AWR, a provider of high-frequency electronic design automation (EDA) components, announced at the Asia-Pacific Microwave Conference in Bangkok, Thailand, that Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co. Ltd. (SEMCO) has created and released a model library of its high-density, miniaturized, surface-mount multilayer ceramic chip capacitors (MLCCs) for use within AWR's Microwave Office® design suite. MLCCs are the most prevalent type of capacitor being utilized at present and their miniature size is well-suited for use in small electronic devices, such as cell phones and notebook computers.

"Users of AWR's Microwave Office software now have immediate and seamless access to Samsung's MLCC components," said Kangheon Hur, vice president of Samsung. "Our capacitors provide outstanding performance, reliability, low cost and compact size, making them a great choice for AWR customers working on high-frequency wired and wireless electronic product design."

The Samsung/AWR MLCC library consists of hundreds of capacitor models, including high-frequency, high-capacitance, high-voltage, low profile, super small, array and low inductance ceramic capacitors (LICCs). The component models themselves utilize S-parameter data taken directly from the actual device characterization process, which in turn yields excellent accuracy of the capacitor's electrical response within Microwave Office simulations (frequency- and time-domain).