News in brief: TriQuint, QinetiQ, Ommic and AWR
As part of its strategy to establish a worldwide network of independent, authorised design centers, TriQuint has made an agreement with UK-based QinetiQ that will allow its foundry customers access to QinetiQ’s MMIC design services.
"This agreement is significant in that it now provides our European customers with a local, experienced, qualified third-party design resource for the TriQuint Semiconductor Texas processes,” said Lisa Howard, foundry services manager for TriQuint Semiconductor Texas. “These include the 0.25 µm mm-wave PHEMT and 0.15 µm LN-PHEMT processes. QinetiQ’s previous design experience with TriQuint Texas processes will bolster our presence in the UK and EU and help us support customers that want to develop custom designed integrated circuits for higher frequency applications."
AWR to include process design kit for Ommic’s processes into its design software
Applied Wave Research, (AWR), a supplier of high-frequency electronic design automation (EDA) tools, and Ommic, have announced plans to provide process design kit (PDK) library support for Ommic’s GaAs foundry process. MMIC designers will use the libraries, within AWR’s Microwave Office 2002 environment, to speed the design of high-end wireless and fiber-optic infrastructures while helping to ensure electrical specifications are met.
"We have a rapidly increasing number of customers requesting support for the Ommic GaAs foundry processes,” said Ted Miracco, AWR executive vice president. “We are therefore very pleased to be working with the Ommic team in Paris to bring this technology to our joint customers. This collaboration supports our vision for streamlining the MMIC design process with improved productivity through increased accuracy and integration.”
