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News Release from: Ansoft Europe | Subject: Serenade version 8.7
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 31 May 2001
Ansoft adds foundry models to MMIC and
RFIC design
Ansoft Corp has introduced the latest release of its circuit and communication system design software, Serenade version 8.7.
Ansoft Corp has introduced the latest release of its circuit and communication system design software, Serenade version 8.7 Powerful new features in Serenade v8.7 place essential design and analysis capabilities in the hands of MMIC and RFIC design engineers
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 8 Nov 2004 at 8.00am (UK)
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"The implementation of parameterised subcircuits and netlist fragment importing allows our circuit support team to generate the IC design kits currently under development in co-operation with our strategic Gallium Arsenide and Silicon foundry partners", said David Vye, Product Marketing Manager, High-Frequency Circuit and System products.
Other key new features in Serenade 8.7 include new analysis capability, animated post-processing, and enhanced layout capability.
Serenade and its links to other Ansoft products offer a comprehensive solution to today's high-frequency design needs.
Parameterised subcircuits allow users to create and re-use instantiated subcircuits based on parameters that are defined locally within the sub circuit or are passed to the sub circuit from higher levels within the project hierarchy.
This feature is particularly useful in IC design where the repeated use of scaled components is common.
Serenade version 8.7 adds Monte Carlo analysis to both circuit and system simulation engines, allowing users to directly view the overall or individual circuit/system response based on user specified component tolerances.
Enhanced post processing includes animated plot capability allowing designers to better visualise critical circuit and system behaviour such as distortion due to nonlinearities.
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