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Cadence is a pivotal leader in electronic design and computational expertise, using its Intelligent System Design strategy to turn design concepts into reality. Cadence customers are the world's most creative and innovative companies, delivering extraordinary electronic products from chips to boards to systems for the most dynamic market applications. www.cadence.com © 2024 Cadence Design Systems, Inc. All rights reserved worldwide. Cadence, the Cadence logo, and the other Cadence marks found at www.cadence.com/go/trademarks are trademarks or registered trademarks of Cadence Design Systems, Inc. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. 05/24 CPG/PDF Design, Validate, and Optimize Design Performance, Cost-Effectiveness, and Reliability Sensitivity Analysis - Identify which component param- eters are critical to your circuit performance goals by asking such questions as, "Does the value of R1 affect my bandwidth more than the value of R2?" It examines how a component's inherent manufacturing variations affect circuit behavior, both individually and in comparison with other components, by varying manufacturing tolerances to create worst-case (minimum and maximum) results. It can also identify which components affect yield the most, allowing you to choose the sensitive components with tighter tolerances. The analysis allows evaluation of yield versus cost tradeoffs. Using its Extreme Value Analysis (EVA), you can estimate the most extreme limits of a circuit's function for given component tolerances and design for mission-critical applications. Smoke Analysis – Electrical Over Stress (EOS) - Identify component stress due to power dissipation, increases in junction temperature, secondary breakdowns, or violations of voltage and current limits. Over time, these stressed components can cause your designs to fail, often long after the design stage. Compare circuit simulation results with the component's safe operating limits, and if the limits are exceeded, Smoke (Stress) analysis identifies the problem parameters. This analysis enables the reduction or elimination of infant mortality in your designs. Using built-in structured derating definitions and usage flows enables you to apply derate standards in an easy and efficient way.