Electromagnetic Simulation Tools Help Optimize Chip Design
The fast evolution of electronic technologies has allowed, in recent years, the creation of increasingly compact, performing, and efficient devices. The higher operating frequencies at which different classes of electronic components operate has inevitably entailed major challenges for chip designers, especially related to electromagnetic interference issues.
Electromagnetic Similation
The way to address electromagnetic interference issues is the use of appropriate electromagnetic simulation tools. In years ago, the requirements for electromagnetic simulation mainly had to do with inductor devices. Chip manufacturers wanted to design and optimize bulky inductors on chip, since those components were originally designed in package. Afterwards, the technology evolved, and chip manufacturers were able to design inductors on chip, and this was their focus as far as electromagnetic simulation was concerned.
That trend—focusing mainly on inductors—continued until engineers started designing chips at higher frequencies. When RF ICs started becoming dominant in the market, electromagnetic simulation emerged as a higher requirement to get the products right on time and on budget.
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