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| GENESYS 2007 Coming Soon!
Announcing GENESYS 2007, a landmark new release that will be
downloadable at the end of March. Beta customers have been loving the
new features, such as LiveReport, an interactive window that collects
live views of all the objects your workspace on one page. It is a
personal project cockpit of your schematics and graphs that when you’re
finished designing, becomes your design documentation.
GENESYS 2007 also unlocks 17 Verilog-A nonlinear transistor models for
general use, adds many features to Spectrasys, and sparkles with a wide
variety of single-click user interface conveniences. Outside the US,
GENESYS is being translated into 5 new languages, with more to come.
Randy Rhea, founder of Eagleware and active GENESYS user, says
"For years GENESYS was refined, improved and ultimately
pushed to the limit. But two-decade old code and syntax hampered
moving forward. After the transition to Agilent, it was just a huge
project to update the code and get the innovations in the software
working smoothly. But I love 2007.03, and beta testing the new
release has been a joy. GENESYS is well positioned for another
decade of growth."
Next month, Agilent will initiate a program to assist customers to
migrate to the new release. Watch for the announcement that downloads
are available from the
Agilent KnowledgeCenter!
Check out all the new capabilities of GENESYS 2007 »
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| Maintenance Software Releases Provide Tune-Up
for ADS and RFDE
EDA software is much like a trusted transportation vehicle. Regular
tune-ups help keep it running safely and reliably. Maintenance Software
Release 1 for ADS and RFDE 2006A is now available to update your own
installations with the latest qualified defect repairs.
For RFDE, select RFDE under Software Downloads, then RFDE 2006A. From
the Maintenance Software Release 1 page for each product, you can use
the "Read Me" link to learn about specific defect repairs included in
the release.
Please note that the MSR1 is different than the ADS/RFDE 2006 Update 1,
which was introduced in last month's EDA Product & Application News
(archived
here). Update 1 provides new technology for Signal Integrity,
expanded device models and improved integration and compatibility with
third-party tools.
Read all about
ADS
Update 1 or
RFDE Update 1 on our website.
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| Interested in Synthesizing Filters? Here’s
How Using GENESYS and EMPOWER
Check out this article describing how to use EM simulation to aid a
classic and underutilized filter design technique. The technique
requires building prototypes of a few select resonators and plotting
certain measured data. From these plots the filter dimensions are easily
synthesized. Modern EM simulation breathes new life into this technique
by eliminating the need to construct prototypes. This is particularly
important when a process requires a long manufacturing cycle time.
Read the Article »
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| Characterizing and Improving the Performance
of Bondwires
Bondwires are a widely used standard method of connecting microwave
ICs and interconnect circuitry. The high impedance of bondwires causes
inductive discontinuities, which result in impedance mismatches and
unwanted reflections.
We recently published a paper (in Microwave Engineering Europe) that
demonstrates how to characterize and model bondwires using 3D EM
modeling and lumped element models to accurately predict the
frequency-and time-domain performance of bondwire interconnects. Modeled
results for a bondwire interconnect between two thinfilm circuits are
compared with measured results, and fequency performance is improved by
adding a compensation network.
Read the Article »
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Conversations with the GM:
Semiconductor Foundries Get Help with Device
Modeling Challenges |
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There have been a
lot of changes in the normally quiet device
modeling world. Device modeling is very
important for the semiconductor market. It
allows foundries to characterize their latest
processes and package them into design kits for
their customers. An error at this step makes it
impossible to accurately predict circuit
behavior. In the silicon part of this market,
there are two big trends that are driving
change. One is the increasing number of
processes to characterize. Device modeling is a
difficult task, yet the workload of these teams
is going up fast. New processes keep coming on
line, and older processes find new life in
different applications. A number of key
customers have asked us for help. Using our deep
understanding of how designers characterize
these processes, we implemented ways to make
them much more efficient. Most customers report
that we have taken a typical 14-day
characterization timeframe down to 2 days.
Secondly, newer and faster silicon processes
have outgrown the BSIM model, which has been the
industry standard compact model for
Metal-Oxide-Semiconductor (MOS) transistor
technology for more than two decades. After an
extensive evaluation by industry and academia, a
new model, called PSP, was chosen as the new
standard for MOS transistors. We are currently
the only company that provides modeling and
characterization technology for the PSP model.
Some of our competitors were so sure that BSIM
would last forever, they made BSIM part of the
product name. Since our IC-CAP device modeling
software supports both Gallium Arsenide and
Silicon processes, we built it to flexibly
support many different compact models, now and
in the future.
As always, I’m interested in your ideas and
feedback.
Just drop me an e-mail!
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Career Opportunities with
Agilent EEsof EDAIf you are an EDA champion with knowledge and skills that fit well
with our products and technology offerings, we are
interested in hearing from you.
To browse all current opportunities with our
industry-leading EDA software division, follow the
link and search with the keyword
EEsof.
http://jobs.agilent.com/index.html
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Americas -- Events |
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Quick Start Training for Engineers New to ADS
and GENESYS 13 - 14 March, Andover,
Massachusetts, USA |
A Complimentary Workshop
ADS is acknowledged as the industry's most
powerful RF circuit simulation environment. Come
experience how ADS offers complete design
integration to designers of products such as
cellular and portable phones, pagers, wireless
networks, and radar and satellite communication
systems.
GENESYS is integrated software for RF
and microwave component and subsystem designers
needing affordable state-of-the-art performance
in a single easy-to-use design environment that
is fast and powerful. Come experience how
GENESYS can help you complete better designs
faster from initial system architecture through
final documentation.
In these two interactive workshops, we
provide PCs for you to work through
instructor-lead examples. By the end of the
session, you will know the general capabilities
and be much more productive with both Advanced
Design System and GENESYS when you return to
work.
More »
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Webcast: Accurate Transient Simulations
at Gigabit/s Data Rates
15 March 2007, 10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. PST
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The latest release of ADS features a rich
set of technologies for rigorous, accurate and
robust transient (SPICE) simulation of high
speed circuits.
This webcast focuses on breakthrough
improvements to the high frequency transient
simulation technology in ADS, introducing
several powerful techniques for causality
correction and passivity enforcement. We discuss
new and rigorous approaches to delay causality
enforcement and optimal techniques for frequency
response preservation. We also offer practical
tips for proper formulation of a class of
passive models, resulting in dramatically
improved performance in transient simulations.
Several real-world examples, including measured
data comparisons, are used to illustrate the
latest improvements to our simulation
technology.
Register today
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New Signal Integrity Design Tools and Methods
for High-Speed Digital Communications Seminar
27 March - 17 May USA/Canada |
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Attend this complimentary Signal Integrity
design seminar and learn how new technology in
ADS delivers simulators optimized for use at
high data rates, system-level co-simulation and
accurate, insightful jitter characterization.
Product demonstrations and papers by SI experts,
including renowned SI design consultants from
Bogatin Enterprises and Teraspeed Consulting,
will provide you with comprehensive solutions to
the tough signal integrity problems designers
are facing today.
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Webcast: RF Circuit Synthesis for Physical
Wireless Design 28 March, 10:00
- 11:00 a.m. PST |
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Wireless RF designs have moved higher in
frequency, making formerly routine circuit
design tasks more difficult. Impedance matching,
filtering, and signal routing now need to
account for the parasitic and variations of
their physical environment, and these
performance imperfections need to be accounted
for at the system level. By incorporating
Synthesis tools directly into a low-cost RF EDA
tool with physical design, EM simulation, system
design, statistical analysis, and optimization,
RF designers can successfully extend MHz design
techniques to wireless applications in the GHz
range. This webcast shows how modern Circuit
Synthesis tools enable faster RF design to
higher frequencies, yet retain their elegant
simplicity.
Register
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Europe -- Events |
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Open your Eyes—Modeling, Design, and Testing
Considerations for High-Speed Serial Bus
Designers 15 March, 9:00 -
16:00, Winnersh, UK |
The Eye Diagram is one of the more familiar
measurements in the Signal Integrity community.
With ever increasing bit rates many digital
circuit designers are struggling to maintain the
“Eye” open as their signals go through complex
interconnects, connectors and cables.
This seminar covers topics from advanced
measurement-based modeling techniques, to how to
use these models to improve system performance,
to implementing accurate system-level simulation
of high-speed links, to the measurement and
analysis of multi-Gigabit signals using
sophisticated eye-diagram and jitter analysis
techniques.
Join us and with the help of product
demonstrations and the interaction with our
technical experts and applications engineers we
will open your eyes to new design and
measurements possibilities.
Register Today »
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Training |
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North/South America -- Training |
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Advanced Design Fundamentals
Class (3 day) |
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24 Apr |
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26 Apr |
Schaumburg, IL |
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22 May |
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24 May |
Santa Clara, CA |
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19 Jun |
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21 Jun |
Richardson, TX |
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Advanced Circuit Simulation
Techniques (3 day) |
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3 Apr |
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5 Apr |
Andover, MA |
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Designing for Signal
Integrity with ADS (3 day) |
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22 May |
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24 May |
Englewood, CO |
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GENESYS Concepts (3 day) |
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3 Apr |
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5 Apr |
Englewood, CO |
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30 May |
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1 Jun |
Westlake Village, CA |
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Momentum for ADS Users
(2 day) |
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15 May |
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16 May |
Santa Clara, CA |
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19 Jun |
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20 Jun |
Andover, MA |
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Using ADS Communication
Systems Designer (3 day) |
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24 Apr |
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26 Apr |
Andover, MA |
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Japan -- Training |
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ADS Quick Start (1 day) |
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5 Apr |
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Shin-yokohama, Japan |
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10 May |
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Shin-yokohama, Japan |
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ADS Fundamentals (3 days) |
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11 Apr |
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13 Apr |
Shin-yokohama, Japan |
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16 May |
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18 May |
Shin-yokohama, Japan |
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ADS Communications System
Design (3 days) |
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28 Mar |
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30 Mar |
Shin-yokohama, Japan |
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23 May |
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25 May |
Shin-yokohama, Japan |
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ADS Circuit Advanced (2
days) |
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19 Apr |
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20 Apr |
Shin-yokohama, Japan |
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ADS Momentum (1 day) |
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6 Apr |
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Shin-yokohama, Japan |
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11 May |
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Shin-yokohama, Japan |
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Ptolemy Quick Start (1 day) |
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25 Apr |
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Shin-yokohama, Japan |
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Ptolemy for Communications
Signal Processing (2 days) |
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26 Apr |
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27 Apr |
Shin-yokohama, Japan |
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