Expand your Autodesk Fusion PCB capabilities

The Autodesk Fusion Signal Integrity Extension (formerly Fusion 360 Signal Integrity Extension) is a cost-option signal integrity simulation and analysis service powered by Ansys technology that, when purchased, unlocks insights into the PCB design impacts on performance through information around signal length, impedance, inductance, resistance, delay and more. Extensions provide a flexible, cost-effective way for you to access more advanced technology in line with your changing business needs.

The Autodesk Fusion Signal Integrity Extension (formerly Fusion 360 Signal Integrity Extension) (US Site) unlocks advanced insights into PCB/electronics electromagnetic performance that can help identify potential high-speed PCB design issues, such as impedance mismatching and signal delay issues, then resolve and validate them quickly to help achieve first-pass success in PCB, including:

• On-demand PCB signal integrity analysis
• Signal impedance matching analysis
• Signal delays, trace length & coupling insights
• Visual violation flagging

The Autodesk Fusion Signal Integrity Extension (formerly Fusion 360 Signal Integrity Extension) can only be used with Autodesk Fusion (formerly Fusion 360) and only within the Autodesk Fusion electronics workspace (US Site).

The Autodesk Fusion Signal Integrity Extension (formerly Fusion 360 Signal Integrity Extension) is available wherever Autodesk Fusion (formerly Fusion 360) is sold and can be accessed using different payment methods to suit your business needs, including monthly and yearly options. Learn more about purchasing Autodesk Fusion extensions

A 14-day free trial is available for the Signal Integrity Extension, Manufacturing Extension, Design Extension and Simulation Extension. Click here to download a free trial.

The Signal Integrity Extension, developed by Autodesk and powered by Ansys technology, offers the ability to unlock additional PCB design capabilities for when you need them. By comparison, stand-alone programmes tend to be point solutions that are intended to provide simulation capability in its own environment while the signal integrity extensions provides the ability to gain powerful signal quality insights in line with PCB design workflows in the same environment that the designs take place, providing feedback into product performance while it is being designed empowering the user with more information earlier in the design cycle and more confidence that their design will work. By further comparison, add-ins tend to be point solutions, developed by 3rd parties, that connect to the Autodesk Fusion API to solve a specific problem. Add-ins are less powerful and more likely to become obsolete if the 3rd party fails to update them.

Signal integrity refers to the measure of the quality and reliability of electrical signals as they travel through electronic devices, circuits or transmission lines. It’s an important aspect of PCB electronics design, ensuring that data and information are transmitted accurately. Signal integrity issues (US site) can lead to errors in data transmission, reduced system performance and in some cases system failures.

Signal integrity in high-speed PCB design (US site) can be affected by various factors, some of which include impedance mismatch, attenuation, rise and fall time, cross-talk, noise, ringing, grounding, frequency and bandwidth.

Signal integrity software is used in high-speed PCB design to ensure signals propagate correctly and maintain their integrity. Benefits of using signal integrity software include:

• Improved design reliability
• Better performance
• Cost savings
• Reduction in design iterations and prototypes
• Faster time to market
• Optimised board layout
• Reduction in electromagnetic interference (US site) (EMI)