Worldwide
Search:

Agilent EEsof EDA Applications: Load Pull Simulations

-
Click to View Full-Sized Image
View Full-Sized Image (33 KB)

Designers who need to acquire and analyze load-pull data for efficient power amplifier design can count on the load-pull simulation features in ADS. ADS not only allows RF power amplifier designers to generate PAE, power delivered and intermodulation contours, but also to create ACPR contours for modulated signal sources.

ADS also includes a utility to import load-pull data from Maury Microwave and Focus Microwave. Data based load pull models can be extracted by pre-processing the measured load-pull data. Designers can also optimize the design to determine minimum bias current required for a desired power delivered during load-pull simulations.   more »             online demos »

Click on any of the links on this page to learn more about examples and products using EDA tools from Agilent EEsof EDA.
* Contact Agilent EEsof
* Agilent EEsof EDA
   
* Product Information
* Support and Services
* Applications/Examples
* Education and Training
* Product Documentation
* Online Product Demos
* News and Events
   
* Subscribe to Newsletter
* Newsletter Archive
* Site Help

.

Click Here for RSS Feeds Subscribe now for instant product, support, and application news!
 Products
Agilent EEsof EDA products that support load pull simulations include the following:
Advanced Design System (ADS) Bundled Suites
• Microwave Circuit Designer
• Communication Systems Designer
Individual ADS Modules
• Design Environment
• Data Display
ADS Simulators
• Linear
• Harmonic Balance
 DesignGuides
DesignGuides for Advanced Design System guide you through complex multi-step design flows and automate the setup, simulation, and data display of complete designs.
DesignGuides Overview
Product Description Data Sheet (PDF, 2.0 MB)
Amplifier DesignGuide
Product Description
Load Pull Application Guide
Product Description
DesignGuide Developer Studio
Product Description
 Contact Agilent EEsof EDA
To contact an Agilent Technologies representative by telephone for help with Product Selection and Product Purchase, click on the following link:
g• 
To send an e-mail message to Agilent EEsof EDA, click on the following link:
• Send E-mail to Agilent EEsof EDA
 
 Online Demos and Tech Info Sessions
Setting up and Running a Simple Load Pull Simulation
(5 min 27 sec, Flash)
Agilent EEsof Load Pull Utility Overview
(5 min 33 sec, Flash)
Load Pull: New and Advanced Topics
Agilent EEsof Knowledge Center
 Examples
Project files in the Examples directory of Advanced Design System are described in the online manual and listed in the Examples Documentation.
Project files that show amplifier design and linearization include the following:
Power Amplifiers
• Load Pull - updated July 2002
• Power Amplifier
• Large Signal Amplifier

Support Examples
Support Examples can be found in the
Agilent EEsof Knowledge Center.

Related Applications Pages
Amplifiers and Linearization
 Training Classes
Customer Education - Overview
Advanced Design System Fundamentals
 Agilent Publications and Links
Agilent EEsof EDA Knowledge Center
• Presentation explaining details of ADS load pull examples. 20 June 2003
 Technical Articles and Links
Frans Verbeyst and Marc Vanden Bossche, NMDG Engineering, Speed up power amplifier design by fast source-pull, real-time load-pull and accurate measurement-based behavioural models, Microwave Engineering Europe, November 2005. (PDF, 1.7 MB) Current issue: Microwave Engineering Online.

John Olah and Sanjeev Gupta, Agilent Technologies, Power amplifier design using measured load pull data, Microwave Engineering Europe, August/September 2003. Current issue: Microwave Engineering Online.

Richard L. Carlson, Motorola, Inc., Meld Load-Pull Tests With EDA Tools, Microwaves & RF, 12-page technical article, April 2003.