RFPro Circuit, a next-generation radio frequency (RF) simulation tool from Keysight Technologies, is marketed as meeting the intricate, multi-physics needs of modern RF integrated circuit (RFIC) designers.
Designers of satellite, automobile, and wireless systems may now create strong designs with RFPro Circuit RF simulation tool. It can help overcome performance issues in dense 3D packaging by utilizing automation and interoperability to create intricate processes.
Keysight’s New Circuit RF Simulation Tool Features:
- 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.
RFIC designers often use expert tools to do sequential, single-domain verifications, but they struggle to discover and fix multi-domain design flaws until near the conclusion of the design process. Designers frequently have to take on the burden of setup and database manipulations for each tool, becoming subject matter experts in their field. These capabilities are more closely linked into highly automated and effective processes with the new RFPro Circuit simulator.
Keysight offers RF-aware analyses for stability, system-level modulation and waveforms, and simulator settings in addition to EM and electro-thermal simulators.
For instance, while loaded with EM package parasitics, designers can optimize a complex 5G-Advanced power amplifier for error vector magnitude (EVM). Keysight now provides a route to effective design flows that are robust and dependable enough to be used for training the artificial intelligence and machine learning automation of the future in cutting-edge microwave applications, as 3D designs get denser and expand into new millimeter wave frequencies shared in its official release.
RFPro Circuit Added 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.
RFPro Circuit Technical Improvements and Licensing Model
In addition to the many technological advancements made in RFPro Circuit, Keysight provides RFIC designers with rapid access to the newest features and a flexible licensing model that allows them to better simulate their designs and adjust to constantly evolving workflows. For use with the Cadence Virtuoso and Synopsys Custom Compiler setups, RFPro Circuit is instantly downloadable. The Keysight ADS environment is anticipated to be available in late 2024.
Joe Civello, Director of RF/uW Products, Keysight EDA, said, “Keysight has a long and successful history providing industry-leading circuit simulation for RFIC and module designers. On top of speed and robustness, we’ve built RFPro Circuit to be the EDA industry’s most designer centric RFIC simulation tool, striving for flexibility, application orientation, and context awareness between multi-physics, high-performance compute, and integration into the major vendor workflows. Designers using RFPro Circuit can accelerate their engineering cycles and shift left more of their verification effort from physical into virtual prototyping where it’s easier and less costly to fix problems.”
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