MICROWAVE OFFICE SUCCESS STORIES
Skyworks Solutions Inc.
Skyworks uses Microwave Office to successfully design front-end multi-chip modules
Design Challenge at Skyworks
Skyworks Intera front-end modules were designed with cost and space savings in mind. Skyworks Intera FEMs combine the company’s industry-leading power amplifier (PA) module and switch functions into single low-cost, laminate-based multi-chip modules (MCMs). Key features of the transmit front-end modules include multi-band multi-mode power amplifiers, high-linearity transmit/receive switches, and all associated filtering, and control functions.
What design problem did AWR’s software help you to solve?
AWR has the only electronic design automation EDA environment capable of handling the increasing complexity and higher integration of multiple-band PA modules and switch functions into single MCMs. Microwave Office software has the unique ability to simulate multiple integrated circuits (ICs), operating within a complex package, including bondwires, vias, and interconnects. Seamless integration of EM simulation, circuit simulation, and layout reduces errors which allows for a more robust design and accelerates time-to-market.
What were your reasons for choosing AWR software?
Increased productivity, ease of use and the concurrent design approach which the tool allows us to employ. Lastly, customer service and on-site support is unmatched in the industry.
What were the key benefits of using AWR software?
The resulting Skyworks front-end modules are completed in about one-third the design time of competing tools and reduces the need to employ multiple EDA tools during the design cycle.
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"This is a tool developed with the designer in mind.The concurrent AWR flow enables us to produce more accurate and robust designs three times faster than in other EDA, giving us a faster time-to-market, and enabling us to exceed our customers, expectations."
Paul T. DiCarlo
Sr. Director of Engineering
PA/FEM Development
Skyworks Solutions Inc.