Advanced Design System 2004A - What's New

ADS 2004A - Making common tasks easier to do ... For designers using the ADS Design Flow, engaged in the most common circuit design tasks - linear simulation, tuning, and the basic operations in schematic, simulation setup, data display, and layout - ADS 2004A provides significantly improved ease-of-use and productivity as compared with any previous ADS release. Release Highlights Press Releases ADS 2004: What's New (PDF, 722 KB) ADS 2004A - What's New - 10-minute video demo Localized Versions   Japan   Korea   Taiwan   China

Release Highlights

• Release Goal - "Make common tasks easier to do."

• Key Features - Summary

• Tuning User Interface and Speed Enhancements
• New User Interface - Parameters (including optimization parameters) selected from or defined on schematic. Tuning setup saved with schematic. Easy updating of schematics.
• Tuning: Save Traces and Values - New dialog box offers default name and comment. Recall parameter values and perform simulation.
• Faster Tuning - Depending on circuit topology, tuning is 5x to 15x faster than ever before.
• Legends Added to Data Display

• Overall Responsiveness Improved - Shorter elapsed time from simulation launch to data display. Faster netlist generation. Improved handling of MMIC hierarchy. Data display enhancements including legends and selective trace updating.

• Greeting Dialog Box - Makes the first steps obvious, with links to the Quick Start manual.

• Schematic Wizard - Step-by-step guidance for circuit and simulation setup.

• Layer Selection Window - Shows layers and layer patterns. Point-and-click layer selection.

• Physical Connectivity and Layout Enhancements
• Layer Binding - Automatic connection of artwork on layers that are bound together. Enables pin-less vias.
• Check Physical Interconnects - Click anywhere on metal to see all connected metal including vias.
• Edge Pins - User-defined shapes offer much greater flexibility in creating ports.
• Area Pins - Contact anywhere creates connection.
• Check Design/Representation - More options, more control. Auto-zoom to errors.

• RF System Budget
• RF System Budget - More than 40 built-in measurements. Based on proven Series IV/OmniSys code. Export results in ASCII for spreadsheet display including Excel.
• Data Display Formats - Choose data display in columns or rows.

• Simulation Improvements
• General Harmonic Balance Speed Improvements
• Harmonic Balance Speed Improvements for Oscillators
• Automated Transient-Assisted Harmonic Balance, Phase Noise - Major improvements in ease of use.
• Oscillator Analysis - Robust, reliable Krylov solver, speed improvements. Improved memory management in direct Harmonic Balance simulation.
• Oscillator Analysis - Direct vs. Krylov Solver - Krylov solver is faster and uses less memory.

• Wireless Test Bench
• Wireless Test Bench - Linked sources and measurements for pre-defined wireless tests
• Available Wireless Test Bench Measurements - Transmitter and receiver tests. Pre-defined display pages auto-inserted for the selected measurements.

• Momentum Improvements
• Modeling of Thick Conductors - Coupling, Internal Current Distribution - Mutual coupling, better modeling of internal current distribution.
• Modeling of Circuits with Vertical Current Redistribution
• Reference Pins, RF Mode Limit Frequency - Enable/disable reference pins for layout components. Automatic grounding. Improved estimate of limit frequency in Momentum RF mode.

• Ultra-Wideband DesignGuide
• Multi-Band OFDM - DesignGuide now includes Multi-Band OFDM measurements.

• AgilentHBT Model - Self-heating is now modeled.

• Amplifier P2D Model - Multi-dimensional data support allows modeling over temperature, bias, or any parameter.

• Advanced Communications Model Set - New Ptolemy models for applications such as WLAN 802.11, WMAN 802.16, UWB-OFDM.

• HSDPA Additions
• HSDPA Coded Uplink Source
• HSDPA Basestation Receiver

• Other Significant Improvements - Linux support. IBIS utility. Robust PC installation. Improved Mixer2 RF system model.

• New Examples Highlight ADS 2004A Improvements - BER_validation, RF_Budget_Example, many others.

• Key Features - Summary

• Knowledge Center Enhancement

• June 1, 2004 -- Agilent Technologies' Advanced Design System 2004A EDA software offers improved ease-of-use, productivity for circuit design

• August 25, 2004 -- Agilent Technologies' enhanced Ultra-Wideband DesignGuide speeds wireless product development
• August 9, 2004 -- Agilent Technologies' new EDA capabilities enable simulation, verification of WLAN, 3GPP and TD-SCDMA circuit designs
• July 12, 2004 -- Agilent Technologies announces first physical connectivity engine to include interconnects built into layout artwork
• June 22, 2004 -- Agilent Technologies' Linearizer DesignGuide enhancement speeds, simplifies wireless base station power amplifier development

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