Agilent Technologies Inc of Santa Clara, CA, USA says that Plextek RF Integration, a UK-based company that designs and develops RFICs, MMICs and microwave/millimeter-wave modules, has selected Agilent's Momentum software to simulate its new high-frequency circuit and MMIC designs.
After an evaluation of available 3D planar electromagnetic software tools, Plextek RF Integration chose Momentum software for its performance and flexibility, says Agilent. Momentum is integrated with Agilent's Advanced Design System and Genesys RF and microwave design software.
In its evaluation, Plextek RFI used Momentum to simulate the performance of a 57- to 64-GHz amplifier IC. The firm also used Momentum to develop a number of Ka-band ICs. In all cases, the software provided excellent agreement between measured and modeled data. Additionally, Momentum's tight integration with ADS provided Plextek RFI with greater ease of use, making its EM simulation of RFICs and MMICs quick and straightforward.?
"Designing advanced, high-frequency circuits and MMICs requires access to the industry's most advanced modeling and simulation tools," said Plextek RFI's CEO Liam Devlin. "The performance and flexible features of Agilent's Momentum software provides us the functionality we need to maintain a leading edge in the highly competitive wireless, microwave and millimeter-wave markets in which we compete," he added. "Because of this, we plan to leverage this solution on future design projects, including our current development of an LNA covering the full 71-86GHz range of E-band."
"We are pleased Plextek RFI selected Momentum for its amplifier IC and MMIC development," says Joe Civello, ADS product planner at Agilent EEsof EDA. "The accuracy, speed and capacity of our software are enabling Plextek RFI to produce high-quality designs that can stand apart from their competition."
