Next-gen radio frequency circuit simulator targets RFIC chip designers

KEYSIGHT TECHNOLOGIES RFPro Circuit next-generation radio frequency (RF) simulation tool targets the complex, multi-physics requirements of today’s RF integrated circuit (RFIC) designers. Wireless, automotive, and satellite designers can now deliver robust designs that overcome performance challenges in dense 3D packaging, taking advantage of interoperability and automation to form complex workflows. Unit features a new modular architecture that ensures a consistent, streamlined environment for multi-physics co-design across Cadence, Synopsys, and Keysight electronic design automation (EDA) platforms. Optional electromagnetic (EM) and electro-thermal simulators also plug into this new environment, enabling faster design and troubleshooting of wireless RFICs.

Product features include:

• Standard DC, AC, S-parameter, Harmonic Balance Transient, and Envelope Transient simulation modes
• High accuracy modulation analysis; Winslow stability analysis; optimization; and faster one-time netlist parsing
• Compatibility with Keysight’s extensive catalog of silicon and III-V compound semiconductor foundry process development kits (PDK). Advanced support for III-V processes, mixed hierarchies for 3D heterogeneous integration and packaging, and validation against system-level modulation.

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