Berkeley Design Automation, supplier of the rapid nanometer circuit verification platform, has declared that Toumaz, supplier of ultra low-power wireless technologies, has chosen Berkeley’s Analog FastSPICE Platform (AFS) Platform for full-circuit transceiver verification and RF block characterization.
AFS RF Analysis: Full-Spectrum pnoise Analysis
The AFS Platform is a rapid nanometer-based circuit verification platform for custom digital, mixed-signal, RF, and analog circuits. The AFS offers industry-certified nanometer SPICE precision of about 5 to 10 times quicker when compared to other simulators on an individual core along with an added two to four times performance with respect to multi-threading. In order to characterize the circuit, this platform includes noise analysis of silicon-accurate devices and provides near-linear performance measurement with respect to the number of cores. For larger circuits, AFS offers greater than 10 M element capacity which is one of the most rapid near-SPICE-precise simulation as well as co-simulation with Verilog simulators. The licenses available are AFS Nano SPICE, AFS Co-Simulation, AFS RF Analysis, AFS Transient Noise Analysis, and AFS circuit simulation.
Alan Wong, Toumaz’ IC design Head, stated that the company has been depending on AFS Platform over a period of four years for complete-circuit verification of its extremely low power tranceivers for applications in the medical field. The company utilized the AFS RF full-spectrum periodic noise analysis for post-layout RF blocks characterization and the obtained simulation results were between 1 to 2 dB of silicon measurements, he added.
According to Ravi Subramanian, CEO and President of Berkeley Design Automation, the verification of complete-circuit transceiver and characterization of full-spectrum RF blocks delivered by AFS Platform allows Toumaz to fulfill the time-to-market and design quality goals.