OrCAD® is used to capture schematics and then perform board layouts. Multiple routing layers can be
accomplished. With the use of design rules, the board can be checked for errors before fabrication.
SolidWorks® is a three-dimensional Computer Aided Design (CAD) software suite that allows the APEI, Inc. packaging team to
design, develop, and analyze our systems in a single application environment. With SolidWorks®, sophisticated and complex systems can be
outlined, optimized, and improved quickly in a digital environment without requring the expensive and time consuming process of building and
testing physical prototypes and design revisions. Capabilities include solid part and assembly modeling (including multiple part
configurations in a single file), physical analysis and validation (stress and displacement), and a powerful thermal analysis tool capable of
performing both Finite Element Analysis (FEA) and Computation Fluid Dynamic (CFD) transient or steady-state studies.
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Matlab® is a matrix based numerical computing software suite that allows APEI engineers to perform complex mathematical
operations rapidly. Matlab® has its own programming language well suited for setting up iterative equation solving, and a power array of
solution graphing capabilities. This is used frequently for initial thermal designs in order to optimize certain features (layer
thicknesses, part spacing, etc.) before spending the time to construct the 3D geometry for analysis.
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Saber has been used to model and simulate theoretical new power topologies and control schemes applicable to modular converters. The simulation results have been validated through experimental results in the lab.