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Developing PCBs for Wireless Applications

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This webinar will showcase the use of the Cadence® AWR Design Environment®, specifically AWR® AXIEM® and AWR Microwave Office® software, to enhance the design of PCB-based wireless functionality vis-à-vis interoperability with the Cadence Allegro® platform.

Today’s PCB designers face multiple challenges incorporating RF/microwave, analog, and digital design elements together on the same PCB. To successfully integrate RF/microwave content and mixed-signal designs, PCB layout tools and RF circuit design software must exchange design data efficiently. AWR Design Environment software offers an RF/microwave design and analysis platform with import and export functionality to provide a pathway to and from Allegro design tools.

The webinar is segmented into two parts, each examining how these tools interoperate:

EM Verification:

  • Portions of the existing Allegro layout will be imported into AWR Microwave Office software
  • Electromagnetic (EM) simulation is performed with the AWR AXIEM planar EM solver
  • A 5G board example with an eight-element patch array is simulated with AXIEM software

Design/Manufacturing Flow:

  • Use of AWR Microwave Office and AWR Visual System Simulator™ (VSS) to create RF/microwave devices, including passive components, filters, power amplifiers, and phased array antennas
  • Practical RF layout, stack-up management, design support automation, and layout export for use in Allegro tools