Key Benefits
Advanced Single Design Environment Provides Simulation, Layout, Analysis, and Verification
Reduce Failures
Co-design environment eliminates design failures caused by manual data translation
Improve Productivity
Saves design time using simultaneous editing of module and chip layouts with multi-PDK support
Smart Integration
Integrates parasitic extraction and electromagnetic (EM) solvers plus interoperability of Cadence packaging and layout technologies
Highlights
Automate Manual Work for Faster, More Accurate Designs
Built on the Virtuoso Studio platform, Virtuoso HI for RF incorporates new co-design capabilities for simultaneous editing of the IC and SiP modules. Its multiple electromagnetic (EM) analysis solvers give designers different methods of physical extraction that can easily be entered back into the schematic without breaking the golden schematic. The trusted simulation and analysis engines are integrated tightly with Virtuoso ADE Suite and Cadence Spectre RF Option for high-performance simulation.
Electromagnetic Analysis
Integrating multiple smart EM solvers into Virtuoso HI for RF designs provides the right analysis solution for cross-fabric design while automating hours of manual work required to extract the electrical performance of critical passive components and interconnects. The EM assistant generates and manages all EM-extracted S-parameters or models from the layout, embedding the results directly in Spectre circuit simulations. The layout stays current without the need to manage multiple layout views when running experiments of various layout structures. You may choose the optimal EM solver for your design: Cadence Clarity 3D Solver for the 3D finite element method, Cadence EMX 3D Planar Solver for the fast multipole method, or Cadence Quantus Extraction Solution for RLC extraction and the PEEC method.
- Integrated smart EM modeling interface
- Novel layout conditioning and pre-processing capabilities before running solvers
- Automatic creation of smart extracted view prepares your design for circuit simulation
- Allows you to maintain a golden layout schematic view throughout your RFIC or RF module design and signoff flow
Edit in Concert
The Edit-in-Concert technology in Virtuoso HI for RF workflow lets you edit across layouts and view the changes immediately at the system level within the environment. It enables RFIC and SiP module designers to edit the layout design in the context of all ICs on the module or other fabrics (chip, module, board), ensuring connectivity between bumps or bond wires is always correct, manufacturable, and accurate.
- Captures SiP module and IC schematics across multiple technologies and fabrics of design
- Multi-technology and multi-PDK support in a single Virtuoso environment
- Offers simultaneous layout editing of SiP modules and ICs across multiple technologies and PDKs
- Interoperable with Cadence Allegro X Advanced Package Designer to streamline design to manufacturing
RF Simulation
Built on silicon-proven simulation engines, the Spectre RF Option provides a wide range of analyses and verification, including harmonic balance and shooting Newton engines for high-performance simulation of linear and non-linear RF circuits, fast envelope modeling technology, and high-capacity simulation of S-parameter data.
- Leverages Virtuoso ADE Suite for robust simulation management across multiple corners, sweeps, and testbenches, tightly integrated with the Spectre simulation platform
- High-performance, high-capacity SPICE-level analog and RF simulation out of the box
- Accurate, efficient post-layout simulation with RLCK parasitics
- Fast, high-capacity simulation of S-parameter data