About the Author xiii Preface xv 1 SiP Design and Simulation Platform 1 1.1 From Package to SiP 1 1.2 The Development of Mentor SiP Design Technology 5 1.3 The Mentor SiP Design and Simulation Platform 6 1.3.1 SiP Platform Introduction 6 1.3.2 Schematic Input 8 1.
3.3 Concurrent System Design 8 1.3.4 SiP Board Design 9 1.3.5 Signal Integrity and Power Integrity Simulation 13 1.3.6 Thermal Analysis 13 1.
3.7 The Advantages of the Mentor SiP Design and Simulation Platform 14 1.3.7.1 Characteristics of Mentor SiP Design and Simulation Platform 14 1.3.7.2 Design Areas of Mentor SiP Design and Simulation Platform 14 1.
4 The Introduction of the Finished Project 16 2 Introduction to Package 19 2.1 Definition and Function of Package 19 2.2 Development of Packaging Technology 20 2.3 SiP and Related Technologies 24 2.3.1 The Appearance of SiP Technology 24 2.3.2 SoC and SiP 25 2.
3.3 SiPRelated Technologies 26 2.4 The Development of the Package Market 31 2.5 Package Manufacturers 32 2.5.1 Traditional Package Manufacturers 32 2.5.2 New SiP Manufacturers in Different Areas 34 2.
6 Bare Chip Suppliers 35 3 The SiP Production Process 37 3.1 BGA: The Mainstream SiP Package Form 37 3.2 The SiP Package Production Process 39 3.3 Three Key Elements of SiP 41 4 New Package Technologies 45 4.1 TSV (Through Silicon Via) Technology 45 4.1.1 TSV Introduction 45 4.1.
2 TSV Technical Characteristics 46 4.1.3 TSV Application and Prospects 48 4.2 Integrated Passive Device (IPD) Technology 49 4.2.1 IPD Introduction 49 4.2.2 The Advantages of IPD 50 4.
3 Package on Package (PoP) Technology 51 4.3.1 The Limitations of 3D SiP 51 4.3.2 The Application of PoP 52 4.3.3 The Emphasis in PoP Design 54 4.4 Apple A8 processor - an Example of a PoP Product 55 5 SiP Design and Simulation Flow 59 5.
1 SiP Design and Simulation Flow 59 5.2 Design and Simulation Process in Mentor EE Flow 61 5.2.1 Library Creation 61 5.2.2 Schematic Design 62 5.2.3 Layout Design 63 5.
2.4 Design Simulation 66 6 Central Library 67 6.1 The Structure of the Central Library 67 6.2 Introduction to the Dashboard 68 6.3 Schematic Symbol Creation 70 6.4 Bare Chip Cell Creation 76 6.4.1 Create Bare Chip Padstack 76 6.
4.2 Create Bare Chip Cell 78 6.5 BGA Cell Creation 82 6.5.1 Create BGA Padstack 82 6.5.2 Create BGA Cell Manually 84 6.5.
2.1 Tips for Renaming the Pin Numbers 87 6.5.2.2 View Layers Defined in Padstacks 87 6.5.3 Create BGA Cell with Die Wizard 88 6.5.
4 LP Wizard Professional Library Tool 89 6.6 Part Creation 90 6.7 Create Cell Via Part 92 7 Schematic Input 97 7.1 Netlist Input 97 7.2 Basic Schematic Input 99 7.2.1 Start DxDesigner 99 7.2.
1.1 General Toolbar 100 7.2.1.2 Digital/analog Simulation Toolbar 105 7.2.1.3 RF Circuit Design Toolbar 105 7.
2.2 Create New Project 105 7.2.2.1 How to Create a New Project 105 7.2.2.2 Net Connection and Draw Toolbar 108 7.
2.3 Schematic Design Check 110 7.2.4 Design Rules Setup 110 7.2.5 Package Design 112 7.2.5.
1 Packaging Options 113 7.2.5.2 PDB Extraction Options 114 7.2.6 Partlist Output 115 7.2.7 Chinese Input in Schematic 117 7.
2.8 Enter Layout Environment 118 7.3 Schematic Input Based on DxDataBook 120 7.3.1 DxDataBook Introduction 120 7.3.2 DxDataBook Usage 121 7.3.
3 Check and Update Component Properties 123 8 Multi-board Project Management and Concurrent Schematic Design 127 8.1 Multi-Board Project Management 127 8.1.1 SiP and PCB Collaborative Design 127 8.1.2 Multi-Board Project Design Flow 128 8.2 Concurrent Schematic Design 130 8.2.
1 Concurrent Design Thinking 130 8.2.2 Operating Method for Concurrent Schematic Design 131 9 Layout Creation and Setting 137 9.1 Create Layout Template 137 9.1.1 Layout Template Definition 137 9.1.2 Create SiP Layout Template 137 9.
2 Create Layout Project 146 9.2.1 Create New SiP Project 146 9.2.2 Enter Layout Design Environment 148 9.3 Layout-Related Setup and Operation 149 9.3.1 Introduction to Layout License Control 149 9.
3.2 Mouse Handling 152 9.3.3 Three Kinds of Commonly used Operating Modes 153 9.3.3.1 Select Parts 156 9.3.
3.2 Select Nets 157 9.3.3.3 Select Draw Objects 158 9.3.4 Display Control 160 9.3.
4.1 Layer Tab, General Tab, Part Tab 161 9.3.4.2 Net Tab, Hazard Tab, Groups Tab 165 9.3.5 Editor Control 166 9.3.
5.1 Common Settings 166 9.3.5.2 Place Tab 169 9.3.5.3 Route Tab 169 9.
3.5.4 Grids Tab 173 9.3.6 Setup Parameters 174 9.4 Substrate Layout 174 9.4.1 Component Placement 174 9.
4.2 Automatic Optimization of Net Connections 176 9.5 eDxD View 177 9.6 Input Chinese Characters in Layout 178 9.6.1 Manually Input Chinese Characters 178 9.6.2 Import Chinese Words from DXF File 179 10 Constraint Rules Management 183 10.
1 CES - Constraint Editor System 183 10.2 Scheme 185 10.2.1 Create Scheme 185 10.2.2 Use Scheme in Layout 186 10.3 Define Layer Stackup and Parameters 187 10.4 Net Class 188 10.
4.1 Create Net Class and Assign Nets to Net Class 188 10.4.2 Define Net Class Rules 188 10.5 Clearance Rules 190 10.5.1 Clearance Rule Creation and Setup 190 10.5.
2 General Clearance Rules 192 10.5.3 Net Class to Net Class Clearance Rules 193 10.6 Constraint Class 194 10.6.1 Create Constraint Class and Assign Net to Constraint Class 194 10.6.2 Constraint Classes Classification 194 10.
6.3 Edit Constraint Groups 198 10.7 Update CES Data with Layout 200 11 Wire Bond Design 201 11.1 Wire Bond Overview 201 11.2 Bond Wire Model 203 11.2.1 Bond Wire Model Creation 203 11.2.
2 Bond Wire Properties 207 11.3 Wire Bond Toolbar 209 11.3.1 Add Bond Wire Manually 209 11.3.2 Move and Rotate Bond Pad 210 11.3.3 Wire Bond and Power Ring Generator 211 11.
3.4 Wire Bond Rule Setting 213 11.3.4.1 Settings for Part 213 11.3.4.2 Settings for Die Pin 217 11.
3.4.3 Add Multiple Bond Wires between Die Pin and Bond Pad 219 11.3.4.4 Fan Out to Multiple Bond Pads from Single Die Pin 220 11.3.4.
5 Bond Multiple Die Pins to One Bond Pad 220 11.3.4.6 DietoDie Bonding 221 11.3.5 Wire Model Editor 222 12 Cavity and Chip Stack Design 229 12.1 Cavity 229 12.1.
1 Cavity Definition 229 12.1.2 Cavity Creation 230 12.1.3 Place Component into Cavity 231 12.1.4 Bonding in Cavity 234 12.1.
5 Embedded Cavity Design and Embedding Chip into Substrate 236 12.2 Chip Stack 239 12.2.1 The Concept of Chip Stack 239 12.2.2 Chip Stack Creation 241 12.2.3 Stack Chips Side by Side 243 12.
2.4 Adjust Relative Position of Chips in Stack 244 12.2.5 Chip Stack Bonding 244 13 Flip Chip and RDL Design 249 13.1 The Concept and Characteristics of Flip Chip 249 13.2 The RDL Concept 250 13.3 RDL Design 250 13.3.
1 Create Bare Die and RDL Library 251 13.3.2 RDL Schematic Design 254 13.3.3 RDL Layout Design 254 13.4 Flip Chip Design 260 13.4.1 Flip Chip Schematic Design 261 13.
4.2 Flip Chip Layout Design 262 14 Route and Plane 269 14.1 Routing 269 14.1.1 Introduction to Routing 269 14.1.2 Manual Route 269 14.1.
3 Plow Modes 270 14.1.4 Gloss Modes 272 14.1.5 Fix and Lock 273 14.1.6 Layer Switching 273 14.1.
7 Move Trace and Via 275 14.1.8 Circuit Copy 276 14.1.9 SemiAutomatic Route 278 14.1.10 Auto Route 279 14.1.
11 Route Differential Pairs 281 14.1.12 Length Control in Routing 284 14.2 Plane 291 14.2.1 Plane Definition 291 14.2.2 Plane Setting 291 14.
2.2.1 Plane Classes Parameters 291 14.2.2.2 Plane Assignments 294 14.2.3 Draw Plane Shape 296 14.
2.4 Modify Plane Shape 298 14.2.5 Generate Negative Plane Data 300 14.2.6 Delete Plane Data 300 14.2.7 Verify Plane Data 301 15 Embedded Passives Design 303 15.
1 The Development of Embedded Technology 303 15.1.1 Discrete Embedded Technology 303 15.1.2 Planar Embedded Technology 303 15.2 Process and Material for Embedded Passives 305 15.2.1 Embedding Processes 306 15.
2.1.1 Additive Resistors 307 15.2.1.2 Subtractive Resistors 309 15.2.1.
3 Capacitors 310 15.2.2 Embedding Materials 314 15.2.2.1 Capacitor Materials 314 15.2.2.
2 Conductor Materials 314 15.2.2.3 Insulator Materials 316 15.2.2.4 Resistor Materials 316 15.2.
3 The Nonlinear Characteristics of Resistance Materials 318 15.3 Resistor and Capacitor Automatic Synthesis 319 15.3.1 Preparation for Automatic Synthesis 319 15.3.2 Resistor Automatic Synthesis 322 15.3.3 Capacitor Automatic Synthesis 325 16 RF Circuit Design 331 16.
1 RF SiP Technology 331 16.2 Mentor RF Design Flow 332 16.3 RF Schematic Design 333 16.3.1 RF Shapes Library Configuration 333