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The Next Generation in RF/Microwave Design
FEATURES
• Complete high-frequency and microwave
integrated circuit (IC) design system
• Advanced architecture with a modern,
object-oriented unified data model
• Accurate three dimensional (3D) planar
method-of-moments (MoM) electro-
magnetic (EM) simulation
• State-of-the-art harmonic balance
simulation technology
• Integrated HSPICE time-domain simulation
• Integrated electrical rule checking (ERC) and
design rule checking (DRC)
• Complete foundry process design kits (PDKs)
• Open, standard-based library/PDK
development environment
• Arbitrary swept variable analysis
• Open platform with COM-based application
programming interface (API)
BENEFITS
• Shortens high-frequency and microwave
design time for faster product cycle/time-
to-market
• Most accurate high-frequency and microwave
analysis for high performance designs
• Comprehensive layout package for
correct-by-design, error-free layout
• Easy-to-use interface minimizes training
costs while reducing design cycle time
• Data translators from Agilent EEsof
protect customer investment in legacy
design methodologies
• Lower total cost of ownership (TCO)
NEW IN 2004
• 3D graphs
• 10X speed improvement in nonlinear/phase
noise analysis
• Native support for Verilog-A defined device
(VDD) models
• 5X capacity improvement in EMSight™
• EM Socket™ interface to Zeland’s IE3D and
MEM Research’s EM3DS simulators
• EM optimization through layout integration
(using EM extraction)
• Bondwire and suspended t-line models
• Faster harmonic balance simulation
• Faster GDSII import/export
• Support for Linux platform
• Support for multiple concurrent foundry
PDKs (for radio frequency (RF) modules and
low temperature co-fired ceramics [LTCC])
• Data translator to Mentor Graphics printed
circuit board (PCB) design tools
“The layout process for RF and microwave design
is critical to overall circuit performance and
must be closely connected to the simulation
tools. The Microwave Office 2004 object-
oriented database provides a unique, integrated
solution that includes everything designers need
to take an idea from concept to implementation,
all in a single, easy-to-use environment.”
Dr. Stephen A. Mass, Chief Scientist, AWR
Microwave Office 2004:
The Next Generation in RF/Microwave Design
Applied Wave Research, Inc. (AWR™) has established itself as a leading worldwide provider
of high-frequency electronic design automation (EDA) software. The company has
developed a revolutionary, future-facing product architecture and open system platform
that embodies years of knowledge and expertise in RF, microwave, and millimeter wave
design applications and delivers an unprecedented level of design automation and produc-
tivity improvement not offered in any other design system on the market today. AWR has
introduced some of the most exciting and compelling high-frequency design tools in the
industry, while completely resetting expectations on how fast a software developer can
react to the needs of its customers. As a result of its industry leading product innovation
and customer responsiveness, AWR has established a loyal worldwide customer base that
continues to expand rapidly.
AWR’s flagship product, Microwave Office™ design suite, has completely revolutionized
product development by shifting the balance of power back into the hands of high-
frequency design engineers. The layout process for RF and microwave design is critical to
overall circuit performance and must be closely connected to the simulation tools. The
Microwave Office solution was designed around a single, object-oriented database that
is inherently synchronized with schematic, simulation, and layout data. This integrated
solution provides everything designers need to take an idea from concept through
simulation and directly into physical implementation. Microwave Office software includes
all of the essential technology: linear and nonlinear circuit simulators, EM analysis tools,
layout-vs.-schematic checks, statistical design capabilities, and parametric cell libraries with
built-in DRC.
AWR Design Environment
Built on an advanced software architecture, the unique core technology in the AWR
Design Environment™ is a modern object-oriented data model that is inherently open
and flexible compared to legacy design tools. The AWR Design Environment elevates
the product development process by allowing the entire engineering team to effortlessly
integrate Microwave Office circuit designs into one platform with Visual System
Simulator™ (VSS) for system design and TestWave™ for simulation with test and
measurement equipment, providing an accurate understanding of the impact of today's
complex modulated RF signals and "real world" circuit performance. The result is a truly
revolutionary design approach that enables interactive tradeoffs between system
requirements and circuit implementation.
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AWR's revolutionary open software architecture and industry-
standard application programming interface give customers easy
access into the underlying data structures, allowing seamless
integration with other best-in-class tools and design environments.
This protects customers' investment in models and simulators,
lowers their cost of support, and enables easy customization of
specific flow requirements.
Microwave Office Design Suite
For 2004 the Microwave Office product line is more capable
and more powerful than any preceding generation of technology.
3D graphics enable users to plot any measurement as a function of two independently
swept variables, providing new insight into circuit performance. In addition AWR has
made another quantum leap in harmonic balance performance, and has also improved
the capacity of the EMSight engine by 5X. There are new 3D bond wire models and new
transmission line models for hybrid and multilayer packaging applications, and a Verilog-A
based interpreted model has been added that allows users to create custom nonlinear
device models without programming in C++.
On the electromagnetic front, AWR has added a dynamic EM extraction capability that
permits layout elements to be selected and targeted for simulation using any of the EM
solvers supported through the AWR EM Socket interface. This capability helps users to
optimize circuit schematics while simulating with full wave EM-based accuracy. Users can
combine the speed of circuit simulation with the accuracy of EM simulation and maintain
complete control of the design process from within the AWR Design Environment. Support
for multiple process design kits allows users to easily combine multiple IC technologies with
laminate or ceramic packaging technologies.
About the CoverThe Australia Telescope National Facility (ATNF) supports Australia's research in radio astronomy and operates the Australia Telescope, a set of eightindividual radio telescopes, as a national research facility for use by Australianand international researchers. Its unique southern location and technologicaladvantages position it as a world-class radio astronomy observatory. The ATNFEngineering Development Group is using Microwave Office design suite for RF,microwave, and millimeter wave design of state-of-the-art cryogenically cooledreceivers and associated components for its telescopes.
“We have seen significant
improvements in engineering
productivity since we
incorporated Microwave Office
software into our design flow.”
Eli Reese
Design Engineering Director
TriQuint Semiconductor, Inc.
RF Closure
AWR has invested much research and development effort in eliminating uncertainly in the high-
frequency design process by closing gaps in existing design methodologies and strengthening
the links between system specifications and circuit performance, electrical design and physical
layout, and computer simulations and RF measurements.
“RF closure” is the completion process by which a component
is designed and verified to meet its product requirements
considering all the high-frequency non-idealities of system,
circuit, layout, package, and board implementation. The
Microwave Office design suite provides an entirely new
approach that achieves optimum RF closure through a unified
data model and design environment encompassing all of the
design domains. The data model is high-frequency aware,
permitting accurate extraction and modeling of all design
elements, including active and passive devices as well as
interconnects at high frequency. The solution is built on
an open, standards-based software platform, enabling easy
integration of the most capable, best-in-class tools to:
capture, synthesize, simulate, optimize, layout, extract,
and verify designs in all domains.
Robust Time-Domain and Frequency-Domain Capabilities
An EDA solution is bounded by the limits of its simulation technology, and Microwave Office
2004 design suite pushes those limits to solve larger and more complex problems quickly and
efficiently. The harmonic balance simulator has been enhanced in Microwave Office 2004 to
increase both capacity and simulation speed, particularly for very large high transistor count
circuits. The design suite offers impressive results, especially when tuning on large nonlinear
circuits with near real-time feedback on circuit performance. The improved simulation
performance is coupled with proprietary convergence algorithms that extend the capacity of the
simulator to handle large and highly nonlinear circuits. The speed and capacity improvements
can also open designs up to more rigorous statistical modeling and yield analysis, which now
becomes practical on circuits that may have consumed too much simulation time in the past.
While frequency-domain techniques remain the mainstay for most RF/microwave designers,
time-domain simulation can provide an important complement and can solve unique problems
such as those found in phase lock loops (PLLs) or oscillators during start-up conditions.
Microwave Office 2004 includes an optional time-domain engine to augment the harmonic
balance and EM simulators. This time-domain engine is much more than just another SPICE
simulator: AWR has integrated Synopsys’ HSPICE® simulation technology because it is truly the
“gold standard” for accurate time-domain simulations and is also the “sign-off” standard at
most commercial IC foundries. AWR places a great deal of focus on developing models, libraries,
and measurements, completely compatible and seamless, between frequency- and time-domain
engines. The extensive library of transmission line elements and discontinuities has been mapped
into equivalent time-domain representations and EM structures. S-parameters can also be
incorporated in addition to all the standard SPICE elements. AWR's patented techniques
provide for simultaneous frequency- and time-domain simulation of distributed structures from
the same schematic without convolution or shooting methods.
Integrated EM Analysis Capabilities
A large gap in the product development process traditionally exists between the electrical and
physical design domains. The Microwave Office 2004 product fully integrates 3D planar electro-
magnetic simulation with the circuit simulation and layout tools, permitting arbitrary physical
structures to be embedded within linear and nonlinear circuit simulations. AWR’s EMSight
simulator uses a full-wave spectral-domain approach based on the method-of-moments, and is
multi-threaded to take advantage of multiprocessor computers. For 2004, EMSight includes new
block matrix solvers that enable users to simulate 5X larger problems within the same amount
of RAM. Advanced animation capabilities let users view true time- and frequency-domain current
animations. Users can display the magnitude and direction of currents and electric fields (E-fields)
on any layer within the structure.
EM Socket
AWR continues to focus on developing industry-leading EM solutions, while at the same time
recognizing that no single EM solver provides the best solution for all applications. In order to
provide customers with greater flexibility in their methodology, AWR created the EM Socket
open standard interface, which enables users to access a broad variety of EM simulators from
leading vendors, without leaving the Microwave Office design environment. The underlying
technology can interface with virtually any EM simulator and seamlessly integrates 3rd party
design tools into the Microwave Office design flow. Users can combine multiple EM algorithms,
such as finite element analysis, finite difference time domain (FDTD), and a variety of method-
of-moments approaches to solve planar and full 3D problems. The solution facilitates greater
flexibility in the design methodology, while providing a common user interface. The 2004 release
includes an interface to Sonnet Software’s EM product, Zeland Software’s IE3D, EM3DS from
MEM Research, and Analyst from Simulation Technology and Applied Research. AWR, through
the EM Socket interface, is in the process of integrating additional EM solvers, which will be
available in the near future.
“There are varying degrees of
‘interoperability’ between software
of different vendors. I can say
with complete confidence that
the new interoperability between
Sonnet and AWR’s Microwave
Office product is simply the best
I have ever seen. This tight and
very powerful interoperability
in a heterogeneous design
environment is the future of
our industry and Sonnet is very
pleased to be working with
AWR in leading the way.”
James C. Rautio,
President, Sonnet Software, Inc.
Monolithic Microwave IC (MMIC) Process Design Kits Support Leading
Gallium Arsenide (GaAs) Foundries
With literally hundreds of successful tape-outs and a track record of unmatched designer
productivity, it is no wonder Microwave Office design suite has become a gold standard for
MMIC design and development. The AWR user interface was crafted by former MMIC
designers and includes all the features and flexibility for efficient design for first pass success.
From powerful simulators, to a robust IC layout editor, to interactive DRC, Microwave Office
has truly been designed to take MMICs from concept through to production. The IC
layout editor is even more powerful in 2004 and can facilitate full reticle layout and more
comprehensive DRC.
An extensive selection of PDKs are available for Microwave Office, which are supported by
the leading commercial GaAs foundries, including: Global Communications Semiconductors,
Filtronic Compound Semiconductor, OMMIC, TriQuint Semiconductor, Northrop
Grumman/Velocium, United Monolithic Semiconductors, and WIN Semiconductor. Parametric
library development tools are also available in Microwave Office so that end-users and
captive foundries can easily build customized cell libraries with synchronized electrical
and physical models.
35 to 45 GHz GaAs MMIC ReceiverIncludes Integrated LNA, LO Doubler,LO Buffer and Image Reject MixerPhoto: Courtesy of Mimix Broadband
“With intense time-to-market
pressures our designers need
proven design flows that work
seamlessly and Microwave Office
fills this need. The fully-integrated
and easy-to-use solution speeds
the design time of microwave
and millimeter-wave integrated
circuits. In addition, the product
comes with clear and extensive
documentation and the support
provided is first class.”
Dr. Simon Mahon
Director of MMIC Design
Mimix Broadband, Inc.
MCM and LTCC Applications
Essential for the efficient design of modules in any single or group
of technologies is the ability to design concurrently. AWR's core
architecture combined with the right features, simulators, and models
makes Microwave Office software the perfect platform for the design
and integration of multi-chip modules (MCM) and LTCC applications.
In Microwave Office, unlike other design tools that distribute
design data across multiple databases, all the data defining a
design–schematic, layout, simulation, analysis, and measurement–is
located within one database. The AWR Design Environment actually encourages an integrated,
synchronized design flow, which is critical to ensuring successful design releases. As the
design is developed, the logical and physical and system and circuit aspects of the design evolve
and are managed together as a natural part of the design tool, and, therefore, the design flow.
The high-speed harmonic balance and data-driven system simulation allow trade-offs to be
made in real time among a variety of domains–system performance, layout placement and
routing, component selection, circuit parametrics–for nominal, optimized, or statistically-centered
performance. Access to multiple, 3rd party EM solvers, verification tools, and PCB packages
ensures that the right downstream tools can be brought to bear for first-time design success.
New in 2004 are multiple manufacturing processes in a single design and layout, integrated
3D bondwire modeling, and a variety of updated and flexible distributed line models.
Printed Circuit Board (PCB) Design
The challenge in RF and microwave PCB design has always been ensuring that the schematic
and layout accurately reflect each other as well as what is being built. Designing high-speed
PCBs also requires that the data be integrated into a production PCB tool. Microwave Office
technology solves both of these problems. The software includes dozens of distributed single-
and coupled-line circuit models and artwork generators that automatically begin to create
conceptual artwork before the layout window is even opened. Once the connectivity is defined
in the schematic, the circuit designer can work in a layout-driven circuit design environment,
replacing and routing critical RF and microwave components and receiving updated simulation
and analysis results based on physical rather than schematic-driven changes. This "RF correct"
design can than be quickly integrated into a complete PCB design using a wide variety of
"We have been using Microwave
Office for many years at Roke
Manor Research, and have been
consistently impressed by its
ease of use and accuracy. The
latest version brings significant
improvements and additions,
including very accurate prediction
of oscillator phase noise, and
a much faster harmonic balance
simulator. A welcome new option
is the seamless integration of an
HSPICE time-domain simulator.
Perhaps the most impressive
capability is real-time tuning of
a nonlinear circuit using both
time- and frequency-domain
simulations simultaneously."
Dr. Chris Smith
Senior Principal Consultant
Roke Manor Research, Ltd.
(A Siemens Company)
Target Applications
translation capabilities for connectivity and layout. Building on the Gerber and Mentor
PowerPCB® export, Microwave Office 2004 software now has an available Mentor Graphics
Board Station® translator, improved DXF import for signal integrity (SI) applications, and
capability to export to Cadence Allegro®.
High-Speed Digital Analysis
Although modern communication and computer systems are built around "digital" protocols,
at the end of the day it is truly an "analog" world. That's why many computer and networking
companies are turning to Microwave Office to push the envelope on digital data rates and
clock speeds. For high-speed computers, networks, and digital wireless systems, RF/microwave
simulation technology is the key to understanding the speed limits that exist in dense PCBs
and ICs. Microwave Office is ideal for analyzing and solving problems that arise from crosstalk,
impedance mismatches, ground bounce, and other high-speed digital effects.
Fiber Optic Network Applications
AWR products are ideal for designing physical layer electro-optical products for OC-192 and
OC-768 next generation networks. AWR solutions are used for designing Mach-Zehnder (MZ)
and electro-absorption modulator (EAM) drivers, as well as transimpedance amplifiers (TIAs).
Modulated signal analysis and EYE diagrams that allow designers to optimize time- and
frequency-domain performance, and high-speed MMIC libraries that support advanced
processes such as indium phosphide (InP), are readily available from AWR foundry partners.
“Today’s complex RF circuits
require a more innovative
approach than traditional
design software offers and
the Microwave Office product
provides the technology our
designers require. The AWR
open system platform enhances
engineering productivity and
reduces development costs
by providing an easy-to-use,
integrated solution that improves
design time over legacy tools
in a number of applications.”
Marc Garin,
President, Atlantic RF
Optional Translation Modules
Data Migration from Agilent EEsof EDA
Microwave Office design suite provides an advanced data migration tool to move designs from
Agilent EEsof's Series IV and ADS design packages. The complete data transport solution
includes- custom and standard parts, symbols and graphics, connectivity information, and
complete schematics, all of which can be controlled and
customized by the designer. Electrical models and properties,
including units, are converted for fast simulation of the
transported design in Microwave Office software. Experienced
support personnel are available to help customers migrate their
designs quickly and easily to AWR's modern RF/microwave EDA
platform. AWR also offers comprehensive consulting services to
assist with the building, migrating, and streamlining of design
flows, and interfacing with all aspects of product development.
Design Flows with Mentor Graphics PCB Tools
AWR provides a robust and highly customizable interface to Mentor Graphics' PCB design
solutions, including Design Architect®, Board Station®, Expedition™, and PADS®. New in
Microwave Office 2004 are translators for Board Station and Expedition. The microwave and
RF content is completely captured, simulated, and laid out in the Microwave Office software to
the satisfaction of the circuit designers using Mentor-independent or Mentor-complementary
libraries. The complete RF design, including library
definitions, can then be translated into Design
Architect schematics and Board Station or Expedition
layouts, where it is combined with analog and digital
content. Parts can be brought from Microwave Office
and generated on the fly, or they can be pulled from
native-Mentor libraries. Part numbers can be
maintained for accurate bills of material (BOMs), and
non-Microwave Office properties can be added or
derived on a part-by-part basis during this “smart”
translation in order to support downstream design for
manufacturing (DFM) and design for test (DFT).
SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS AND SUPPORTED PLATFORMS
AWR products support Windows NT4, 2000, XP, and Linux. For more information on product pricing and availability
call 310-726-3000 or visit the AWR website at www.mwoffice.com.
PRODUCT MAINTENANCE AND SUPPORT
Applied Wave Research provides maintenance and support policies that deliver outstanding online, e-mail, and telephone
customer services, as well as significant upgrades and enhancements on a yearly basis. For more information on product
maintenance and support, call 310-726-3000 or visit the AWR website at www.mwoffice.com.
AWR's goal from the beginning was to build an
EDA environment that specifically addressed the
unique requirements of high-frequency design
engineers. Microwave Office 2004 has
surpassed even our own expectations, pushing
the technology to a new level of power and
capability and eclipsing similar design tools.
The product has completely revolutionized the
high-frequency design world.
Dr. Joseph Pekarek, Chief Technology Officer, AWR
US Corporate Office:
Applied Wave Research, Inc.
1960 East Grand Avenue, Suite 430
El Segundo, CA 90245
Tel: (310) 726 3000
Fax: (310) 726 3005
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.mwoffice.com
AWR Europe
Applied Wave Research, Ltd.
Lyon Court, 3rd Floor
Walsworth Road
Hitchin, Herts SG4 9SX United Kingdom
Tel: +44 (0) 870 220 2334
Fax: +44 (0) 870 220 2336
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.mwoffice.com
AWR Japan
Cybernet Systems Co., Ltd.
Sumitomo Fudosan Otowa Bldg. 9-3
Otsuka 2-chome Bunkyo-ku
Tokyo 112-0012
Tel: (03) 5978 5460
Fax: (03) 5978 6081
Email: [email protected]
Website:www.cybernet.co.jp/products/eda/awr
AWR Authorized Representative:
Call to discuss your specific requirements, arrange a demonstration, or to receive an evaluation CD.
AWR, the AWR logo, Microwave Office, Visual System Simulator, TestWave, Analog Office, AWR Design Environment, EMSight, EM
Socket and, Intelligent Net are trademarks of Applied Wave Research, Inc., Copyright © 2004. All Rights Reserved. All other marks
are the property of their respective holders.
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