RF/Microwave Design Software
Cadence AWR Design Environment, Version 15
RF/Microwave Circuit Design
Cadence® AWR® Microwave Office® circuit design software is used by leading manufacturers to accelerate product development of high-frequency electronics. RF-aware layout, high-frequency models, and a powerful harmonic-balance (HB) simulator ensure accurate and fast simulation results for first-pass success. The intuitive interface, innovative design automation, and design-assist features promote optimum engineering productivity and accelerate design cycles for today's most challenging wireless applications.
Robust
Best-in-class harmonic balance engine provides fast and rigorous convergence of highly nonlinear networks, addressing circuits with large transistor counts and/or harmonic content
Powerful
Design automation, an intuitive interface, and scripting/customization supports all phases of product development in less time
Integrated
Co-simulation with system and electromagnetic simulators provides in-situ parasitic extraction, design verification, and standards-compliant communication testbenches
- APLAC® HB Simulator – Proprietary multi-rate harmonic balance engine provides robust linear and nonlinear frequency-domain circuit simulation
- Comprehensive Libraries – Simulation models for discrete and IC-based active and passive devices, and distributed transmission lines
- EM Analysis – Fully-integrated circuit/electromagnetic co-simulation for design verification and in-situ S-parameter extraction
- Load Pull – State-of-the-art load-pull analysis and design support
- Stability – Linear and nonlinear stability analysis
- Synthesis – Impedance-matching and filter-synthesis wizards (options)