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TMYTEK Cuts Design Time for mmWave
RF Front-End Components with AWR Software
Key Challenges
The 5G New Radio (NR) millimeter-wave (mmWave)
standard, unlike previous ones, uses dynamic beam
steering to maximize connectivity by aiming as much of
the signal directly to the mobile device as possible. As a
result, beamforming antennas represent a new area of
development for many commercial manufacturers.
TMYTEK uses the AWR Design Environment platform to
develop RF front-end components in its groundbreaking
BBox™ beamformer box product line (Figure 1), a highly
modulized 28/39GHz beamforming system that enables
5G designers to successfully develop innovative antenna
designs and baseband technology.
The BBox system is a scalable and flexible system that
includes a standard antenna kit, phase and amplitude
controller, channel selector, up/down conversion, and
control host. It provides reliable steerable beams to test
and support development of phased array antennas and
associated electronics, which must undergo rigorous
calibrations and measurements under a large number of
configurations through advanced over-the-air (OTA)
testing to ensure optimal connectivity.
TMYTEK designer Su-Wei Chang was developing a
47/53GHz filter, one of the key components for the
company's mmWave instrumentation equipment, as well
as a 28GHz phased array antenna for 5G mmWave
beamforming using antenna-in-package (AiP) modules.
The modules were being designed for base station and
user equipment.
Application
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Front-end module
Software
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Cadence
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AWR Design Environment
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Sof tware
Por t folio, including:
ɢ Cadence AWR
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iFilter™ Filter Synthesis Wizard
ɢ Cadence AWR Microwave Office
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Circuit Design
Software
ɢ Cadence AWR Analyst™ 3D Finite-Element Method
(FEM) Simulator
ɢ Cadence AWR Visual System Simulator™ (VSS)
System Design Software
Benefits
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Innovative features
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Reduction in design time
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Co-simulation ability
Figure 1: TMYTEK BBox beamformer box
