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AWR Software 6 www.cadence.com/go/awr Applications and Technologies MMIC The front-to-back MMIC design flow with an innovative user interface and complete integration of design entry, simulation, and physical design tools enhances engineering productivity and ensures first-pass success with PDKs from a wide range of gallium arsenide (GaAs), gallium nitride (GaN), silicon germanium (SiGe), and CMOS foundry partners. The hierar- chical framework supports simulation of diverse MMIC, RFIC, and PCB processes, multi-layer interconnects, embedded passives, and surface-mounted mini-devices found within multi-chip RF modules. PCB Accurate modeling of transmission media from the RF signal path to digital control and DC bias lines supports increasing functionality of PCBs. Circuit/system and EM co-simulation provide complete analysis of surface-mount components, interconnecting transmission lines, and embedded and distributed passive elements, as well as EM verification. The integrated platform supports concurrent electrical/physical design and circuit/system/EM co-simu- lation to minimize reliance on disparate point tools. RF-aware PCB design with EM co-simulation provides enhanced accuracy and greater fast-pass success. Module Multi-technology integration models the behavior of many different technologies and the hierarchical framework supports simulation of diverse MMIC, RFIC, and PCB processes, multi-layer interconnects, embedded passives, and surface-mounted mini-devices found within multi-chip RF modules. Design automation accelerates product devel- opment with smart workflows for module realization. EM-enabled parasitic extraction and design verification provide enhanced accuracy and greater fast-pass success. The integrated platform supports concurrent electrical and physical design, as well as circuit, system, and EM co-simu- lation to minimize reliance on multiple point tools. Every designer faces a choice during the design cycle: do I believe the simulation results displayed by the software, or not? I trusted the predictions and, thanks to AWR Microwave Office, the new design worked perfectly. The performance we achieved is unlike any other MMIC ever produced. Christopher Marki, Marki Microwave