Advanced Electro-Magnetics/RF Design

DESIGN & VERIFICATION

We offer comprehensive design and verification services for custom ICs, specializing in analog, RF, and mixed-signal solutions. Leveraging industry-leading CAD tools such as Cadence Virtuoso, Keysight ADS, and Ansys Electronics (HFSS/Maxwell), we enhance every stage of the design process— from concept to verification.

Our design environment features the Virtuoso Editor, providing a user-configurable and flexible platform. Key tools include Schematic Editor XL, Spectre X Simulator, and Spectre Accelerated Parallel Simulator (APS), enabling efficient design and rigorous analysis. Spectre X Simulator delivers high-capacity performance for complex mixed-signal and RF designs, offering advanced node post-layout verification and helping overcome today’s most demanding simulation challenges. Spectre APS complements this with distributed, multicore simulation support across analog, RF, and mixed-signal domains, accelerating verification cycles while maintaining accuracy.

 

TEST

Access to lab test equipment such as Rohde & Schwarz SMW200A Vector Signal Generator, SMA 100B RF & Microwave Signal Generator and Stanford SR1 Dual Domain Audio Analyser.

DESIGN & VERIFICATION

1) Cadence Virtuoso:

• Advanced CAD Design and Simulation Tools: Enables the design, analysis, and verification of custom ICs, analog, RF, and mixed-signal designs.
• User Configurable, Flexible Design Environment: The Virtuoso Editor offers a customizable workspace.
• Schematic Editor XL: For creating and editing circuit schematics.
• Spectre X Simulator:
  • Handles complex mixed-signal designs and RF analyses.
  • Provides capacity improvements for larger simulations.
  • Offers advanced node post-layout verification to address simulation challenges related to parasitics.
• Spectre Accelerated Parallel Simulator (APS):
  • Supports distributed multicore simulation.
  • Works across analog, RF, and mixed-signal domains for faster simulation times.
• Advanced Design System (ADS):
• Advanced CAD Design and Simulation Tools: Used for the design, analysis, and verification of analog, RF, and mixed-signal designs.
• Ansys Electronics (HFSS/Maxwell):
• Advanced CAD Design and Simulation Tools: Facilitates the design, analysis, and verification of RF and mixed-signal designs.

 

TESTING:

• The SWM200A Vector Signal Generator offers excellent signal quality which makes it ideal for spectral and modulation measurements. It features versatile configurations from single path vector signal generator to MIMO receiver tester.

Key Features:

• Frequency ranges from DC to 67 GHz.
• Optional second RF path with 100 kHz up to 3/6/7.5/12.75/20/31.8/44 GHz.
• Ideal for MIMO, MSR or LTE-Advanced applications as it can support up to eight signal sources and up to 64 fading channels.

2) The SMA 100B RF & Microwave Signal Generator offers ultrapure output signals with high output power levels and exceptionally low harmonics which is used to measure true performance of the device in ADC/DAC application

Key Features:

• Frequency ranges from 8 kHz to 3 GHz, 6 GHz, 12.75 GHz, 20 GHz, 31.8 GHz, 40 GHz, 50 GHz and 67 GHz (overrange up to 72 GHz).
• Frequency extension from 50 GHz to 170 GHz with the R&S®SZM frequency multiplier.
• Excellent SSB phase noise of –152 dBc (typ.) at 1 GHz and –132 dBc (typ.) at 10 GHz, each at 10 kHz offset.
• Virtually no wideband noise: –162 dBc (meas.) at 10 GHz and 30 MHz offset.
• Maximum output power exceeds 30 dBm across wide frequency ranges.
• State-of-the-art GUI with touch display

 

3) The SR1 Dual-Domain Audio Analyzer is an independent device that offers state-of-the-art performance across a broad range of audio measurements in analog and digital domain. A variety of standard audio waveforms are accessible, such as sine waves, log-swept sine chirps, synchronous burst sines, and different types of noise (white, pink, and filtered). Capability to support standard intermodulation test signals (SMPTE, CCIF, DIM), square waves, arbitrary waveforms (in ASCII and .WAV formats), ramps, and multitone waveforms.

Measurement Options:

1. FFT: Provides single-channel FFT functionality. Measurements include power spectrum, time record, phase.
2. Time Domain Detector: The time domain detector signal chain includes bandpass or notch filters, bandwidth limiting filters, and a variety of different weighting filters.
3. THD Analyzer: Total Harmonic Distortion (THD) measurements, both ratio and absolute.
4. IMD Analyzer: Makes standard Intermodulation Distortion measurements including SMPTE/DIN, CCIF (difference frequency), and DIM/TIM.
5. Multitone Analyzer: Single shot multitone measurements allowing fast measurements of common audio parameters including noise, distortion, and level.
6. Jitter Analyzer: Measures the jitter of the digital audio carrier in both the time and frequency domain including variable high and low pass filtering.
7. Histogram Analyzer: Creates histograms of the analog and digital audio input signals. Octave Analyzer Displays 1, 1/3, and 1/12 fractional octave spectra

Key Features:

• Analog & digital domain measurements
• ≤-112 dB THD+N
• 200 kHz frequency range
• ≤-118 dBu analog analyser noise
• ±0.008 dB flatness
• Low Crosstalk
• ≤600 ps jitter (50 Hz to 100 kHz)
• Dual-Channel FFTs
• digital audio carrier measurements at sampling rates up to 192 kHz

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