UMS and Ansoft Collaborate on MMIC Process, Simulation and Design Technology to Address New Millimeter-Wave Applications; Resul
12 June 2006 - 10:08PM
Business Wire
United Monolithic Semiconductor (UMS) and Ansoft Corporation
(NASDAQ:ANST) today announced the implementation of a GaAs IC
design methodology for millimeter-wave frequencies utilizing
on-chip electromagnetic extraction and a new Ansoft
Designer(R)/Nexxim(R) RF design kit for the PH15 PHEMT process.
"MMIC design at millimeter-wave frequency requires a combination of
powerful circuit and accurate electromagnetic simulation of the
whole circuit. Ansoft with Nexxim, Ansoft Designer and HFSS(TM)
provides the level of performance and accuracy expected by UMS
Foundry customers, especially the ones who perform Q, V or W band
designs on our very low-noise PH15 PHEMT process," said Mr. Eric
Leclerc, UMS foundry manager. The millimeter-wave qualified kit
implements rigorous device modeling and validation by the foundry
and is combined with advanced frequency-domain simulation for
highly nonlinear and highly integrated circuits as well as
integrated electromagnetic simulation for on-chip extraction. The
Ansoft Designer/Nexxim design kit supports electrical design and
physical circuit layout, enabling reliable MMIC design at
millimeter-wave frequencies. The kit provides all parameterized
electrical models and layout cells for hot and cold FETs, diodes,
MIM capacitors, spiral inductors, thin-film resistors and
distributed interconnects, such as transmission lines. The library
will be available to Ansoft customers directly from UMS
(www.ums-gaas.com) and is easily configured for use within the
Ansoft Designer design management front-end, planar EM simulator
and Nexxim circuit simulator. The kit is available on Microsoft
Windows(R) 2000 and XP, Red Hat Enterprise Linux(R) v3 as well as
Solaris 8 and 9 systems. UMS and Ansoft collaborated with a major
Japanese electronics manufacturer and successfully developed a 60
GHz front-end MMIC for short-range wireless communication. The ICs
take advantage of the high mobility .15-micron PHEMT process from
UMS to achieve excellent performance and stability at these
millimeter-wave frequencies. "Using Ansoft's next-generation
simulation products, Nexxim and Ansoft Designer, we are now able to
design 60GHz transmitter/receiver circuits," said Mr. Ken-ichi
Ohta, Manager of Engineering Development. "Our requirement for
multi-tone harmonic-balance analysis of highly nonlinear circuits
made it impossible for us to use previous generation simulation
tools." About UMS (United Monolithic Semiconductor) United
Monolithic Semiconductors designs, produces and markets
leading-edge RF, microwave and millimeter-wave components and
systems for the Telecom, Space, Defense, Automotive and ISM
Industries. As an independent joint venture between two of the
world's leading enterprises, THALES and EADS, UMS offers a broad
range of standard and custom-designed MMICs, along with an open
advanced GaAs technology foundry service. The open foundry provides
an integrated suite of services and high-volume capacity aimed at
ensuring that ASIC designs with leading-edge performance are
fabricated successfully on the first fabrication run. UMS has two
production facilities, at Ulm in Germany, and Orsay in France,
where the commercial headquarters and product design and
development also are based. To learn more, please visit
www.ums-gaas.com. About Ansoft Ansoft is a leading developer of
high-performance electronic design automation (EDA) software.
Engineers use Ansoft software to design state-of-the-art electronic
products, such as cellular phones, Internet-access devices,
broadband networking components and systems, integrated circuits
(ICs), printed circuit boards (PCBs), automotive electronic
systems, power electronics and fuel-cell technology. Ansoft markets
its products worldwide through its own direct sales force and has
comprehensive customer-support and training offices throughout
North America, Asia and Europe. To learn more, please visit
www.ansoft.com.
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