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PeakView EMD
EM Design & Synthesis Platform
PeakView EMD is the perfect platform for automating all of your passive device EM design and modeling needs. PeakView delivers “on-the-fly” full 3D EM Synthesis of advanced on-chip passive structures to designers using the Cadence custom IC design environment. PeakView EMD generates DRC/LVS correct physical layout , EM S-parameter models, broadband passive subcircuit models, and manages all necessary Cadence design views (schematic, symbol, simulation,…) for each device. PeakView EMD employs the open-source Python scripting language to support “PCircuit” parameterized device descriptions. Users can easily extend the system by defining their own proprietary PCircuits and leveraging PeakView’s EM synthesis platform to deliver custom passives right to the designers desktop. Lorentz’s standard PCircuit Library is included which contains a broad range of commonly used inductors, baluns, and transformers including complex multi-layer spiral inductor structures all ready to go right-out-of-the-box.PeakView EMD comes equipped with a new generation full-wave 3D EM Engine and an architecture centered on IC design. PeakView’s EM Engine consistently delivers results that closely match silicon measurements but typically runs 100X faster than general-purpose EM Solvers. Even the most performance demanding small-L (0.3-0.6nH) VCO-type inductors are confidently synthesized and modeled for EM parasitic coupling including substrate effects. PeakView EM Synthesis runs in only a few minutes allowing the designer more flexibility to optimize overall circuit performance and area.
PeakView’s built-in parameterized PCircuit™ Passive Library contains a broad range of inductors, baluns, and transformers including complex multi-layer spiral inductor structures all ready for use right out of the box. PeakView’s PCircuit library is user-extensible using the open-source Python language to enter your own proprietary structures. PCircuits are built using a powerful set of PeakView primitives to elegantly describe complex passive structures with only a few lines of code. Synthesizable PCircuit descriptions vary from simple transmission line structures to complex transformer and multi-layer spirals and can include stray pieces of interconnect.
PeakView EMD is already set to handle the plethora of sub-90nm challenges that include CMP requirements like wide metal slotting and dummy metal fill. Similarly, designs targeting 5+ gHz operating frequencies may require passive devices to also include poly/ground shields. Older PCell and scalable device modeling approaches break down and can no longer be relied upon to drive the delivery of parameterized devices to the designer’s desktop. CMP and shield support are examples that are far too complex to effectively use PCells. Instead, PeakView EMD has become the new on-chip passive design and modeling paradigm for designers using Cadence.
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