Virtuoso Meets Maxwell: Thinking Outside the Chip: Overcoming RFIC and RF Module Design Challenges

2 Jun 2020 • 2 minute read

'Virtuoso Meets Maxwell' is a blog series aimed at exploring the capabilities and potential of Virtuoso RF Solution and Virtuoso MultiTech. So, how does Virtuoso meets Maxwell? Now, the Virtuoso platform supports RF designs, and the RF designers measure the physical and radiation effects by using the Maxwell's equations. In addition to providing insights into the useful software enhancements, this series broadcasts the voices of different bloggers and experts about their knowledge and experience of various tools in the Virtuoso IC-Packaging world along with the nuances of RF, microwave, and high frequency designs. Watch out for our posts on Mondays.

If you’ve been keeping up on your Cadence blog reading, then you’ll already know that the Virtuoso RF Solution integrates all the necessary RFIC design tools into a comprehensive design environment and flow. If you haven’t had a chance to see the blogs, you can read the Virtuoso Meets Maxwell series and get the latest updates.

The Virtuoso® RF Solution gives designers the tools they need to yield faster and better results, but in a simplified manner so you don’t have to be an expert in any one discipline to produce significantly improved results.

To help you navigate through the tools integrated into the Virtuoso RF Solution, the Cadence team has put together a 3-part webinar series covering the challenges of RFIC design and the solutions the Virtuoso RF Solution can provide to overcome them.

Here’s a quick summary of the upcoming webinar series, occurring June 23 – 25, 2020:

Overcoming RFIC and RF Module Implementation Challenges
- Learn about module implementation challenges along with a comprehensive solution to streamline manufacturing through a schematic-driven SiP implementation flow and a co-design environment for simultaneous editing across chip, module, and package designs

Every dB Counts: Reduce Errors with Integrated EM Modeling and Analysis
- Explore the challenges of running EM simulations and automating the back-annotation task to reduce human error while seeing how EM tools are integrated into the Virtuoso design platform to make an efficient EM modeling flow.

Simulate 5G Signal Sources for Complete Signoff Verification
- Discover the new Spectre® 5G signal source and the methodologies necessary for setting, tracking and verifying simulation requirements for the latest communication and sensing systems.

You don’t have to be a magician nor a team of hundreds to create the next best RFIC design. All you need is some help from the Virtuoso RF Solution which can enable you to create, analyze, and implement your design in an automated way and all of within the context of your original design.