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    Designers of 5G/6G systems must take into account the seven major “pillars” critical to their successful creation, which center around antennas, receivers, and RF power, among...
    April 18, 2023
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    In this edition of Algorithms to Antennas, we model a surveillance radar set in a mountainous region where the terrain can occlude both ground vehicles and low-altitude aerial...
    May 18, 2022
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    Concerns about power-amplifier heating and operating temps aren’t new as they affect device reliability and performance. However, RF designers must broaden the scope of thermal...
    Feb. 18, 2022
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    What are the board-design considerations for building circuits targeting mmWave apps? This article highlights the main design issues and offers some tips and tricks to help you...
    Feb. 16, 2022
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    Dft Ed Promo
    More complex designs and growing test logic need physically aware implementation of all DFT logic for optimal power, performance, and area.
    Jan. 31, 2022
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    We have covered a range of specific topics that relate to antenna-array design for 5G systems in a number of past blogs. Here we connect these topics to published specifications...
    Nov. 17, 2021
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    An assortment of 3D models for QFN packages enable designers to predict performance for a wide range of scenarios via full-wave 3D EM simulations.
    Oct. 7, 2021
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    By leveraging advanced software, accurate results were obtained in the design, simulation, and testing of a power amplifier. This article is a study focused on unconditional stability...
    July 21, 2021
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    The EDA industry, as it has for decades, continues to provide the tools that make designers’ jobs possible, even as it broadens its scope to full system level.
    April 2, 2021
    Auto Networking Ed
    This article looks at how, through automotive design, software test libraries and certain methodologies can deliver functional safety as well as improve efficiency.
    March 31, 2021
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    Keshav Amla, founder and CEO of Avishtech, an EDA startup, discusses how the company’s PCB simulation and stackup tools can close the gap between PCB design and manufacturability...
    March 17, 2021
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    A workflow that combines measurement-based models with discrete part-value optimization can aid designers by automatically adjusting a design’s component values to optimal manufacturer...
    June 24, 2020
    Simulators Prom Onew
    Electromagnetic simulators are gaining in power and ease of use but also becoming more available integrated into other high-frequency simulation software programs
    June 16, 2020
    Em Co Simulation Promo
    Utilizing measurement-based passive-component models within an electromagnetic simulator enables simulations that accurately predict measured performance.
    Feb. 21, 2020
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    A 3D electromagnetic field solver that focuses on antenna design can also optimize planar filter designs when used in tandem with a separate software tool.
    Oct. 22, 2019
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    As momentum builds for large markets in 5G and radar systems in self-driving vehicles, design engineers rely more and more on the models and simulation capabilities of software...
    June 6, 2019
    Software Tools Bring a Unique Approach to Filter Design
    A novel filter design workflow leverages an easy-to-use filter synthesis tool as well as optimization based on coupling matrix extraction.
    April 17, 2019
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    The evolution of modern CAE software has integrated many different tools to greatly simplify the task of the modern RF/microwave circuit and system designer.
    Oct. 25, 2013