Circuit-Design Tool Performs Electromagnetic Analysis

Electromagnetic (EM) analysis, layout and linear analysis of circuit designs can all be performed under the umbrella of the HP Momentum circuit designer software. In the past, the various tasks involved in EM and linear simulation had to be performed using separate point tools, which made it necessary to translate layouts and data formats between tools. HP Momentum allows designers to output the circuit schematic to layout, perform the EM simulation and generate S-parameters from the layout, and then feed the S-parameters back into the overall circuit schematic- all within a single integrated environment.The tool's EM technology includes efficient strip-slot computation, adaptive frequency sampling, edge mesh, open and closed environment, dc and low-frequency calculations and more.