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SEPTEMBER 2023 I DESIGN007 MAGAZINE 41 can use the Clarity solver to set up and analyze the right via structure for the SerDes design, which can then be used in the layout. e next phase, power analysis, is shown in Figure 9. e preliminary layout and the previously set up PowerTree file can now be used to perform a preliminary AC and DC analysis to ensure there is enough copper for the DC drop and that the inductance is low enough for the capacitors to be effective at high AC fre- quencies. is phase is much faster and easier because the layout and PowerTree files were Figure 8: PCB design example constraint phase. Figure 9: PCB design example power analysis phase.

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