TRADE NEWS: Agilent Technologies 3-D EM Simulation Software Selected by STMicroelectronics for Developing Integrated Passive Devices
Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) today announced that
STMicroelectronics, a global semiconductor leader serving customers
across the spectrum of electronics applications, has selected Agilent’s Electromagnetic
Professional (EMPro) software for use in development of integrated
passive devices (IPDs). ST’s Protection & IPAD business unit in Tours,
France is handling the development.
The use of IPD
technology is a growing trend in the development of RF systems for
mobile applications with a frequency range of 800 MHz and above.
Compared to traditional surface mount device technology, IPD technology
results in a dramatic size reduction and enables more consistent,
reliable performance. Inductors, capacitors, resistors, baluns,
couplers, stubs and other devices available in IPD technologies are the
elemental components used to design complex analog filters, combiners,
di/triplexers and power adaptation stages.
“Despite its benefits, IPD technology is not without its design
challenges,” said Jan Van Hese, R&D project manager at Agilent. “One
such challenge is to reduce the number of costly prototype iterations.
To do so, designers require powerful full-wave 3-D electromagnetic
solvers to accurately predict the frequency response of IPD designs in
various environments, optimize those designs and ensure first-run
silicon success.”
“Agilent EMPro couples accuracy and speed that underlie best-in-class
commercial solutions, with design-flow integration and a powerful
Python-based programming environment to automate the design process,”
said Philippe Leduc, mathematical engineering expert at
STMicroelectronics. “In collaboration with Agilent, we incorporated
EMPro into our internal design flow called VLE2EMS [Virtuoso Layout
Editor to Electromagnetic Solvers], which generates ready-to-solve EM
projects directly from Cadence Virtuoso.”
More information on EMPro is available at www.agilent.com/find/eesof-empro.
An image of the software is available at www.agilent.com/find/EMPro2012_images.
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