Our University Program is dedicated to supporting engineering education and research with our innovative technology. The program is open to universities around the world. We provide academic pricing and encourage research groups to take advantage of our electromagnetic design and verification solutions.
We are currently supporting sophisticated IC design projects operating at RF, millimeter-waves and THz frequencies at our affiliated university partners’ laboratories.
It is an honor to provide our technology to the researchers working at the academic forefront. We are grateful to be acknowledged in publications where simulation results are produced by PeakView®.
How to Qualify?
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- Our academic policy welcomes accredited universities and their affiliated research laboratories with a demonstrable interest in high frequency IC and 3DIC design/verification to participate.
How to Apply?
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- To participate in the program, feel free to contact us at sales@lorentzsolution.com.
- Please provide a brief description of current projects or the curriculum where the tool is intended for use.
- We’ll provide you with a quote (to cover modest administration and support costs), terms and agreement documentation.
Our Leading Academic Partners Include:
UC Berkeley Wireless Research Center (BWRC)
UC Berkeley BWRC is at the forefront of wireless research. The team designs and implements highly-integrated mm-wave transceivers using conventional silicon technology. The PeakView® suite is a part of the EDA tool flow that provides mm-wave passive device and interconnect EM analysis on foundry PDKs.
UCLA High Speed Electronics Laboratory
The High Speed Electronics Laboratory is currently working on the projects on Terahertz (300-600GHz) CMOS Circuits and System-on-Chip including frequency synthesizer, radiator, spectrometer for communication, radar and imaging system applications, CMOS System-on-chip for satellite, space science and astrophysics instrumentation applications, etc. PeakView® is an essential part of the EM synthesis, optimization and simulation toolset for mmWave/Terahertz design and research.
Shanghai Jiao Tong University
PeakView® is used to investigate building blocks and peripheral circuits for 60GHz transceiver projects at Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China. Major application areas of our tools are 60GHz transmission lines, inductors, low-voltage, low-power VCOs, LNAs and PCB design for high speed IO.
Stanford University
Lorentz Solution™ and Stanford researchers jointly presented a paper at 2012 TSMC Open Innovation Platform® (OIP) Ecosystem Forum in Silicon Valley. The paper received TSMC’s Customer Choice Award selected by the attendees. The paper was focused on electromagnetic modeling of critical interconnect in millimeter wavelength (MMW) designs from 50 to 70 GHz.
Tsinghua University
Tsinghua University Microelectronics Department conducts cutting-edge research in the area of RF and THz CMOS designs (up to 300GHz). Lorentz Solution™ is in a multi-year partnership with the University to enable quality EM synthesis, optimization and analysis for their leading projects.
University of Michigan
A prominent research group in University of Michigan is applying PeakView® in analog and mixed-signal circuits, analog-to-digital conversion, and other interface circuits. Applications include high-speed serial transceivers, RF transceivers and sensors.
Institute of Microelectronics, Chinese Academy of Sciences (IMECAS)
The Integrated Circuit Department focuses on RF and Millimeter Wave Integrated circuit based on Silicon technology. PeakView® EM platform provides comprehensive solution for addressing passive devices design productivity and accuracy challenges.
Southern Methodist University
The research group in the Department of Physics at SMU is a member of the ATLAS (www.atlas.ch) collaboration. They are designing ASICs (serializer and VCSEL array driver) as well as systems, where custom inductor design plays a vital role in the wide-band ASIC developments, and PeakView® is the key EDA tool used in optimizing those special EM devices.
Southern Methodist University
Khalifa Semiconductor Research Center (KSRC) is a multidisciplinary research center based at Khalifa University’s Abu Dhabi campus. Established in 2011, this center is actively conducting research in areas such as wireless RF, Digital System-on-Chip (SoCs), semiconductor technology, biomedical engineering, aerospace, etc.
Southern Methodist University
National Chiao Tung University (NCTU) mmWave Intelligent Radar Research Center aims to develop next-generation full-integrated mmWave intelligent systems using advanced CMOS technologies. Lorentz Solution™’s PeakView® is adopted by the NCTU research team to quickly and effectively investigate the performances of various passive device structures to enable the first silicon success.
Fudan University
Fudan University School of Microelectronics has focused research on mixed signal and RF ICs, as well as wireless systems. EM tools from Lorentz Solution™ help to improve design quality and speed up design procedures on sensitive high frequency CMOS building blocks, such as VCO, PAs, LNAs, etc.
University of California, Davis (UC Davis)
The Davis Advanced RF Technologies lab is investigating various aspects of high frequency electronic devices, circuits, and systems. We use PeakView® to expedite the design of on-chip passives for RF, microwave, and millimeter-wave frequencies.
Case Western Reserve University
Case Western Reserve University has focused research on high-performance RF/mm-wave integrated circuits and systems for 5G and IoT applications, Low power interface circuits for MEMS and sensors. EM tools from Lorentz Solution™ help to improve design quality and speed up design procedures on sensitive wireless SoC design.
University of Washington
The Fast Lab of the University if Washington focus on the topics related to and log, mixed-signal, RF and mm-wave circuits. PeakView® is used in a newly developed 60GHz mm-wave CMOS transceiver design.
Seoul National University
Integrated System Design Lab (ISDL) Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Seoul National University has interests in high-speed wireline interface. The major fields of research are high-speed wireline transceiver, PLL, and optical transceiver. PeakView® is used to design high-Q LC oscillators for PLL and CDR, inductor and T-coil for interface front-end, and modeling of RDL/Package interconnect.
Hanyang University
The nifty chips laboratory at Hanyang University is working on various high-speed electronics research projects including ultra-high-speed wireline and clock generation circuits. PeakView® is playing a central role in capturing characteristics of various EM devices including inductors and t-coils.