Ansys Sherlock is the only reliability physics-based electronics design tool that provides fast and accurate life predictions for electronic hardware at the component, board and system levels in early stage design.
Ansys Sherlock provides fast and accurate life predictions for electronic hardware at the component, board and system levels in early design stages. Sherlock bypasses the ‘test-fail-fix-repeat’ cycle by empowering designers to accurately model silicon–metal layers, semiconductor packaging, printed circuit boards (PCBs) and assemblies to predict failure risks due to thermal, mechanical and manufacturing stressors--all before prototype.
Ansys Reliability Engineering Services (RES) is the leader in delivering comprehensive reliability solutions to the electronics industry. Ansys RES leverages a team of reliability experts within a 20,000 sq. ft. laboratory & test facility to accurately predict the robustness of a device, investigate failures through physical testing, determine potential design changes through simulation and modeling and more. Ansys RES routinely helps clients optimize product reliability and accelerate time to market.
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"Ansys Sherlock helps us make the right decision on the validity of the PCBs and how to correct them, improve our product by changing the parameters, and find solutions - even before making a first prototype." - Arnaud Menon, CEA Expert, Sanden Group
“The four biggest failure modes for automotive electronics are thermal stress, mechanical stress, humidity, and dust. Seventy percent of failures arise from one of these causes. Ansys has the unique capability to model all of these.” - Dr. Pascal Schirmer, Development Engineer for the Department of Power Electronics at BMW Group
With embedded libraries containing over 200,000 parts, Sherlock rapidly converts electronic computer-aided design (ECAD) files into computational fluid dynamics (CFD) and finite element analysis (FEA) models. Each model contains accurate geometries, material properties and translates stress information into validated time-to-failure predictions.
Electrical, mechanical, reliability engineers and more can work in tandem to implement design best practices, predict product lifetimes and reduce failure risks.
Sherlock reduces expensive build-and-test iterations by virtually running thermal cycling, power-temperature cycling, vibration, shock, bending, thermal derating, accelerated life, natural frequency, CAF and more so you can adjust designs in near real-time and achieve qualification in one round.
