12 May 2015

NI AWR Design Environment V12 pre-release now available

NI (formerly AWR Corp) of El Segundo, CA, USA says that NI AWR Design Environment V12 — its first major software release in 2015 — is now available as a pre-release to select customers, partners and evaluators. Previewing for the first time in booth #2431 at IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium (IMS 2015) in Phoenix, AZ (18-22 May), this latest release has new load-pull and antenna- and radar-specific features, as well as ease-of-use improvements, speed enhancements and third-party integration flows.

Select highlights of V12 NI AWR Design Environment include:

Microwave Office/ Analog Office

• View measured data and design matching networks using swept load-pull files. 

• APLAC tuning and optimization speed enhancements.

• Improved simulation control.

• Schematic editing, layout viewing and layout editing improvements.

Analyst and AXIEM

• Easier 3D EM setup and an improved 3D editor experience; geometry cleanup and standard for the exchange of product model data (STEP) import for Analyst. 

• Anisotropic dielectric materials support for AXIEM.

• Faster and more accurate simulation results due to threading, frequency sweep algorithm improvements, meshing options/refinement enhancements and a remote simulation option.

• Visualization of the impact of circuits on antenna patterns.

Visual System Simulator (VSS)

• An enhanced phased-array block and simplified Microwave Office consistent VSS sources. 

• Bi-directional blocks for more readily managing both transmit and receive systems. 

• RF models auto-configuration option for phased-array block, WLAN 802.11ac library, enhanced radar library etc.

V12 NI AWR Design Environment is planned for full release in third-quarter 2015.

Tags: AWR EDA

Visit: www.awrcorp.com/what-is-new/v12-preview

Visit: www.ims2015.org