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Spiral Inductor Assistant Professional

Create Sonnet models for single ended & differential inductors in seconds

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Sonnet Professional Version 11 

Perfectly co- calibrated ports, 64 bit solver,
re-designed ADS interface and much more

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Microwave Journal 
January 2007

Perfectly calibrated ports for EM analysis

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Sonnet technical documents

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emCluster™

Speed Up Analysis, Shorten Design Cycle and Accelerate Time to Market with Sonnet emCluster(TM) Computing Solution

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EM analysis of 
RFIC components  

New application notes 

Sonnet & Cadence
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Sonnet & GDSII
PDF, example files (zip)

Sonnet & Agilent ADS
PDF, example files (zap)

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Spiral Inductor Assistant for Sonnet

Spiral Inductor Assistant for Sonnet is an add-on tool for Sonnet Professional,

Based on a pre-defined technology template file, the user only needs to define a few parameters to get a fully functional simulation model of the inductor. The simulation model can be opened in the Sonnet Professional editor and analyzed with a few mouse clicks, to obtain key parameters like inductance, Q factor, series resistance and substrate parasitics. With the appropriate Sonnet options, a broad band SPICE model can be extracted.  A Sonnet equation file is included to plot typical RFIC inductor parameters in the Sonnet data display.

The Lite version of Spiral Inductor Assistant for Sonnet is limited to single ended inductors and is only available for Windows. The Professional version does also support differential (symmetrical) inductors and is available for Windows and Linux platforms.

Key Features

Generate layouts for various single ended and differential inductor geometries
Single or multiple parallel layer(s) for spiral and underpass/overpass
Estimated inductance read-out while geometry parameters are changed
Read in technology information from existing Sonnet simulation models
Write a full, complete Sonnet simulation model for accurate EM verification of the inductor, ready for immediate analysis
Full wave EM analysis in Sonnet Professional provides accurate, calibrated S-parameters (Sonnet Professional license required)
Plot L, Q, series resistance, substrate resistance and capacitance from the Sonnet results (Sonnet license required)
Extract a broad band SPICE model for Spectre and other time domain simulators for the inductor (Sonnet license required) 
Professional version available for Windows and Linux platforms (Q II/2007)

The free Lite version of Spiral Inductor Assistant for Sonnet is limited to single ended inductors and is only available for Windows. 
The Professional version does also support differential (symmetrical) inductors and is available for Windows and Linux platforms. Below, you will find a time limited evaluation version.

 

Related Documents

Spiral Inductor Assistant for Sonnet Quickstart Guide  [Click here]
Spiral Inductor Assistant for Sonnet Product Information [Click here]

 

Free Lite Version (single ended inductors)

The download includes setup with application, Quickstart Guide, examples and Sonnet equation file. 

[1.0.3 Lite for Windows - Click here to download]

 

Professional Version (single ended & differential inductors) 

The download includes a time limited evaluation copy for Windows which expires 30. Aug 2008, Quickstart Guide, examples and Sonnet equation file 

[1.1.0 Professional for Windows - Evaluation - Click here to download]

For an evaluation copy of Spiral Inductor Assistant for Linux, please contact us by email.

New in version 1.1.0: 
For users of Sonnet Level 2 und Sonnet Lite, the default meshing can be changed to staircase. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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