Anritsu Embeds AWRs Microwave Office Software into Vector Network Analyzer

Electronic design automation (EDA) company AWR and Anritsu, a provider of test and measurement solutions, have announced AWR Connected for Anritsu (News - Alert).

 

The AWR Connected for Anritsu makes Microwave Office high-frequency design software a standard component of Anritsu’s new VectorStar MS4640A vector network analyzer (VNA).

 

AWR Connected for Anritsu makes the MS4640A the first microwave instrument to physically integrate a full suite of design tools within its firmware, said officials.

 

“We believe the integration of Microwave Office software into VectorStar will help engineers improve the time to market of their designs,” said Harry Momjian, product manager at Anritsu.

 

The VectorStar MS4640A delivers frequency coverage of 70 kHz to 70 GHz, a range of 100 dB at 70 GHz, and measurement speed of 20 μs/point. Anritsu said that this establishes a new performance benchmark for S-parameter measurements on RF, microwave, and millimeter-wave devices.

 

To traditional VNA markets, officials said, VectorStar brings “superior” performance. These markets include aerospace/defense, satellite, commercial microwave communications, materials measurement, and advanced research.

 

A RF and microwave design platform, Microwave Office, integrates the innovative tools available, enabling users to create designs in the “shortest time with the greatest flexibility,” said Anritsu officials.

 

Microwave Office software offers the tools necessary for high-frequency IC, printed circuit board, and module design. This includes linear circuit simulators, electromagnetic (EM) analysis tools, and integrated schematic and layout.

 

The addition of high-frequency design software within the VectorStar MS4640A allows measured data to be embedded into the simulated design to guide changes required in measurements and test fixtures.

 

Officials said that the measurement becomes a model within the circuit simulation. Plus, the designer can validate the measured results and either accept them and move on to another measurement or make changes to the design.

 

Last year in November, Anritsu said that its MP1595A 40G SDH/SONET analyzer was used by Huawei (News - Alert) as part of the deployment of a native 40-Gbit/sec capacity over a subsea span between Boston and Halifax, Nova Scotia on the Hibernia Atlantic cable system. Huawei says it was the world’s first native 40-Gbit/sec subsea deployment.