywords

CAD; difference equations; digital simulation; engineering computing; failure analysis; military computing; military systems; printed circuits; reliability; software packages; thermal analysis; vibrations; CAD; CAE; CALCE; EPDB; Engineering Parts Database; PCB; REAP; Relgraph; Reliability Effectiveness Analysis Program; Sinda; Valid/Allegro; difference methods; electronic hardware; fatigue analysis; layout; life prediction; military systems; printed circuit board; quality; reliability; simulation; software tools; stress analysis; thermal analysis; vibration analysis; Analytical models; Circuit simulation; Databases; Design optimization; Hardware; Integrated circuit reliability; Predictive models; Software design; Software tools; Thermal stresses;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Reliability and Maintainability Symposium, 1991. Proceedings., Annual

Conference_Location

Orlando, FL

Print_ISBN

0-87942-661-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ARMS.1991.154465

Filename

154465