Murata Pre-Installed Electrical Models are Integrated in Cadence Design Environment

Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd. reports a collaboration with Cadence Design Systems, Inc., making product libraries directly accessible within Cadence’s Electronic Design Automation (EDA) tools. Murata’s selected inductor and capacitor products are now pre-installed in the latest versions of Cadence OrCAD X Capture, Allegro X System Capture and AWR Design Environment (Microwave Office).

By enabling engineers to select Murata components directly within these tools and run simulations, this initiative is intended to enhance circuit design and streamline the design process for power supply, high-frequency, and noise suppression circuits, according to the companies.

Collaborating with Cadence directly eliminates the task of manually accessing Murata product data. This provides immediate access to information within EDA tools, and addresses the need for circuit design, which refines the evaluation and verification of signal quality, power supply stability, and noise levels, according to the companies.

The data provided by Murata includes static and dynamic models for OrCAD X Capture (R23.1-S011 or later) and Allegro X System Capture, which target general electronic circuit design. The models accurately reflect nonlinearities, such as DC superimposed characteristics and frequency characteristics. Designers can choose part numbers from approximately 1,600 power inductors and 5,000 RF inductors. 

Within the AWR Design Environment (Ver. 17 or later), a component library of Murata’s static models is available for RF and microwave circuit design. This library includes part numbers for about 5,000 RF inductors and 24,000 multilayer ceramic capacitors (MLCCs).

Murata views this integration as one step, responding to Cadence's interest in obtaining model information for passive components. Murata will keep working with Cadence to add to each component library, and plans to automatically provide Cadence with the latest models via API. This commitment supports Murata’s goal of enabling precise electronic design. Product data can also be downloaded from Murata’s website for OrCAD X Capture and AWR Design Environment.

In addition, Murata product data for use with the Cadence PSpice circuit simulator is available for download from Murata’s website. This page is also accessible from the PSpice website.

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Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd. is a company in the design, manufacture and sale of ceramic-based passive electronic components & solutions, communication modules and power supply modules. 

Sources: Press materials received from the company and additional information gleaned from the company’s website.