**4.4 Microwave office, AWR**

Microwave Office design suite provides a flexible RF/microwave design tool [19]. Built on AWR high-frequency design platform with its open design environment and advanced unified data model. AWR operates with Visual System Simulator, VSS, system design, AXIEM and Analyst EM simulation software. The NI AWR Design suite provide a complete microwave devices solver, system solver, and EM simulation.

**Microwave Office AXIEM** electromagnetic (EM) software is an EM analysis. The AXIEM product was developed specifically for three-dimensional (3D) planar applications such as RF PCBs and modules, LTCC, MMIC, and RFIC designs.

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*Introductory Chapter: Ultra-Wideband Technologies DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.97675*

• Yield predictions and optimization

modules, and devices packaging.

and highly nonlinear RF/microwave circuits.

to the final electromagnetic verification. **AWR for MMIC Modules Design**

time-domain simulation.

• Linear/non-linear noise including AC noise contributors, temperature

More information can be found in https://www.awr.com/serve/microwave-

AWR provide accurate simulation tool and offers RF devices analysis and optimization. AWR provides a linear and nonlinear time and frequency domain simulation needed to characterize and optimize RF modules. AWR major features

• **Microwave and Communication System Simulation** – Modular analysis of microwave and communication systems. Analysis of each unit and component

• **Models of Passive Components** - Models for capacitors, inductors, transform-

• **Models for Multilayer Design** - Multilayer modules such as MIC PCB, MMIC

• **Active Microwave Devices Simulation** – Linear and nonlinear simulation,

• **Passive Devices** Simulation - Simulation and optimization of microstrip circuits such as couplers, branch-line couples, dividers, coupled line filters,

• **Passive Filters Simulator** - Simulation and optimization of passive filters.

**AWR Capabilities**– The AWR user interface provides project management and design tools for RF devices. The designers can build a device layout model from the software component library. The library supports tuning and optimization simulation.

• **Computation results presentation** – Display graphically and tables of analysis

**Simulation APLAC** – This robust harmonic-balance (HB) simulator provides

linear and nonlinear circuit analysis with powerful multi-rate HB, transientassisted HB, and time variant (circuit envelope) analysis, supporting large-scale

**Planar EM** – AXIEM provides accurate characterization, simulation, optimization of passive devices, planar transmission lines, printed antennas, and

**3D EM** – 3D finite element solver provides fast and accurate electromagnetic analysis of multilayer elements such as vias and bonds. The high frequency full wave analysis helps in developing RF modules from the beginning of the design up

• Linear and nonlinear MMIC Modules design with frequency-domain and

Amplifiers, modulators and demodulators, mixers, and switches.

microstrip matching circuits and lumped-element circuits.

ers, couplers, conductors, and SMT components.

• Phase noise

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are listed below.

results.

printed arrays.

in the system.

The APLAC simulator offers multi-level analyses which includes:


*Introductory Chapter: Ultra-Wideband Technologies DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.97675*


More information can be found in https://www.awr.com/serve/microwaveoffice-brochure-1.

AWR provide accurate simulation tool and offers RF devices analysis and optimization. AWR provides a linear and nonlinear time and frequency domain simulation needed to characterize and optimize RF modules. AWR major features are listed below.


**AWR Capabilities**– The AWR user interface provides project management and design tools for RF devices. The designers can build a device layout model from the software component library. The library supports tuning and optimization simulation.

• **Computation results presentation** – Display graphically and tables of analysis results.

**Simulation APLAC** – This robust harmonic-balance (HB) simulator provides linear and nonlinear circuit analysis with powerful multi-rate HB, transientassisted HB, and time variant (circuit envelope) analysis, supporting large-scale and highly nonlinear RF/microwave circuits.

**Planar EM** – AXIEM provides accurate characterization, simulation, optimization of passive devices, planar transmission lines, printed antennas, and printed arrays.

**3D EM** – 3D finite element solver provides fast and accurate electromagnetic analysis of multilayer elements such as vias and bonds. The high frequency full wave analysis helps in developing RF modules from the beginning of the design up to the final electromagnetic verification.

### **AWR for MMIC Modules Design**

• Linear and nonlinear MMIC Modules design with frequency-domain and time-domain simulation.

