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A Complete Front-to-Back Solution for Advanced Microwave DesignMicrowave Circuit Designer offers engineers a complete front-to-back solution for developing today's advanced microwave circuits. This logical approach lets designers start at the system level with specification partitioning and work down to the circuit level using a broad variety of powerful simulators. With the right combination of sophisticated simulation technology and an extensive library of microwave system, circuit, and layout elements, designers can maximize both their productivity and resulting product performance. The diverse set of design tools enables engineers to rapidly turn their best ideas into reality! Bundled suites are available in basic (E8910), Pro (E8911), and Premier (E8912) versions. For those designers needing additional functionality, including full 2.5D EM simulation capabilities for MMIC design, please click on the following link: E8811/12 MMIC Designer Suite
Model LibrariesUse Microwave Circuit Designer's extensive library of over 90,000 different vendor models covering microwave system, circuit and layout elements to define prototypes from the component level. Models for microstrips, striplines, coplanar waveguides and suspended substrate components are all part of the available library. System level behavioral elements such as mixers, filters, amplifiers and switches are also included
User-Defined Models (included in Premier)Analog Model Development Kit (E8890) allows microwave circuit designers create their own models with either a frequency-domain representation (such as S- or Y- parameters) or a time-domain representation (such as the current and charge equations for a GaAs FET). Generated custom models provide the same run-time efficiency as a compiled model.
Linear SimulatorLinear simulationis the most frequently required analysis for the design of LNA's, filters, and passive microstrip structures, such as matching networks. Calculated gain and noise figure circles help the designer predict amplifier performance, while S-, Z-, Y-, and H-parameters provide accurate subcircuit characterization. For circuits with nonlinear devices, the DC bias point is calculated so that a small-signal analysis can be performed.
Harmonic Balance SimulatorNonlinear simulation using the improved harmonic balance technique extends the capabilities of linear simulation to include nonlinear effects such as, compression in amplifiers, mixer noise, and non-linear amplifier noise. Recent enhancements to Agilent's harmonic balancesimulator vastly improve both speed and convergence.
Circuit Envelope Simulator (included in Premier)As a hybrid time-frequency-domain simulator, Circuit Envelope is ideal for analyzing complex, digitally modulated RF signals in circuits and subsystems. This patented technology is well suited to model mixer high-order inter-modulation distortion, and mixer spectral regrowth. It is also an ideal tool for designing voltage-controlled oscillators, analyzing amplifier turn-on harmonics, and evaluating amplifier spectral regrowth. Unlike SPICE, Circuit Envelope can include dispersive distributed models to accurately analyze high-frequency effects.
Statistical Design (included in Pro and Premier)Statistical Design and Optimization technologies including discrete, gradient, random, genetic, and EM enable the rapid development of designs with optimal performance. Yield analysis characterizes the manufacturing yield of the design. Yield optimization automatically adjusts parameter values to maximize production yield.
Implementing the Physical Design
High-Frequency Based Layout Editor (included in Pro and Premier)Microwave Circuit Designer layout is the cornerstone of a physical design environment for complex Microwave circuits. Each component can have a layout representation in addition to a schematic representation and an electrical model. The ADS layout editor is fully integrated in the design environment and supports powerful design tools such as Momentum electromagnetic analysis, parameterized model generation, and design verification.
Design SynchronizationThrough design synchronization, the layout has a one-to-one correspondence with the schematic so that modifications to the layout are automatically reflected in the schematic. This powerful capability allows designers to create a layout directly from the schematic. Circuit simulations are hierarchically tied to both the schematic and the physical layout to provide fast, accurate analysis at all phases of the design process. When the layout is finished, designs are quickly transferred to manufacturing using industry standard file formats.
EM Design and VerificationElectromagnetic (EM) field simulation of passive components and circuits adds accuracy, enabling engineers to include models that are unavailable in the standard libraries. Momentum (E8921A) is an available simulator option that analyzes the high-frequency effects in arbitrary planar circuits embedded in multi-layer substrates. Simulation results are readily available to circuit simulators for inclusion in larger circuits and systems. EM field simulators are traditionally used for design verification near the end of the design phase. EM optimization software from Agilent EEsof offers automated design refinement combined with EM accuracy. After the engineer specifies performance goals, the design parameters are optimized before the final design is generated.
Graphical Cell CompilerThe Graphical Cell Compiler (GCC) enables designers or foundries to create complex parameterized artwork without in depth programming knowledge. Parameterized layouts can easily be compiled using macros such as stretch and move, flip and rotate, or repeat. The GCC can generate Microwave foundry models for FETs, inductors, resistors, and capacitors. Recent Product EnhancementsProduct enhancements in recent releases include the following:
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RF System Budget Analysis provides an RF system analysis solution in the ADS Analog/RF Environment. RF System Engineers can now analyze system chain measurements including IP3, P1-dB Compression, and similar values, early in the development cycle. For details, click on the following link:
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Training ClassesAdvanced Design System FundamentalsThis is a medium-paced three-day detailed introduction to the application of Advanced Design System (ADS) for communication systems and circuit designs. This course instructs designers on schematic capture, the proper application of a wide variety of simulators, and the display and manipulation of results. After a brief study of ADS basic operation, students design and test amplifier and filter circuits that are then placed in a down-converting receiver system for final simulation. Real-world examples are used at all times so that designers can return to their jobs ready to apply ADS effectively to their design challenges. For detailed course descriptions and class schedules worldwide, click on the following link: Advanced Topics in Circuit DesignThis is a medium-paced two-day course that shows some of the more expert features of Agilent EEsof EDA's Advanced Design System. This course instructs designers on the proper application of advanced simulation methods found in ADS, use of measured data in ADS simulations, and the modeling of devices used in common design schematics. Some of the advanced simulation methods used in the course are transient-assisted harmonic balance, yield optimization, oscillator analysis, design of experiments (DOE), and sensitivity analysis. Very realistic circuits are used in this course, such as those found in cellular phones or radio receiver sections. At the end of this course, the designer should be very comfortable with using ADS and understand how to implement the more advanced simulation methods on their own designs. For detailed course descriptions and class schedules worldwide, click on the following link: Momentum for Advanced Design System UsersThis one-day class is a medium-paced detailed review of the 2.5-D electromagnetic simulator Momentum. A number of designs are used to illustrate how the various simulation techniques may be effectively employed in a real-world situation. For detailed course descriptions and class schedules worldwide, click on the following link: Power Amplifier LinearizationThe new Power Amplifier Linearization course is a medium paced two-day detailed review of power amplifier linearization techniques. Advanced Design System examples for all the linearization techniques will be demonstrated and the design issues and performance limitations of the various techniques will be discussed. The techniques described in the course include Feedforward Linearization, Digital Predistortion, RF Predistortion, LINC, Cartesian Feedback, Memory Effects, and Efficient Amplifiers (Envelope Restoration). The instructor for this course is Dr. Shawn P. Stapleton, Professor of Electrical Engineering, Simon Fraser University. Dr. Stapleton has 17 years of experience in the design of RF and Microwave circuits and systems. He has developed GaAs MMIC components, such as mixers, amplifiers, frequency dividers and oscillators, and more recently worked on projects related to Digital Signal Processing, Mobile Communications and RF/Microwave Systems. For detailed course descriptions and class schedules worldwide, click on the following link:
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