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AWR Software 4 www.cadence.com/go/awr Applications and Technologies Microwave Components Innovative technologies such as linear and nonlinear stability analysis, impedance-matching, and filter synthesis combine with enhanced circuit envelope and robust transient and harmonic-balance simulation, load-pull data management, and powerful measurement plotting/visual- ization to accelerate front-end component design and optimization. Design automation, an intuitive interface, and scripting/customization support all phases of product development. Co-simulation with system and EM simulators provides in-situ parasitic extraction, design verification, and standards-compliant communication testbenches. MMICs/RFICs, Modules, and Boards Enhancements in simulation technology, automation, and design flow support the physical design of high-frequency electronics with improvements in speed, accuracy, and design management for complex process technologies, including mixed-technology design for multi-chip module integration. Accurate modeling of PCB transmission media from the RF signal path to digital control and DC bias lines, as well as circuit/system and EM co-simulation, enables first-pass success with complete PCB analysis of surface- mount components, interconnecting transmission lines, embedded/distributed passive elements, and EM verification. Radar and Antennas EM technologies simulate antenna metrics of gain, return loss, radiation efficiency, and currents. Phased array models enable antenna-array planners to construct custom configu- rations based on measured or simulated radiating-element data to study beam steering, shape the main beam and side lobes, and understand the impact of beam steering on driver input impedance. Design automation and simulation/model technology accurately represents signal generation, trans- mission, phased arrays, T/R switching, clutter, noise, jamming, and signal processing, enabling users to tackle the design challenges for modern radar systems. Wireless Communications Simulation models and waveform structures support the most popular wireless standards, including DVB-H/DVB-T, WiMAX/802.16d-2004/802.16e-2005 (mobile and fixed), CDMA2000, GSM/EDGE, WLAN/802.11a/b/g and 802.11ac, 3G WCDMA FDD, IS95, and more. Carrier aggregation with intra/interband component carriers, throughput measure- ments of combined component carriers, and 5G candidate modulation waveforms are supported with added function- ality that includes signal generation and demodulation for full-system simulation, such as adjacent channel power ratio (ACPR), error vector magnitude (EVM), and bit-error rate (BER) measurements.