Advanced Design System (ADS)
Advanced Design System is the world’s leading electronic design automation software for RF, microwave, and high speed digital applications. In a powerful and easy-to-use interface, ADS pioneers the most innovative and commercially successful technologies, such as X-parameters* and 3D EM simulators, used by leading companies in the wireless communication & networking and aerospace & defense industries. For WiMAX™, LTE, multi-gigabit per second data links, radar, & satellite applications, ADS provides full, standards-based design and verification with Wireless Libraries and circuit-system-EM co-simulation in an integrated platform.
Key Benefits of ADS
- Complete, integrated set of fast, accurate and easy-to-use system, circuit & EM simulators enable first-pass design success in a complete desktop flow
- Application-specific DesignGuides encapsulate years of expertise in an easy-to-use interface
- ADS is supported exclusively or months earlier than others by leading industry and foundry partners
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* "X-parameters" is a trademark of Agilent Technologies, Inc. The X-parameter format and underlying equations are open and documented. For more information click here.
"WiMAX" is a trademark of the WiMAX Forum.
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| 89601B/BN-105 Link to EEsof ADS/SystemVue, 89600 VSA Technical Overview
This technical overview integrates the 89600 VSA software with Agilent's EEsof Advanced Design System (ADS) electronic design automation software or SystemVue ESL software with Option 105.
Technical Overview 2012-12-19 |
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| W2349EP/ET ADS Electro-Thermal Simulator
The ADS Electro-Thermal Simulator provides accurate, "temperature aware" IC simulation results by using device temperatures that take into account thermal coupling, and thermal characteristics.
Data Sheet 2012-12-13 |
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| W2324EP/ET High Capacity Layout Pre-processor Element
The High Capacity Layout Pre-processor Element is an ODB++ file format import
and pre-processing tool that enables you to select the environment immediately
around critical nets in preparation for electromagnetic (EM) modeling.
Data Sheet 2012-10-30 |
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| W1714 SystemVue AMI Modeling Kit / W1713 SystemVue SerDes Model Library
This datasheet provides an overview of the W1714 SystemVue AMI Modeling Kit, which consists of SerDes libraries for SystemVue plus automatic IBIS AMI model generation.
Data Sheet 2012-05-21 |
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| Advanced Design System Fundamentals Datasheet
A 2-page, B & W, course overview for Advanced Design System Fundamentals. Contains specifications of the course including length, format, delivery, prerequisites, and agenda.
Data Sheet 2009-12-10 |
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| Quick Start for Signal Integrity Design Using Agilent ADS
This e-book is a quick start demonstration. It shows how to drive ADS and gives a glimpse of some of its features and benefits.
Technical Overview 2009-11-05 |
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| Testing LTE TDD MIMO Systems Using ADS Connected Solutions
This is a Technical Overview on testing LTE TDD MIMO systems using ADS Connected Solutions.
Technical Overview 2009-07-13 |
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238 KB
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| Hurdle the Gigabit-Per-Second Barrier
Overview of Agilent's Advanced Design System for Signal Integrity Analysis
Technical Overview 2009-02-12 |
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234 KB
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| Agilent EEsof Advanced Design System 2009
Technical Overview 2009-02-06 |
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| ADS for your RF Board Design Flow
Overview of ADS & Genesys for RF Board design flow.
Technical Overview 2009-02-03 |
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1.87 MB
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| Accurate Simulation Models Yield High Efficiency Power Amplifier Design
In this Paper, an accurate nonlinear transistor model is shown to form the basis for a systematic simulation-based design procedure for a microwave power amplifier.
Technical Overview 2005-12-01 |
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| RF/Microwave Oscillator Phase Noise calculation - Envelope Transient Technique
A brief Technical Overview on Rigorous RF and Microwave Oscillator Phase Noise calculation using Envelope Transient Technique by E. Ngoya, J. Rousset, and D. Argollo
Technical Overview 2005-06-22 |
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| Spreadsheet or RF System Design Software: Understanding the Tradeoffs
This Paper presents the CDMA2000 RF System Design tradeoffs (Spreadsheet or RF System Design S/W) using several examples to demonstrate many of the real-world impairments that affect system design.
Technical Overview 2004-03-01 |
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| De-Embedding Series-Connected/Transmission Configured Devices
This Technical Overview details the complete de-embedding methodology that has been successfully implemented in IC-CAP for device characterization and modeling purposes.
Technical Overview 2003-08-21 |
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| Overview on Agilent Ptolemy Data Flow Primer
The purpose of this Primer/Technical Note by (Frank Ditore) is to serve as a reference guide for the proper use & understanding of the Agilent Ptolemy Simulation environment within the ADS framework.
Technical Overview 2003-07-01 |
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| VPIsystems Cosimulation with Agilent's Advanced Design System
This Paper describes how to run Agilent's ADS in a batch mode from within VPIsystem's VPItransmissionMaker/VPIcomponentMaker allowing seamless modeling of optical communications systems.
Technical Overview 2003-05-01 |
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452 KB
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| Agilent EEsof EDA Connected Solutions Support
Agilent EEsof EDA Connected Solutions Support: Data Sheet.
Data Sheet 2003-01-28 |
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| Overview on Test Equipment with Design Tools
This Paper presents how software plays a commanding role in RF test equipment and how linking the latter with software-based EDA is bringing huge benefits to the design of RF wireless products.
Technical Overview 2003-01-17 |
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| Overview on Combined Virtual and Physical Hardware Performance Analysis
This Paper by David Leiss details how "yet-to-be-physically-realized" designs can be combined with measurements of physical hardware, as it becomes available, to help ensure the success of the system.
Technical Overview 2002-10-01 |
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| Box and waveguide feature in ADS - a Technical Overview
This paper presents a Technical Overview on Box and Waveguide feature in ADS.
Technical Overview 2002-07-11 |
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| Overview on WLAN Test System using Hardware Equipment with EDA Software Package
This Paper presents test measurements such as EVM and ORFS for transmission tests as well as minimum input level sensitivity and Adjacent Channel Rejection tests as required by the WLAN standard.
Technical Overview 2002-07-01 |
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| Automated Circuit Modeling Tool for Arbitrary Passive Microwave and RF Components
This Paper describes an automated circuit-modeling tool developed for arbitrary passive components. The tool builds compact, parameterized, analytical models based on fullwave EM simulations.
Technical Overview 2002-06-24 |
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| Polygonal Basis Functions for EM Simulation of Geometrical Planar Structures
This paper presents a new polygonal vector functions that are the generalization of the rectangular and triangular rooftop functions allowing flexible meshing of complex geometrical structures.
Technical Overview 2002-06-01 |
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| Overview on Constrained EM-based Modeling of Passive Components
An Overview by Tom Dhaene, Jan De Geest and Daniel De Zutter (Agilent Technologies) focusing on details of constrained EM-based modeling of passive components.
Technical Overview 2002-06-01 |
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| Application of Quasi-Static MoM for Design of OC-192 and OC-768 Fiber Optic ICs
This Paper presents a novel global layout modeling technique based on a quasi- static Method of Moments (MOM) analysis for the design of 10 and 40 Gbit/sec Fiber Optic ICs.
Technical Overview 2002-05-01 |
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