Electrical Nets (E-nets)

Electrical Nets (E-nets) in eCADSTAR

Language: English        Duration: 2 minutes

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What are E-nets?

While a (logical) net comprises a set of nodes that are connected together on a schematic, an E-Net describes a complete DC or AC current path, even if it passes through resistors, capacitors, inductors, or diodes.

Benefits of E-nets:

• Gives a more complete picture—what happens to electricity is what happens to signals
• Very important for high-speed design because everything on an E-Net affects the signal it carries
  • Most modern PCB RAM is high-speed, whatever design it is part of
  • Many modern standard buses are high-speed
• Allows you to constrain routing topology, including terminations and with eCADSTAR you can control, analyze and visualize E-Nets as an integral part of your process