Silvaco Rolls Out SmartSpice-RF and Inductance Extractor.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers SANTA CLARA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 1, 2004 Silvaco International, a leading provider of circuit simulation and electronic design automation (EDA) tools, today announced the release of SmartSpice-RF Harmonic Balance-Based Simulator and QUEST High Frequency Parasitic Extractor. SmartSpice-RF provides a complete set of steady-state analyses to design GHz range RF wireless application ICs. QUEST calculates 3D frequency dependent inductance, resistance, capacitance and capacitive loss for any multi-port network for RF SPICE analysis. "RF IC design engineers require harmonic balance circuit simulation and an effective noise solution to prove their designs," said Ken Brock, vice president of marketing at Silvaco. "SmartSpice-RF accurately and efficiently simulates noise, gain compression, harmonic distortion, oscillator oscillator Mechanical or electronic device that produces a back-and-forth periodic motion. A pendulum is a simple mechanical oscillator that swings with a constant amplitude, requiring the addition of energy at each swing only to compensate for the energy lost because of air phase noise, and intermodulation in·ter·mod·u·la·tion n. Modulation of the frequencies of electromagnetic waves occurring when the waves interact as they are transmitted through a nonlinear electronic system. products in non-linear circuits using SPICE netlists." SmartSpice-RF harmonic balance simulator provides frequency-domain steady-state large signal analysis of non-linear circuits driven with multi-tone sources. It performs complete set of periodic and quasi-periodic steady state analyses for large-signal and small-signal applications--each with full parametric sweep and Monte Carlo control parameters. Applications include amplifiers, mixers, multipliers, oscillators, VCOs, AGCs, PLLs, muxs, demuxs, clocks, CDRs and other RF circuits. Accurate Wireless Measurements and Optimizer SmartSpice-RF measures spectral regrowth Re`growth´ n. 1. The act of regrowing; a second or new growth. The regrowth of limbs which had been cut off. - A. B. Buckley. , ACPR ACPR Adjacent Channel Power Ratio ACPR Ariel Center for Policy Research (Israel) ACPR Adjacent-Channel Power Rejection ACPR Adjacent Channel Protection Ratio ACPR American Crossbred Pony Registry ACPR Advanced Core Performance Reactor , NPR NPR In currencies, this is the abbreviation for the Nepal Rupee. Notes: The currency market, also known as the Foreign Exchange market, is the largest financial market in the world, with a daily average volume of over US $1 trillion. simulations of amplifiers/mixers, I/Q modulator simulations, characterization of the transmission link quality of communications systems, and other key wireless measurements. It includes a powerful parameter optimizer for gain, matching networks, IP3, and power dissipation for new circuit design or process migration. QUEST High Frequency Parasitic Extractor QUEST calculates 3D frequency dependent inductance, resistance, capacitance and capacitive loss for any multi-port network for RF SPICE analysis. It creates frequency dependent W-element transmission lines, multi-port S-parameters, and spiral inductor standard SPICE models directly from GDSII GDSII Graphic Design System II layouts using an interactive GUI interface. Complete RF Design Environment SmartSpice-RF leverages all SmartSpice models for large-signal, small-signal, noise, and parameter output. It is integrated with Silvaco's complete, PDK supported, mixed-signal/RF physical design flow consisting of Gateway Schematic Editor, SmartSpice Circuit Simulator, Expert Layout Editor, Guardian DRC/LVS/LPE and HIPEX HIPEX High Performance Extranet Full-Chip Parasitic Extraction. It also can be used within other popular EDA flows. Pricing and Availability SmartSpice-RF and Quest are available now on Linux, Windows, and Solaris. Perpetual, time-based, and site licenses are available for workgroup configurations of these products. List price for SmartSpice-RF starts at $60,000 for a time-based license. For further information on these products, please contact sales@silvaco.com. About Silvaco Silvaco International, headquartered in Santa Clara, California Santa Clara, California (IPA: /ˌsæntəˈklærə/) , founded in 1777 and incorporated in 1852, is a city in Santa Clara County, in the U.S. state of California. , is a leading vendor of electronic design automation software (EDA) for the development of analog and mixed signal integrated circuits. Founded in 1984, the company delivers technology computer aided design (application) Computer Aided Design - (CAD) The part of CAE concerning the drawing or physical layout steps of engineering design. Often found in the phrase "CAD/CAM" for ".. manufacturing". (TCAD TCAD Technology Computer-Aided Design TCAD Tompkins County Area Development (Ithaca, NY, USA) TCAD Travis Central Appraisal District (Austin, Texas) TCAD Tennessee Commission on Aging and Disability ) simulation software, SPICE parameter extraction, circuit simulation, and physical IC design/verification software products. The company integrates these proven products with experienced support and engineering services to provide complete semiconductor process, device and design automation solutions in CMOS (Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor) Pronounced "c-moss." The most widely used integrated circuit design. It is found in almost every electronic product from handheld devices to mainframes. , bipolar, SiGe, and compound technologies. Worldwide customers include leading foundries, fabless semiconductor companies, integrated semiconductor manufacturers, universities, and designers of integrated circuits who require the utmost accuracy in their analog designs. For more information, call (408) 567-1000 or visit Silvaco online at www.silvaco.com. |
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