Comprehensive Life Predictions for Electronic Components with Sherlock
Ansys Sherlock is an advanced software tool specifically designed for electronics reliability analysis. It helps engineers predict the reliability and lifespan of electronic hardware at various levels, from components to printed circuit boards (PCBs) and full systems. Sherlock automates the process of converting ECAD files into simulation-ready models, significantly speeding up analysis by enabling rapid creation of 3D models for FEA (Finite Element Analysis). This reduces the need for physical testing, making early design-stage reliability predictions faster and more accurate. It excels in simulating real-world conditions like thermal cycling, mechanical stress, and shock, enabling engineers to optimize designs and anticipate failure modes. By predicting time-to-failure and reliability risks early in the design process, Sherlock helps minimize costly trial-and-error redesigns.
- Validated Time-To-Failure Predictions
- Rapid ECAD to FEA and CFD Translations
- Integrated Workflow with Ansys Simulations
- Complete Product Lifetime Curve
- Drop Test Simulation
- Over One Million Part Library
- Shock/Vibration/Thermal Cycling Analysis
- Locked IP Model
- Ansys Workbench Integration
- 1-D/3-D Solder Failure Predictions
- Default Package Geometries
- PCB and PCBA Materials
- Trace & Via Capture
- Thermal Analysis Prep
- Evaluates and Optimizes Design Choices
- Builds and Tests Virtual Products
- Modifies Designs in Near Real-Time
- Quickly Runs Mechanical Simulations
Check out the key features of Ansys Sherlock
Reliability Predictions
Sherlock's post-processing calculates time to failure with a detailed lifetime curve, reducing testing and improving first-round qualification. It includes reporting features like lifetime curves, risk indicators, tables, and automated report generation. Pinned results aid reliability assessments and provide a secure IP model for review.
PCB Modeling
Sherlock quickly imports parts lists, creating a 3D FEA model of your circuit board within minutes. With vast libraries and a parsing engine, it automatically constructs precise FEA models at the box level, reducing pre-processing time from days to minutes. Supports file formats like Gerber, ODB++, and IPC-2581.
ECAD to CAE
Sherlock efficiently converts ECAD files into simulation-ready finite element models, extracting stackup info, computing various properties, and enabling explicit modeling of PCB features. It captures over 40 parameters via embedded libraries and facilitates exporting geometry with material properties for SIwave, Icepak, or Mechanical analysis.
Failure Analysis
Sherlock employs Physics of Failure and Reliability Physics methods to precisely foresee electronic hardware failures, applying algorithms depicting the decline of various mechanisms over time, such as thermal cycling, mechanical shock, vibration, bending, and more, offering actionable insights for product design enhancement.
Thermal Reliability
Sherlock predicts thermal failure rates and end-of-life scenarios for diverse components, accounting for temperature, power dissipation, and electrical loads. It covers integrated circuit aging and wear-out, offering supplier-specific projections for capacitors.
Solder Fatigue
Sherlock flexibly forecasts solder fatigue using a validated 1D model for various electronic parts. Its Thermal-Mech capability considers system-level components, capturing mixed-mode loading conditions. It enables Darveaux or Syed models in Ansys Mechanical for simulation-ready models in packaging.
Mechanical Parts
This feature enables precise simulation of mechanical stress and fatigue in electronic components. It integrates seamlessly with 3D models, supports detailed analysis of failure modes, and optimizes design by predicting stress impacts and lifespan, thereby enhancing product reliability.
Software Sales
If you have any general questions about our Ansys, Moldex3D, Dante, Particleworks, or CF Turbo simulation software (quotation, licensing, training), please contact us using one of the following contact details. Please note that our software is only available to customers from the following countries: Hungary, Slovenia, Croatia, Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, and Macedonia.
sales (at) econengineering.com
+36 1 279 0320
Greg Lipóczi, Dr.
Commercial Director
László Molnár, Ph.D.
Academic & Key Account Representative
Péter Bara
Key Account Manager
East Hungary
János Simon
Key Account Manager
West Hungary
