LDMOS Simulation Library Offers NXP Sixth-Generation Devices

By DE Editors

Applied Wave Research, Inc. (AWR; El Segundo, CA) announced the release of a Microwave Office 2007 design software simulation library that offers NXP Semiconductor’s (Eindhoven, The Netherlands;http://www.nxp.com) sixth-generation laterally diffused metal oxide semiconductor (LDMOS) devices.

The simulation library provides power amplifier and base station design engineers, as well as designers of worldwide interoperability for microwave access (WiMAX) and wireless broadcasting equipment, with AWR- and NXP-proven large signal circuit simulation models.

“NXP has met the technical challenge to develop such models for their silicon RF LDMOS technology, and now designers using AWR’s Microwave Office software benefit by also being able to examine the performance of these packaged NXP devices as part of their design flow,” explained Ronald Wilting, international product marketing manager at NXP Semiconductor, in a press release. “This results in better PA design topologies, confident component selections, and shorter design cycles.”

NXP device models are available now and contain, for the first time, LDMOS devices from the WiMAX product portfolio. For active, licensed customers of AWR’s Microwave Office, the NXP LDMOS process technology simulation library is free.

The library can be obtained by contacting NXP Semiconductor at http://www.nxp.com/support.

Sources: Press materials received from the company and additional information gleaned from the company’s website.