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17 December 2009

 

AWR launches Version 2009 of Analog Office to enhance high-frequency IC design

Electronic design automation (EDA) software tool provider AWR of El Segundo, CA, USA has launched Version 2009 of its Analog Office high-frequency analog and RFIC design software.

The latest release includes AWR’s patent-pending multi-rate harmonic balance (MRHB) technology, which increases the speed and reduces the computer memory required to perform steady-state analysis of complex multi-tone designs such as those found in receivers and transmitters with multiple stages of upconversion and downconversion.

Analog Office Version 2009 also offers AWR’s AXIEM 3D planar EM technology, which now supports 64-bit operating systems, multi-core PCs and shape pre-processing algorithms that decrease solution time for complex geometries.

Additional features include:

• Automated Circuit Extraction (ACE): Improved extraction flow using frequency-domain interconnect modeling technology along with more traditional RLCK extraction.

• Extract Flow with AXIEM: For very-high-frequency designs, the same layout can be extracted to AXIEM software for full-wave 3D planar electromagnetic characterization.

• DRC/LVS: PowerDRC/LVS technology provides fast, accurate, affordable physical verification solutions for analog and mixed-signal design and is now integrated into Analog Office software as an add-on module.

• OpenAccess: As a founding member of the Interoperable PDK Library (IPL) alliance, AWR supports open access (OA) process design kits (PDKs) and layout views that enable an interoperable design flow among EDA vendors.

• Sapphicon PDKs: Comprehensive PDKs are now available for Sapphicon Semiconductor's advanced 0.25µm RF complementary metal oxide semiconductor (RF CMOS) silicon-on-sapphire processes.

Version 2009 of Analog Office software is part of the AWR Design Environment (AWRDE), which is now shipping to supported customers.

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