Keysight, Synopsys, and Ansys Accelerate RFIC Semiconductor Design with New Reference Flow for TSMC’s Advanced 4nm RF FinFET Process
September 27 2023 - 11:00AM
Business Wire
- New reference flow offers open, efficient radio frequency
design solution using TSMC N4PRF process
- Industry-leading electromagnetic simulation tools boost WiFi-7
system performance and power efficiency
- Integrated flow improves designer productivity, increases
simulation accuracy for faster time-to-market
Keysight Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: KEYS), Synopsys, Inc.
(Nasdaq: SNPS), and Ansys (Nasdaq: ANSS) announced a new reference
flow for the TSMC N4PRF, the world’s leading semiconductor
foundry’s advanced 4 nanometer (nm) radio frequency (RF) FinFET
process technology. The reference flow is based on the Synopsys
Custom Design Family, which provides a complete RF design solution
for customers seeking an open RF design environment with higher
predictive accuracy and productivity. It provides designers with a
choice of best-in-class solutions and includes validated
integrations with radio frequency integrated circuit (RFIC) design
and interactive electromagnetic (EM) analysis tools from Keysight
and EM modeling and signoff power integrity solutions from
Ansys.
Next-generation wireless systems feature higher bandwidth, more
connected devices, lower latency, and broader coverage. Design
complexity of RF integrated circuits used for wireless data
transmission such as transceivers and RF front-end components
continues to grow. Higher circuit frequencies, smaller feature
sizes, and complex layout-dependent-effects make high speed design
physics challenging, requiring more accurate and comprehensive
modeling and simulation to achieve the highest performance and
robust product reliability.
The TSMC N4PRF design reference flow improves design turnaround
time and layout productivity in the Synopsys Custom Compiler™
design and layout environment with rigorous validation using
critical design components including low noise amplifiers (LNAs)
and LC-tuned voltage controlled oscillators (LC VCOs). The
reference flow features industry-leading tools that enable
efficient passive device synthesis, EM model extraction,
thermal-aware electromigration analysis extended to include device
metal, and post-layout extraction with correct handling of circuit
under inductor (CUI) structures.
In addition to Synopsys Custom Compiler, the open, modern
reference flow incorporates:
Signoff accuracy circuit simulation performance from Synopsys
PrimeSim™ simulation tools and PrimeSim™ Reliability Environment,
and signoff physical verification and extraction solutions from
Synopsys IC Validator™ and Synopsys StarRC™.
Ansys Totem™ provides thermal-aware signoff electromigration
verification and power integrity analysis (EM/IR). RaptorX™ and
Exalto™ provide electromagnetic modeling, with unique CUI features
enabling significant area reductions. VeloceRF™ delivers fully
automatic silicon layout synthesis for electromagnetic devices
including multi-layer inductor spiral, baluns/transformers, and
transmission lines.
Keysight PathWave ADS RFPro provides rapid, interactive
EM-circuit co-simulation and analysis to find and fix
layout-dependent-effects up front in the development cycle.
PathWave RFIC design (GoldenGate) supports harmonic balance
simulation in early chip design and verification process.
Niels Faché, Vice President and General Manager, Keysight
EDA, said: “Keysight, Synopsys, and Ansys have expanded their
strategic technology collaboration with TSMC to deliver the next
level in RF design for TSMC’s advanced 4nm RF technology. We’ve
witnessed RF designers struggling to use older-generation solutions
and flows that were never intended for today’s WiFi-7
system-on-chip and RF subsystem designs. New
layout-dependent-effects make detailed simulation and modeling that
is signoff accurate a must-have. Other commercial tools and
workflows do not always include these newest foundry requirements,
and often lack the capacity to model modern analog designs with
hundreds of coupled signal ports.”
Sanjay Bali, Vice President Strategy and Product Management
EDA Group, Synopsys, said: “Synopsys, Ansys, and Keysight have
harnessed decades of expertise in custom analog, RF, and
multi-physics design to reduce risk and accelerate success for our
mutual customers. Our latest collaboration with Ansys and Keysight
on the new RF design reference flow supporting TSMC’s advanced N4P
process provides an open and optimized flow that delivers
exceptional quality-of-results for advanced WiFi-7 systems.”
John Lee, Vice President and General Manager, Electronics,
Semiconductor, Optics Business, Ansys, said, “Multiphysics
raises novel challenges for our customers to optimize power, area,
reliability, and performance as RF frequencies climb into the
millimeter wave and sub-THz range. First-pass customer success
depends upon applying best-in-class solutions across the design
flow. Our partnership with Keysight and Synopsys is working closely
with TSMC to make our industry-leading power integrity and
electromagnetic modeling technology available in a custom design
flow that responds to the needs of high-speed circuit
designers.”
Resources:
- Keysight EDA
- Synopsys Custom Design Family
- Synopsys RF Design Solution
- Ansys Multiphysics Signoff
About Keysight Technologies
At Keysight (NYSE: KEYS), we inspire and empower innovators to
bring world-changing technologies to life. As an S&P 500
company, we’re delivering market-leading design, emulation, and
test solutions to help engineers develop and deploy faster, with
less risk, throughout the entire product lifecycle. We’re a global
innovation partner enabling customers in communications, industrial
automation, aerospace and defense, automotive, semiconductor, and
general electronics markets to accelerate innovation to connect and
secure the world. Learn more at Keysight Newsroom and
www.keysight.com.
About Synopsys
Synopsys, Inc. (Nasdaq: SNPS) is the Silicon to Software™
partner for innovative companies developing the electronic products
and software applications we rely on every day. As an S&P 500
company, Synopsys has a long history of being a global leader in
electronic design automation (EDA) and semiconductor IP and offers
the industry’s broadest portfolio of application security testing
tools and services. Whether you're a system-on-chip (SoC) designer
creating advanced semiconductors, or a software developer writing
more secure, high-quality code, Synopsys has the solutions needed
to deliver innovative products. Learn more at www.synopsys.com.
About Ansys
When visionary companies need to know how their world-changing
ideas will perform, they close the gap between design and reality
with Ansys simulation. For more than 50 years, Ansys software has
enabled innovators across industries to push boundaries by using
the predictive power of simulation. From sustainable transportation
to advanced semiconductors, from satellite systems to life-saving
medical devices, the next great leaps in human advancement will be
powered by Ansys.
Take a leap of certainty … with Ansys.
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