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| RFIC |
Sonnet
Professional is the most accurate and reliable EM analysis tool for RFIC layout verification and RFIC component design. Design
centers around the globe trust in Sonnet Professional analysis, to
build component libraries and verify RFIC designs.
The Sonnet plug-in for the Cadence
Virtuoso suite enables RFICs designer to configure and run the EM
analysis from a layout cell, extract accurate electrical models, and
create a schematic symbol for Analog Artist and RFDE simulation.
The RFIC layouts that can be analyzed
with Sonnet include individual components like inductors, transformers,
MIMCAP and MEMS as well as interconnects and passive subcircuits with
several components.
Setup of technologies and simulation
states is intuitive and fully menu driven. Specialists in the EDA support / methodology
group can prepare a shared public technology & simulation setup,
and work on a private "snapshot" of the technology files as
needed.
Sonnet advantages:
 | The
most accurate and reliable planar EM analysis,
based on 20+ years development |
| Seamless
integration into the Cadence IC workflow |
| Easy
to use for IC designers from within the Virtuoso environment |
| Results
are back annotated to schematic symbols for SPICE (time domain)
and Harmonic Balance (frequency domain) simulators |
| Easy
to support for EDA support / methodology groups |
| Powerful
advanced features for EM specialists |
| Superior
visualization and documention features for simulation models &
results |
| Typical
RFIC component parameters can be plotted directly,
as a function of frequency or geometry parameter |
| On-site
support and training by Sonnet product specialists |
| Scalable
solution with local or remote or cluster analysis |
| Cost
effective licensing model |
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Accurate
to full numerical precision, no numerical integration required |
| Superior
accuracy in loss modelling |
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Very
high dynamic range of typ. 100dB or better |
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Fully
calibrated internal and external ports |
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Perfectly
calibrated component ports for embedding active and passive devices |
| Generated
high quality broad band SPICE output |
| Unique
Sonnet technologies like ABS or Conformal Meshing for
reliable analysis results in less time |
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| RF
and Microwave Printed Circuit Boards |
Sonnet
offers superior accuracy and reliability for PCB analysis. Sonnet
Professional is the only EM solver where components are embedded
into the analysis with perfectly calibrated component ports. No
other EM simulator offers this level of accuracy for layout analysis
with embedded active and passive components.
Sonnet can be used stand-alone, or integrated into
the popular design frameworks Agilent ADS, AWR Microwave Office,
Eagleware Genesys and others.
Sonnet advantages:
| The
most accurate and reliable planar EM analysis,
based on 20+ years development |
| Unique
perfectly calibrated component ports, for first time right
designs with active and passive components on a PCB |
|
The
closed box approach used by Sonnet allows to predict coupling
and resonance effects of the packaged PCB. Counted measures can
be studied easily. |
| Use
stand-alone or with seamless integration into Agilent ADS, AWR
Microwave Office, Eagleware Genesys and other design frameworks |
| Import
and export PCB layouts in DXF, GDSII and Gerber file format |
| Accurate
to full numerical precision, no numerical integration required |
| Very
high dynamic range for verification of isolation and crosstalk |
| Fully
calibrated internal, external and components ports |
| Arbitrary
port definitions, including single ended, differential even and
odd mode, grounded coplanar, floating coplanar and others, with
full port calibration |
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Unique
Sonnet technologies like ABS or Conformal Meshing for
reliable analysis results in less time (narrowband filters with
typ. 5...8 em simulated data points) |
| Intuitive
definition of geometry parameters & optimization |
| Export
parameterized results in MDIF file format to ADS, MWO and other
circuit simulators |
| Extract
Pi equivalent circuit models and RLCG line parameters |
| Extract
high quality broad band SPICE models for use in PSPICE, Spectre
and other time domain simulators |
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| LTCC |
| Sonnet provides
the industry’s most efficient handling of multi-layer RF LTCC structures, many of which exceed
20 layers of dielectrics.
Sonnet advantages:
| The
most accurate and reliable planar EM analysis,
based on 20+ years development |
| Supports
library based and on-the-fly LTCC design methodologies |
| Intuitive
model editor, optimized for multi layer technologies |
| Interfaces
with a very wide range of EDA design environments |
| Enables
verification of complex designs with >5000 polygons, 5000
vias
and 100 ports |
| Enables
building block methodology,
with fully calibrated internal and external ports |
| Enables
tuning port methodology, with fully calibrated internal ports |
| Superior
visualization and documention features for simulation models
& results |
| Direct
evaluation of component values and equivalent circuit models |
| Customized
tools for Sonnet model files support the LTCC design flow |
| Powerful,
scalable solution for very fast parallel analysis |
| Speed
increase of 5x ... 100x over many other EM solvers,
for the same accuracy requirements |
| Very
efficient meshing of LTCC geometries for fast & accurate
analysis |
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Very
high dynamic range of typ. 100dB or better |
| Unique
Sonnet technologies like ABS for efficient wide band sweeps |
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| Antennas
and RFID tags |
| Sonnet is
an efficient tool to analyze planar antennas and RFID tags in the
frequency range 430 MHz to Terahertz.
Sonnet advantages:
| Easy
to use, get started in a few hours |
| Excitatation
with a wide variety of feed types,
including feedline and probe feed |
| Calculate
the radiation pattern, polarization and
E/H far field values |
| Complex
port impedance can be easily implemented |
| Ideal
for compact antennas that include discrete components |
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| Signal
Integrity |
| Quickly
and accurately model high-speed busses and circuits with signal
integrity concerns. Sonnet Professional imposes no limits on layers,
ports or number of traces in the circuit. Compute all cross-talk,
loss and self-parasitic effects in your circuit.
Sonnet advantages:
| The
most accurate and reliable planar EM analysis,
based on 20+ years development |
| Excitation
with a wide variety of port types, |
| Calculate
voltages and currents in the frequency domain |
| Visualize
current densities and charge |
| Calculate
the radiation pattern and the E/H far field values |
|
Predict
coupling and resonance effects of the packaged PCB.
Counted measures can be studied easily. |
| Use
stand-alone or with seamless integration into Agilent ADS,
AWR Microwave Office, Eagleware Genesys and other design
frameworks |
| Import
and export PCB layouts in DXF, GDSII and Gerber file format |
| Very
high dynamic range for verification of isolation and crosstalk |
| Fully
calibrated internal, external and components ports |
| Intuitive
definition of geometry parameters & optimization |
| Extract
S/Y/Z parameters and plot user defined equation results |
| Extract
Pi equivalent circuit models and RLCG line parameters |
| Extract
high quality broad band SPICE models for use in PSPICE, Spectre and
other time domain simulators |
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For more information, please visit the Sonnet
USA website.
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