{"id":40555,"date":"2024-11-05T10:38:59","date_gmt":"2024-11-05T18:38:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com\/products\/fusion-360\/blog\/?p=40555"},"modified":"2025-02-10T12:34:48","modified_gmt":"2025-02-10T20:34:48","slug":"fusion-360-signal-integrity-extension","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com\/products\/fusion-360\/blog\/fusion-360-signal-integrity-extension\/","title":{"rendered":"All About the Autodesk Fusion Signal Integrity Extension Powered by Ansys"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>Improve product compliance and performance, reduce costly physical PCB testing and prototyping, and accelerate development with the Fusion Signal Integrity Extension powered by Ansys.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com\/products\/fusion-360\/blog\/high-speed-pcb-design-part-1\/\">High-speed PCB design<\/a> can be challenging as it requires <a href=\"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com\/products\/fusion-360\/blog\/high-speed-pcb-design-part-2\/\">multiple considerations<\/a>, including <a href=\"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com\/products\/fusion-360\/blog\/trace-width\/\">trace width<\/a>, PCB material properties, ground plane clearances, adjacent geometric spacing, return paths, and more. Manual identification, verification, and correction of these constraints on any ECAD system can be a daunting and time-consuming task.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com\/products\/fusion-360\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Hero_Impedance_Matching_Final_More_Traces-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"autodesk-fusion-360-signal-integrity-extension-ansys\" class=\"wp-image-40561\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com\/products\/fusion-360\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Hero_Impedance_Matching_Final_More_Traces-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.autodesk.com\/products\/fusion-360\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Hero_Impedance_Matching_Final_More_Traces-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.autodesk.com\/products\/fusion-360\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Hero_Impedance_Matching_Final_More_Traces-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.autodesk.com\/products\/fusion-360\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Hero_Impedance_Matching_Final_More_Traces-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.autodesk.com\/products\/fusion-360\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Hero_Impedance_Matching_Final_More_Traces.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"what-is-the-fusion-signal-integrity-extension\">What is the Fusion Signal Integrity Extension?<\/h2>\n\n\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com\/products\/fusion-360\/signal-integrity-extension\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Autodesk Fusion Signal Integrity Extension<\/a>, powered by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ansys.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Ansys<\/a>, enables designers to analyze their PCB electromagnetic performance. 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