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ACE™ circuit extraction technology that dramatically reduces from hours to seconds the time required to do the initial modeling of complex interconnects.Innovative ACE circuit extraction technology dramatically reduces from hours to seconds the time required to do the initial modeling of complex interconnects.

AWR, the innovation leader in high-frequency electronic design automation (EDA), today announced Version 2009 of its Analog Office high-frequency analog and RFIC design software. This latest release includes AWR’s patent-pending multi-rate harmonic balance (MRHB™) technology, which dramatically increases the speed and reduces the computer memory required to perform steady-state analysis of complex multi-tone designs.

AWR acquired APLAC in 2005 and has since integrated this world class, foundry-approved harmonic balance / transient circuit simulation engine into its product portfolio. Today this technology is only available within AWR design suites.

AWR Connected™ for Cadence® Allegro® enables PCB and RF co-design, simplifying the design process for high performance printed circuit board (PCB) design and significantly shortening cycle times. AWR Connected for Cadence Allegro is an interface between Cadence's Allegro products.

AWR, the innovation leader in high-frequency EDA, and Mentor Graphics® Corporation, (NASDAQ: MENT), the market and technology leader in printed circuit board (PCB) design solutions, today announced AWR Connected™ for Mentor Graphics. This new synergy of design flow between AWR and Mentor Graphics obsoletes file translation between Mentor Graphics' industry-leading Expedition Enterprise design environment and AWR's Microwave Office® microwave and RF design environment.

AWR, the innovation leader in high-frequency electronic design automation (EDA), today announced AWR Connected™ for Rohde & Schwarz, which integrates the capabilities of R&S WinIQSIM2 simulation software from the leading test and measurement manufacturer within its Visual System Simulator (VSS) system analysis software. The complete range of digitally-modulated signals generated by R&S WinIQSIM2.

AWR Corp.'s iFilter technology was developed specifically for synthesis of lumped-element and distributed filters. iFilter's intuitive user interface enables users to quickly and easily design filters, connect them directly to circuitry, and make optimization trade-offs that positively impact their designs.

TestWave™ software integrates test and measurement (T&M) equipment with simulation software for communication systems and radio frequency (RF)/microwave circuits. Together with the Microwave Office® and Visual System Simulator™ (VSS), TestWave provides wireless system and RF/microwave circuit designers a complete integration of the design process, combining schematic simulation, test signal generation, and test and measurement verification.

AWR Corporation, the innovation leader in high-frequency EDA, released its Visual System Simulator™ (VSS) software. The release offers new capabilities that increase productivity for RF system designers; including time delay neural network (TDNN™), advanced amplifier behavioral models for capturing memory effects, and measurement data interchange format (MDIF) model support

AWR Corp., the innovation leader in high-frequency EDA software, is a gold sponsor and will offer a full agenda of activities at the International Microwave Symposium (IMS) 2013 that inform and educate attendees about new ways to use RF/microwave software for circuit and system design. IMS 2013 takes place from June 4 to 7 in Seattle, Washington.

AWR has posted a university success story detailing how Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics (NUAA) evaluated AWR’s Microwave Office RF and microwave design software as well as its AXIEM EM simulator for university research and education programs.

AWR Corp., the innovation leader in high-frequency EDA software, announced the start of its AWR Design Forum 2013 tour with a diverse schedule of dates and venues in the Asia Pacific region starting this summer. ADF is an open event at which designers of microwave and RF circuits and systems such as MMIC, RF PCB, and LTE can network and share useful information and resources pertinent to high-frequency design, discuss AWR products and technologies, and collaborate on industry issues and trends. Details are available at http://www.awrcorp.com/ADF2013.

AWR’s new application note titled, "Multisim/Ultiboard for Low-Frequency Simulation and Layout" details how to complement Microwave Office® circuit design software with NI’s Multisim circuit simulation software and Ultiboard printed circuit board (PCB) layout software for a comprehensive design flow.

AWR Corp., the innovation leader in high-frequency EDA software, announces that it will continue to offer its popular Graduate Gift Initiative to graduating engineering students worldwide for a record fourth consecutive year.

AWR Corp. announces the addition of two new stories to its roster of university student and professor design successes using AWR software. These new stories include contributions from Okinawa National College of Technology in Japan and Macquarie University in Australia.

AWR Corp., the innovation leader in high-frequency EDA software, announced the sponsorship of two major student design competitions in China as part of the company’s continuing focus on working with universities worldwide to empower students with RF/microwave software tool experience and jumpstart their engineering careers.

What: AWR is a gold sponsor at the Electronic Design Innovations Conference (EDI CON) 2013, which runs from March 12 -14 in Beijing, China. Together with parent company National Instruments, AWR will be showcasing at Booth #255 joint hardware/software solutions, as well as the first update in 2013 of the AWR Design Environment™, inclusive of Microwave Office®/Analog Office® circuit design software, VSS™ system design software, as well as AXIEM® 3D planar EM software and Analyst™ 3D FEM EM software.

AWR has just published a new Microwave Office® software application note titled, “End-to-end Design and Realization of an X-band Transmission Analyzer Using AWR Circuit, System, and EM Software.” The note examines the complete flow and details the design of several critical design elements for this device, which integrates many RF components on a single printed circuit board (PCB). Read More

A new white paper from AWR, “Understanding and Correctly Predicting Critical Metrics for Wireless RF Links,” highlights the advantages of using Visual System Simulator™ (VSS) RF system simulation software for detailed insight into the full performance of an RF link in next-generation wireless products.

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AWR Corp.and Zuken announce AWR Connected for Zuken™. This RF printed circuit board (PCB) verification flow simplifies the PCB design process and therefore shortens design cycles by enabling users to quickly and easily simulate and verify embedded RF functionality.

AWR Corp., the innovation leader in high-frequency EDA software, today announces RFP™, an innovative new frequency planning wizard within Visual System Simulator™ (VSS) that enables engineers to effortlessly and efficiently determine spurious free bandwidths when designing complex radio communications systems.

AWR Corp. has announced AWR Design Environment V10.04, its first new software release in 2013, which includes many new features and enhancements to Microwave Office/Analog Office and Visual System Simulator, as well as AXIEM and Analyst.

AWR Corp., the innovation leader in high-frequency EDA software, will showcase in Booth #7 at IEEE Radio Wireless Week 2013 the latest version of its AWR Design Environment™ with many new features and enhancements specifically developed for high-frequency wireless design. 

What: Sherry Hess, VP of Marketing at AWR, has posted a new blog discussing the value of online videos as an innovative educational resource for providing remote learning. The blog, “Kahn Academy—I’m a Fan!” lauds the Kahn Academy website, which provides over 3,500 online videos on all facets of education. It compares this education model to AWR’s own AWR.TV online video channel, which is a valuable resource for customers, university students, and anyone interested in AWR’s RF/microwave design software.

AWR announces the release of two new university success stories that reveal how students use AWR software to design novel and award-winning microwave/RF products.

What: AWR is offering an array of software demonstrations, lectures, and partner presentations at the Microwave Workshops and Exhibition 2012 (MWE2012) in Yokohama, Japan from November 28 through November 30.

AWR Corp., the innovation leader in high-frequency EDA, and Magus (Pty) Ltd, developers of the leading antenna synthesis product Antenna Magus, announce Antenna Magus Version 4.1, which adds four new antenna types:

AWR Corp. and Optenni Ltd. announced AWR Connected for Optenni Lab, an integrated workflow that accelerates wireless antenna design by enabling optimized matching circuits to be transferred from Optenni Lab matching circuit software to AWR’s Microwave Office high-frequency design software with a single mouse click. The interface constructs the matching circuit in Microwave Office, sets up and runs the simulation, and then allows for further refinement and analysis within Microwave Office and AXIEM®, AWR’s 3D planar electromagnetic simulator.

What: Amplifier Technology Ltd., (ATL) a provider of leading-edge RF power amplifiers (PAs) for defense, commercial, industrial, scientific, and medical applications, used a unique combination of AWR’s Microwave Office RF/microwave design suite and AMPSA’s MultiMatch Amplifier Design Wizard to design a complex multi-octave bandwidth, high power, high efficiency PA.

GreenPeak was challenged with designing a GP510 system-on-chip RF4CE communication controller for integration into set-top boxes and GP561 for the remote controller devices. The chips needed to be optimized for low cost while at the same time providing superior performance.

AWR Corp., the innovation leader in high-frequency EDA software, announced its slate of product and technology activities scheduled during the European Microwave Week (EuMW) in Amsterdam.  EuMW is Europe’s premier microwave, RF, wireless and radar event and runs from October 28 through November 2, 2012.  Highlights of activities include:

AWR Corp., the innovation leader in high-frequency EDA software, is proud to sponsor for the second year in a row the MicroApps Program at European Microwave Week 2012, being held in Amsterdam October 28th through November 2nd.

AWR has an exciting slate of activities planned for European Microwave Week 2012, being held in Amsterdam from October 28 through November 2.

AWR is holding complimentary classes in the Boston area on MWO and AXIEM. Both day-long classes are being held at the company's Burlington, MA office.
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AWR Corp. and Modelithics Inc. have announced the release of Version 9.3 of the Modelithics® COMPLETE Library for AWR’s Microwave Office™ high-frequency design software.

AWR Corp. is taking its very successful AWR Design Forum to numerous cities throughout Europe starting on the 11th of September in the United Kingdom (UK) and concluding on the 29th of November in France.  A complete listing of ADF locations and agenda details, as well as registration information, is available online at www.awrdesignforum.com.

AWR Corp. has finalized the agendas and opened registration for the 2012 AWR Design Forum (ADF) (www.awrdesignforum.com) China venues of Xi’an and Chengdu.  More information can be found at the links below.

AWR Corp., the leader in high-frequency EDA, has added nine videos of its MicroApps presentations from the International Microwave Symposium (IMS) 2012 to its AWR.TV portal. Tune into the IMS channel to view the following AWR MicroApps presentations:

AWR Corp. <http://www.awrcorp.com/>, the innovation leader in high-frequency EDA, will exhibit within the RF and Wireless Pavilion on August 7-8 during NIWeek 2012 <http://www.ni.com/niweek/conference.htm>, being held in Austin, Texas.

AWR Corp. announces its European phase of its ADF 2012 tour, an open event for designers of microwave and RF circuits and systems such as MMIC, RFIC, RF PCB, modules, and communication systems.

AWR Corp. announced that agendas for the AWR Design Forums (ADF) 2012 (www.awrdesignforum.com) for Japan, Korea and Taiwan have been finalized and posted online, and registration will be open through the day preceding each event.

AWR Corp. announces that it has added Taiwan to the list of cities scheduled for the July 2012 tour of the AWR Design Forum (ADF) 2012. The Taiwan event will take place on Thursday, July 12. 

AWR Corp. once again takes a leadership position at the International Microwave Symposium (IMS) 2012 with a full slate of AWR 2011 software demonstrations, MicroApps presentations and panel, and its renowned Customer Appreciation Party.

AWR Corp. announces the AWR Design Forum (ADF) 2012 for Japan and Korea. The Japan event is scheduled for Friday, July 6, 2012 and the Korea event is scheduled for Tuesday, July 10, 2012. The call for papers for both events is now open. Visit www.awrdesignforum.com to learn more and to submit a presentation.

ZTE Corp.,  a publicly-listed global provider of telecommunications equipment and network solutions, and AWR Corp., the innovation leader in high-frequency EDA, announced that ZTE has selected AWR as one of its partners for RF EDA software.

AWR Corp., the innovation leader in high-frequency EDA software, and Modelthics Inc., have signed a global reseller agreement for AWR to sell and support Modelithics’ model libraries. The combined product offerings of Modelithics^® CLRand COMPLETE (CLR, NLT, NLT, and SLC) libraries alongside AWR’s Microwave Office™ software gives microwave designers immediate access to high-fidelity parameterized models that better predict real-world behavior when simulated within the AWR design environment.

TDK company EPCOS, a leading manufacturer of electronic components, modules and systems, and Pulse Electronics, a leading antenna manufacturer, used AWR’s Microwave Office to design indie, a breakthrough technology that answers the challenge from carriers in the Next Generation Mobile Networks (NGMN) Alliance to develop a single, operator-independent RF platform supporting all NGMN operator frequency bands.

AWR Corp. has been issued a U.S. Patent by the United States Patent and Trademark Office for a “block-specific harmonic balance analysis system.” Originally filed on December 3, 2008, US Patent No. 8,131,521 addresses circuit simulation using multi-rate harmonic balancing. Specifically, the invention -- known as MRHB™ and first available within AWR’s 2009 product release -- speeds the design of complex circuits by enabling the effective reduction of analysis dimensions (e.g., frequency or time).

Fully integrated 3D electromagnetic simulation in AWR’s Microwave Office Circuit Design Environment

Optimization of a waveguide-backed slot antenna using a 3D planar EM simulator for use in wireless applications