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Designers of communications devices meeting digital modulation standards such as DTV, EDGE, WCDMA-3GPP, GSM, and other standards find extensive design, simulation, and models support already built into Advanced Design System (ADS).
Additional design support is provided by a growing number of examples and training classes, and by Agilent EEsof EDA technical support.
Click on any of the links on this page to learn more about examples and products using EDA tools from Agilent EEsof EDA. |
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| Products |
| Agilent EEsof EDA products that support designs created for communications standards include the following: |
| 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. |
| Customer Success Stories |
| • | Agilent Advanced Design System significantly improves accuracy for RFIC design at Agilent's Wireless Semiconductor Division
HTML PDF (467 KB) |
| • | System Designer at Ericsson finds Success Building DECT Designs
HTML PDF (648 KB) |
| • | Philips Semiconductors reduces design time using Advanced Design System (ADS)
HTML PDF (82 KB) |
| • | Signia Technologies uses Agilent Technologies solutions to improve Bluetooth IC design predictability
HTML PDF (541 KB) |
| • | Toshiba Designs Innovative GSM Chipset Using Agilent's Advanced Design System
HTML PDF (233 KB) |
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| Contact Agilent EEsof EDA |
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| 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 designs created for communications standards include the following: |
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CDMA
• IS95 CDMA Forward Channel Model
• IS-95 CDMA Filter
• Wideband CDMA Test Modulator
• Power Amplifier with IS-95 CDMA Signal
• PCS Cellular Power Amplifier
• Modulated Sources
• CDMA Design Examples
QPSK
• Generating Modulated Signals
• I/Q Signals and RF Cosimulation
• Timed Modem
• Automatic Gain Control Loop
• IQ Modulator DSP Co-Simulation
• Communication System Design
QAM
• Generating Modulated Signals
• IQ Modulator DSP Co-Simulation
• Modulated Sources
PI4DQPSK
• RF System-Level Simulations
• Power Amplifier
• NADC Power Amplifier
• Power Amplifier Using Cartesian Feedback
• Modulated Sources
• CommSys_Voice_prj
OFDM
• OFDM Modulation
DTV
• DTV DVB-T Examples
• DTV ISDB-T Examples
EDGE
• EDGE Designs
• EDGE Signal Source Example
• EDGE Base-Station Receiver Measurements
• EDGE Mobile-Station Receiver Measurements
• EDGE Base-Station Transmitter Measurements
• EDGE Mobile-Station Transmitter Measurements
GSM
• GSM Design Examples
W-CDMA 3GPP
• W-CDMA 3G Signal Source Example
• W-CDMA 3G Base-Station Receiver Measurements
• W-CDMA 3G User-Equipment Receiver Measurements
• W-CDMA 3G Base-Station Transmitter Measurements
• W-CDMA 3G User-Equipment Transmitter Measurements
CDMA2000
• CDMA2000 Design Examples
CDMA2000 1xEV
• 1xEV Bit Error Rate
• 1xEV Base Station: Transmitter
• 1xEV Mobile Station: Transmitter
• 1xEV Mobile Station: Receiver
• 1xEV Power Amplifier
• 1xEV Signal Source
New Examples
• Direct-Conversion Transistor-Level IQ Modulator
• Polar Modulation Examples
Support Examples
Support examples can be found in the
Agilent EEsof Knowledge Center.
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| Design Seminars |
Bluetooth Technology
Joe Paulino, Agilent Technologies, Inc.
Overview and Specifications (PDF, 183 KB)
Design and Simulation of a Transceiver (PDF, 467 KB)
ADS Project (ZAP, 739 KB)
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Cross Modulation in CDMA Mobile Phone Transceivers
Rishi Mohindra, Adaptive RF, Inc.
Text/Slides (PDF, 3.1 MB)
ADS Project (ZAP, 1.2 MB)
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IS-95 Transmitter Linearization
Rishi Mohindra, Adaptive RF, Inc.
Text/Slides (PDF, 6.4 MB)
ADS Project (ZAP, 2.6 MB)
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| Training Classes |
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| Agilent Publications and Links |
| RF IC Design Workshop, March 2002 |
| • | Cédric Pujol, Satellite Tuner Single Chip Simulation with ADS. (PDF, 179 KB). 3-page technical paper. March 2002 |
| • | Cédric Pujol, Satellite Tuner Single Chip Simulation with ADS. (PDF, 2.8 MB). 37 slides. March 2002 |
| Seminar: Gain Without Pain, November 2000 |
| • | Designing at the System Level: What Will Your Power Amplifier Do in the Chip Set?. (PDF, 438 KB) |
| Seminar: Gaining the Wireless Edge, November 2000 |
| • | EDGE System Design and Transmitter Performance Evaluation. (PDF, 2.9 MB) |
| Application Notes |
| • | How-Siang Yap, Agilent Technologies, Designing to Digital Wireless Specifications Using Circuit Envelope Simulation. (PDF, 224 KB) |
| • | Developing an Environment for Mixed RF and DSP Design. (PDF, 485 KB) |
| Other Publications |
| • | Steven Selby, Innovative Wireless Technologies, Afshin Amini and Cory Edelman, Agilent Technologies, Simulating Interference Issues Between Bluetooth PANs and 802.11g WLANs. (PDF, 447 KB). 14-page technical paper. 30 April 2002 |
| • | H Weissleder, et al., Initial Lessons Learned in Level Planning for Mixed Signal Transmission in CATV Networks. (PDF, 232 KB). 5-page technical paper. November 2001 |
| • | Developing an Environment for Mixed RF and DSP Design. (PDF, 485 KB) |
| • | Ludwig Eichinger, Agilent EEsof EDA, 3GPP RF System Simulation. (PDF, 2.0 MB). 72-slide color technical presentation. European Microwave Week. September 2001 |
| • | Generating Custom, Real-World Waveforms for 3G Wireless Applications. (PDF, 1.4 MB) |
| • | CDMA Source Generation for ACPR/ACI Simulation. (PDF, 128 KB) |
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| Technical Articles and Links |
| • | Noah Schmitz, Agilent Technologies, The Path To 4G Will Take Many Turns, Wireless Systems Design, March 2005. Current issue: Wireless Systems Design.
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| • | Walid Y. Ali-Ahmad, Maxim Integrated Products, Effective IM2 estimation for two-tone and WCDMA modulated blockers in zero-IF, RF Design, 1 April 2004. PDF Version (284 KB). Current issue: RF Design.
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Frédéric Fernez. Motorola Semiconducteurs, S.A.,
An ADS Bench for Generating Multi-Carrier 3GPP WCDMA ACLR Test Signals,
High-Frequency Electronics,
PDF, 297kB, 6-page technical article,
November 2002.
Current Issue: High-Frequency Electronics.
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| • | Greg Jue, 3GPP W-CDMA Systems: Design and Testing, IEEE Microwave Magazine, June 2002. Current Issue: IEEE Microwave Magazine.
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| • | Bob Koupal and Marshall Wang, Signia Technologies, and Cory Edelman, Agilent Technologies, Case History: Development of a Bluetooth Transceiver in RF CMOS, analogZONE, High-Frequency and RF Zone Technical Note, 22 April 2002. Current Issue: analogZONE.
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| • | Dingqing Lu, et al., Agilent Technologies, RF Simulation Improves 802.11a System Performance, CommsDesign, February 2002. Current Issue: CommsDesign.
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| • | Afshin Amini, Dingqing Lu, Cory Edelman, Effects of High Peak-to-Average Ratio on 5 GHz WLAN Power Amplifiers, 24-page technical paper (PDF file, 2.8 MB), DesignCon 2002, 28 January 2002.
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| • | T. Johansson, et al., Ericsson Microelectronics AB and Ericsson Microwave Systems AB, A High Efficiency, Low Cost Silicon Bipolar GSM Dual-band PA Module, Microwave Journal, December 2001. PDF Version (858 KB). Current Issue: Microwave Journal.
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| • | Youngoo Yang, et al., Behavioral Modeling of High Power Amplifiers Based on Measured Two-tone Transfer Characteristics, Microwave Journal, December 2000. Current Issue: Microwave Journal.
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| • | K. Jeganathan, National University of Singapore, A Transistor-Controlled FSK Modulator/Transmitter, Applied Microwave and Wireless, December 2000. Current Issue: Applied Microwave and Wireless.
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| • | How-Siang Yap, Designing to Digital Wireless Specifications Using Circuit Envelope Simulation, Applied Microwave & Wireless, June 1998. Current Issue: Applied Microwave & Wireless.
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| • | John Penn and Craig Moore, John Hopkins University, MMIC Design Projects, student designs and layouts, Fall 2000, Fall 2001.
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