Keysight Introduces PathWave ADS 2024 to Accelerate 5G mmWave Design and Pioneer 6G Development
June 15 2023 - 10:00AM
Business Wire
- Electronic design automation software suite delivers
unprecedented design capabilities for 5G and future 6G
semiconductor chips powering next-generation wireless systems
- Next-generation solvers, application-aware meshing algorithms,
and innovative circuit co-design and simulation approach speed 3D
electromagnetic analysis
- RFPro enhancements streamline monolithic microwave integrated
circuit and module workflows and increase circuit designer
productivity with electromagnetic simulation
- Electrothermal simulation, signal modulation, and analysis
capabilities improve performance for microwave power amplifier
designs
Keysight Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: KEYS) introduces PathWave
Advanced Design System (ADS) 2024, an electronic design automation
(EDA) software suite giving chip designers new millimeter wave
(mmWave) and subterahertz (sub-THz) frequency capabilities that
accelerate 5G mmWave product design and anticipate requirements for
6G wireless communications development.
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PathWave ADS 2024 accelerates millimeter
wave (mmW) monolithic microwave integrated circuit (MMIC) and
module design by providing faster next-generation electromagnetic
solvers, 10-100 times faster electro-thermal simulations, and
expanded Python APIs for component designers working on 5G and 6G
research applications. (Graphic: Business Wire)
Developers of 5G and non-terrestrial network components are
creating next-generation radio front-end modules using mmWave
frequency bands that present significant design and simulation
challenges. These frequencies are prone to signal loss due to
propagation characteristics, atmospheric attenuation, complex
packaging issues, and noise and dynamic range problems. Designing
for 6G poses even greater challenges with sub-THz signals operating
at higher frequencies.
Monolithic microwave integrated circuits (MMIC) and module
designers are combining multiple semiconductor and III-V processes
at mmWave frequencies, which requires multiple die assembly, module
level interconnection, and power considerations. mmWave power
amplifiers are built separately from the rest of the design to
mitigate heat, yield, and semiconductor performance issues. In
addition, power amplifiers developed in gallium nitride processes
handle higher current densities than silicon.
New semiconductor packaging techniques, such as flip chip
bonding, achieve higher densities and performance. These packages
also require co-design across multiple technologies and processes
because they concentrate challenges with internal crosstalk,
electromagnetic interference (EMI), stability, and operating
temperature.
The latest version of Keysight’s industry-leading radio
frequency and microwave (RF/uW) design software suite addresses
these development pain points with algorithm, layout,
electro-thermal, and workflow automation enhancements.
New PathWave ADS 2024 design capabilities include:
- Faster second-generation 3D-EM and 3D-Planar meshing and
solvers – Delivers algorithm enhancements taking superior
advantage of domain knowledge about microwave structures and
processes. Mesh optimization and layout and connectivity
improvements reduce problem sizes for faster simulations. Solver
enhancements also speed simulation by up to 10 times and require
less specialized user expertise over a wider range of problems,
including mmWave design at automotive radar frequencies of 79GHz.
Open workflows save database management and reduce overhead from
iterative, manual setup.
- Advanced layout and verification features – Enables
design sign-off directly from ADS for LVS, LVL, DRC, and ERC for
MMICs, as well as streamline productivity for module and
multi-technology assembly. Wavetek is the latest foundry to fully
support ADS for an end-to-end workflow.
- Electrothermal enhancements accelerate validation –
Drives higher reliability and higher operating performance with
validation of dynamic device operating temperatures under different
bias and waveform conditions. Supports high-performance compute
acceleration and up to 100 times transient speed-up using W3051E
Electrothermal Dynamic Re-use, enabling higher test plan coverage
and earlier insights in the design phase.
- Custom workflow support with expanded Python APIs –
Increases flexibility and scalability. A load-pull data import
utility, ANN modeling, and Python automation scripting for 5G power
amplifier designers unlock new application potential to create
targeted personalities of ADS.
Doug Jorgesen, Vice President of Applications, Marki
Microwave, said: “We use PathWave ADS for our mmWave power
amplifier designs because it is a complete integrated solution that
gives us simulation models, layout tools, and the accuracy we need
to ensure first pass success. ADS has a unique Winslow Probe
stability analysis capability that enables us to optimize our
amplifier designs with confidence. Our simulations closely match
our lab measurements, so we avoid expensive prototype re-spins on
our designs. ADS is our preferred tool for power amplifier
design.”
Joe Civello, PathWave ADS Product Manager at Keysight,
said: “Traditional RF/uW EDA workflows involve a variety of
specialized solvers that require database transfers, deep domain
knowledge, and familiarity with multiple environments. We’ve added
more speed and performance to ADS electromagnetic (EM) meshing and
solving algorithms to improve sweeping coverage through parameters
like process variations and layout effects. RFPro in PathWave ADS
2024 streamlines workflows into a unified circuit-EM co-design
cockpit where circuit designers can now perform EM simulation to
tune and optimize designs early in the development cycle. ADS
supports multi-technology design and analysis of thermal, EM, and
layout parasitics on circuits and signal modulation. It enables
rapid assembly of circuits, MMICs, packaging, interconnects, and
module layouts to significantly improve mmWave engineering
productivity.”
Resources
- Keysight PathWave ADS Software
- Case Study: mmWave RF Driver Amplifiers with Better Engineered
Tradeoffs - Marki Microwave
About Keysight Technologies
At Keysight (NYSE: KEYS), we inspire and empower innovators to
bring world-changing technologies to life. As an S&P 500
company, we’re delivering market-leading design, emulation, and
test solutions to help engineers develop and deploy faster, with
less risk, throughout the entire product lifecycle. We’re a global
innovation partner enabling customers in communications, industrial
automation, aerospace and defense, automotive, semiconductor, and
general electronics markets to accelerate innovation to connect and
secure the world. Learn more at Keysight Newsroom and
www.keysight.com.
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