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Extension for Signal Analyzer by Keysight

Help PCB engineers detect signal integrity issues early. Analyze impedance, signal loss, and reflections with Keysight-powered tools built into your design environment.

Catch Signal Integrity Issues Before They Become Costly Problems

Catch Signal Integrity Issues Before They Become Costly Problems

Late-stage signal integrity issues often lead to unexpected redesigns, missed deadlines, and increased development costs. Signal Analyzer, powered by Keysight’s simulation technology, enables teams to detect impedance deviations, transmission losses, and signal degradation early, when changes can still be made quickly, with low risk.

Make Faster Decisions with Clear, Shared Technical Evidence

Make Faster Decisions with Clear, Shared Technical Evidence

Teams shouldn’t make hardware decisions based on incomplete data or guesswork. Signal Analyzer allows engineers and decision-makers to align on Keysight's simulation-backed insights rather than on assumptions, providing clear visibility into signal behavior. This shared visibility supports more efficient design reviews and greater confidence across the entire hardware development process.

Key Capabilities

Signal Integrity Analysis in Your PCB Design Workflow

Signal Analyzer, powered by Keysight, brings signal integrity analysis directly into the PCB design workflow, enabling engineers to evaluate signal performance without switching tools.

By embedding analysis into their everyday work, teams can continuously assess high-speed signal behavior and transmission quality. This reduces friction and ensures that the team considers signal integrity during every step in the design process.

Detect Signal Integrity Issues Early in PCB Design

Identify signal integrity issues such as impedance mismatches, reflections, and transmission losses early in the PCB design process.

Signal Analyzer supports analysis of high-speed nets, differential pairs, and complex routing scenarios - helping teams detect risks early before they lead to costly redesigns or performance failures.

Understand Signal Behavior with Simulation Insights

Signal Analyzer provides clear visualization of signal behavior, helping teams understand how design decisions impact performance.

With Keysight-powered analysis, engineers and stakeholders can evaluate trade-offs, align on decisions, and move more efficiently through design reviews with a shared understanding of signal performance.

Standardize Signal Integrity Validation Across PCB Design Teams

Establish a consistent and repeatable approach to signal integrity analysis across teams.

Signal Analyzer enables standardized validation of signal behavior, ensuring design decisions are based on shared criteria while supporting documentation for internal reviews, compliance, and audit readiness.

Analyze Complex High-Speed Signal Scenarios with Confidence

Analyze complex signal scenarios across modern PCB designs, including high-speed interfaces, differential pairs, and challenging transmission conditions.

Signal Analyzer enables teams to validate real-world performance and identify potential signal integrity issues early - ensuring reliable operation in high-speed applications.

FAQs

Is Signal Analyzer included in my Altium subscription?

Signal Analyzer is available to all Altium Designer users as an installable extension.
It can be installed directly from within Altium Designer across all subscription levels, including Altium Develop, Agile Teams, and Agile Enterprise. A 14-day trial is available, allowing teams to explore signal integrity capabilities in their own design environment without upfront commitment.

If the extension proves valuable, it can be purchased as an add-on to continue using it beyond the trial period.

How does Signal Analyzer by Keysight integrate with Altium Designer?

Signal Analyzer is fully integrated into Altium Designer, allowing engineers to perform signal integrity analysis directly within their design environment. There is no need to export files or switch tools. Analysis runs alongside layout and routing, enabling faster iteration and continuous validation.

Does Signal Analyzer require a separate workflow?

No. Signal Analyzer is built into the PCB design workflow inside Altium Designer.

Teams can analyze signal behavior as part of their normal design process, without relying on separate simulation tools or disconnected workflows. This reduces context switching and makes signal integrity validation more efficient.

What types of signal integrity issues can Signal Analyzer detect?

Signal Analyzer helps identify common signal integrity issues such as impedance mismatches, reflections, signal degradation, and transmission losses.

By detecting these issues early in the design process, teams can make adjustments before manufacturing, reducing the risk of performance problems and costly redesigns.

When should signal integrity analysis be performed?

Signal integrity analysis is most effective when performed early and continuously throughout the PCB design process.

Instead of waiting for late-stage validation or prototyping, teams can identify risks during layout and routing. This helps reduce redesign cycles and ensures better performance in high-speed designs.

How does Keysight technology enhance Signal Analyzer?

Signal Analyzer is powered by Keysight’s industry-proven simulation technology, providing accurate and reliable signal integrity analysis.

This ensures that engineers can trust the results when evaluating signal performance, validating high-speed designs, and making critical design decisions.

Who should use Signal Analyzer?

Signal Analyzer is designed for PCB designers and engineers working on high-speed or complex designs, as well as engineering teams that need reliable insight into signal performance.

It is also valuable for engineering managers and teams who want to standardize validation and make faster, more informed design decisions.

What is signal integrity analysis in PCB design?

Signal integrity analysis evaluates how electrical signals behave across a PCB, identifying issues such as impedance mismatches, reflections, and transmission losses.

These effects become critical in high-speed designs, where poor signal quality can lead to performance issues. Signal Analyzer helps teams visualize and validate signal behavior early in the design process.

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