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This area contains links to all printed and video application notes, examples, demonstrations, and tutorials. While these articles feature the selected product, they often use multiple GENESYS products.

Application Areas

• Amplifiers
• Filters
• Oscillators
• System Architecture Design Using Spectrasys
• Manufacturing and Test

Amplifiers

Application Notes

• Featured in Eagleware-Elanix News: Using Genesys to Design Power Amplifiers, August 2003 ( 340 KB)
• Simulating a GaAs FET Power Amplifier with Genesys, Mar 2002 ( 765 KB)
• Low Noise Amplifier for 1900 MHZ Applications, Feb 2001 ( 1.8 MB)

Video Applications and Tutorials

• Harbec Overview - March 2003
• Power Amplifier Design with Genesys - March 2003
• Low-Noise Amplifier Design with Genesys - March 2003
• Spectrasys Feed Forward Amplifier Example - March 2003

Magazine Articles

• "Integrated Software for Electromagnetic Simulation", Rob Lefebvre, Microwave Journal, November 1998, pp. 136-140. ( 54 KB)

Third Party Application Notes

• #5003: "A Low-cost, Two-stage Low Noise Amplifier for 5 GHz to 6 GHz Applications Using the Silicon-germanium BFP640 Transistor", Gerard Wevers, Infineon Technologies, RF Design, November 2003, pp. 12-28. ( 1.0 MB)
• "Designing with the HMC414MS8G PA Utilizing a Low Cost Laminated Printed Circuit Board", Hittite Microwave Corporation, January 2003. ( 836 KB)
• "A 35 dB Gain-Sloped LNB I.F. Amplifier for Direct Broadcast Satellite Television Applications using the BGA430 & BGB540 Silicon MMICs", Infineon Technologies, November 2002. ( 726 KB)
  
  

Filters

NEW!   Forum Postings

• Filters with Complex-Impedance Terminations, Randall W. Rhea, 14 November 2005.   ( 75 KB)

Video Applications and Tutorials

• New!   Passive Filter Synthesis - May 2007
• M/Filter Synthesis - May 2007
• S/Filter Walkthrough - March 2003
• Introduction to the High Accuracy RLC Library by Modelithics - March 2004
• Designing a Distributed Lowpass Filter Using S/Filter - March 2003
• Designing a Filter with Equal-Valued Inductors Using S/Filter - March 2003
• S/Filter Technical Introduction - March 2003
• Equalize Walkthrough - March 2003
• A/Filter Walkthrough - March 2003
• Edge Coupled Filter Empower Benchmark - March 2003
• Hybrid Coplanar Bandstop Filter with Empower, Illustrates Unique 3D EMPOWER Capabilities: Bondwires, Hybrid Slot Mode - March 2003
• Spectrasys Feed Forward Amplifier Example - March 2003
• Custom Filter Topology with Empower Viewer - March 2003
• Tuned Combline Filter with Empower Cosimulation - March 2003
• M/Filter and Empower Combline Walkthrough - March 2003
• LC Filter Design - March 2003

Magazine Articles

• "The Singly Equalized Filter Class", Randall W. Rhea, RF Globalnet, 4 Jan 2006
  ( 131 KB)

• "Transforms Aid the Design of Practical Filters", Randall W. Rhea, Applied Microwave & Wireless, Dec 2001 ( 968 KB)

• "Exploiting Filter Symmetry", Randy Rhea, Microwave Journal, May 2001 ( 184 KB)
• "Transmission Zeros in Filter Design", Randy Rhea, Applied Microwave & Wireless, Jan 2001 ( 154 KB)
• "Filters and an Oscillator Using a New Solenoid Model", Randall W. Rhea, Applied Microwave & Wireless, Nov 2000 ( 709 KB)
• New Program Directly Synthesizes Filters With Arbitrary Transmission Zero Placement, Glenn Parker, Applied Microwave & Wireless, Sept 2000 ( 383 KB)

Technical Journal and Symposium Publications by Eagleware-Elanix Staff

• CAD for Circuits with Piezoelectric Devices, Randy Rhea, 2000 IEEE/EIA International Frequency Control Symposium and Exhibition, July 2000 ( 322 KB)
• CAD Techniques Applied to LTCC Technology, Randy Rhea, MTT/IMS 2000, June 2000 ( 429 KB)

Oscillators

Video Applications and Tutorials

• Oscillator Synthesis - May 2007
• Oscillator Walkthrough - March 2003
• Oscillator synthesis and simulation with GENESYS - March 2003

Magazine Articles

• "A New Class of Oscillators", Randall Rhea, IEEE Microwave Magazine, June 2004 ( 2.0 MB)
• "Recent Trends in Oscillator Design", Randall Rhea, Bill Clausen, Microwave Journal, January 2004 ( 642 KB)

• "Filters and an Oscillator Using a New Solenoid Model", Randall W. Rhea, Applied Microwave & Wireless, Nov 2000 ( 710 KB)

• "Designing a Low-Noise VCO on FR4", Randall W. Rhea, RF Design, Sept 1999 ( 265 KB)

Commercial Books, Videos, and CDs by Eagleware-Elanix Staff

• Randy Rhea, High Frequency Oscillator Design. 5-CD Tutorial. Noble Training Series, 2003.
• Randy Rhea, Oscillator Design and Computer Simulation. Atlanta: Noble Publishing 1995. Publication #3002.
• Randy Rhea, HF Filter Design and Computer Simulation. Atlanta: Noble Publishing 1994. Publication #3001.

Technical Journal and Symposium Publications by Eagleware-Elanix Staff

• "Advanced Design Techniques From Synthesis Through Test: A 900 MHz VCO", Randall W. Rhea, 1999 IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium & Exhibition, Microwave Application & Product Seminars. ( 415 KB)
  (Also available, MTT3.SCH example file for Genesys/EM V6.5B.)

User-Contributed Application Notes

System Architecture Design Using Spectrasys

Video Applications and Tutorials

• Spectrasys Tutorial - June 2003
• Eliminate Costly Design Turns Using Good RF Architecture Tools - June 2003
• Optimizing Intermod Performance with Spectrasys - March 2003
• Image Noise Calculation with Spectrasys - March 2003
• VSWR Power Tester with Spectrasys - March 2003
• Spectrasys Feed Forward Amplifier Example - March 2003

Application Notes

• Practical Intercept Measurements and Cascaded Intermod Equations, May 2007. ( 248 KB)
• Using CAD for RF Architecture Engineering and Optimization, Jan 2003 ( 215 KB)

Magazine Articles

• "Effective Cascaded Intermodulation Analysis", Rulon VanDyke, RF Design, September 2004. ( 82 KB)
• "Simulation Approach Aids RF Design Debugging", Rulon VanDyke, Microwaves & RF, August 2003. ( 92 KB)
• "Relating Cascading Noise Figures to Real-World Performance", Rulon VanDyke, RF Design, January 2003. ( 814 KB)
• "Spectral Domain System Simulation Identifies RF/Microwave Design Problems Early", Rulon VanDyke, Applied Microwave & Wireless, June 2002 ( 484 KB)

Third Party Printed Application Notes

• High IP3 Mixers for Cellular Applications, Hittite Microwave Corporation ( 300 KB)

Manufacturing and Test

Application Notes

• A Simple Scalar Network Analyzer System Automated With TestLink, May 2003 ( 768 KB)
• Simulating a GaAs FET Power Amplifier with Genesys, Mar 2002 ( 765 KB)
• Understanding Reference Planes for Device Packages, Dec 2002 ( 412 KB)

Video Applications and Tutorials

• TestLink Walkthrough - March 2003
• W1430L Genesys Virtual VNA Bundle demonstration

Magazine Articles

• "Genesys Version 8.0 Expands Design Options with TestLink", Applied Microwave & Wireless, Sept 2001 ( 3.74 MB)

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