The Pennsylvania State University is a participant in the University Software Program of Cadence Design Systems, a leading supplier of Electronic Design Automation software. The Cadence suite of EDA software is managed and distributed at Penn State by the design group of Electronic and Computer Services, a subgroup of the College of Engineering.  These tools are available for use by all faculty, staff, and students affiliated with the College of Engineering for use on research projects and class work.

  We can now provide SPB 16.01 Tools  for Windows XP/Vista .

For information on using any of the Cadence EDA tools at Penn State, please contact Joe Portelli at 863-7580.   

 Cadence Design Systems -- A brief Introduction.  

 Users of Cadence^® EDA Software at Penn State:

 "The Electronic Design Group at the Center for Electronic Design, Communications, & Computing  provides electronic system design, prototyping, test and evaluation services to the College of Engineering , to the Pennsylvania State University , and to government and private industry customers. We foster student and faculty participation in center projects, and provide network accessible design resources for academic and research activities."

    "Many companies are now focusing their research on local access technologies, especially the broadband wireless systems. The goal is to provide business and residential subscribers more services at an affordable cost. This service is planned to be competitive with, and complementary to some of the wire-line distribution of alternative broadband services such as HFC, VDSL, FTTH, and FTTC.  It is also proposed that the service will be used as a complementary portion of the Synchronous Optical Network (SONET) architecture for transmission of ATM signals.  The bandwidth is adequate for both point-to-point high-capacity trunklines and point-to-multipoint shared bandwidth last mile connections.  The flexibility of broadband wireless local networks and the speed at which it can be deployed are key advantages.
    These access technologies are elaborate integrated systems.  The Center for Information and Communications Technology Research, (CICTR), at Penn State is currently working on a system which exploits the bandwidth, while considering the limitations of high-frequency microwave and millimeter-wave propagation problems.  The center is actively involved in several key technologies for the broadband wireless ATM local loop.  One of these areas involves propagation studies and developing software for the simulation of propagation paths through a broadband high-frequency network. Research is also underway on the use of adaptive array antennas to combat multipath and co-channel interference.  The transmitter power amplifier, yet another critical area in any broadband wireless system, is located at the base station hub and will be operating at high frequencies in a dynamic environment.  Linearization techniques are currently being investigated to allow efficient power amplification without extra distortion and adaptability for the changing environment and system components. For system simulation on computer, the Cadence Signal Processing Worksystem software is being used in the designs. In particular, SPW software is commonly applied in these evaluations."

Dr. Mohsen Kavehrad
Director;  Center for Information & Communications Technology Research

"The Center for Engineering Design and Entrepreneurship provides a flexible environment for faculty and students in engineering and business colleges in partnership with industry to design, construct, and test solutions to engineering problems."

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