Agilent has provided OSU with
Premier status for its
ADS educational software donation.
This provides OSU graduate students with access to the most
recent and advanced ADS tools.
Among other things OSU students will be able to use
ADS within Cadence
in our Unix (HP and Linux) platform as needed for our RFIC curriculum.
For a complete list of the new advanced features with links
describing these ADS tools check the following
Excel spreadsheed .
In addition our number of seats were upgraded from 10 to 20 Unix floating
licenses.
ADS
Advanced Design System
provides a CAD environment
for the simulation and design of RF and microwave circuits
as well as the simulation of complete communication systems.
ADS features several schematic-capture simulators such as
harmonic-balance, transient and envelope simulators for the
synthesis, analysis, optimization and layout of microwave circuits
(MIC, MMIC and RFIC).
This webpage is intended to provide a collection of
useful information for OSU EE students using ADS.
Please contact the
eda-users@ee
user group as an additional ressource for non-trivial tool questions and
configuration updates.
Agilent EEsof Knowledge Center!
New 24/7 on-line support web site is now available for ADS users at:
http://www.agilent.com/find/eesof-knowledgecenter
This site provides a productive way to answer questions regarding ADS:
check the FAQ's, download examples, check known bugs and download bug fixes.
Further technical support is also available from Agilent at
eesof_support@agilent.com
. Please copy Prof. Roblin (roblin.1@osu.edu)
in your email to Technical support
so that we can keep this local OSU documentation up-to-date. Thanks.
A list of common local problems with ADS and quick solution is available here:
HTML link
Please share problems and solutions for posting. Thanks.
ADS MANUALS, EXAMPLES & HELP
ADS Online Documentation & Examples:
HTML link.
How to start ADS (default version) Linux computers:HTML link .
How to start ADS2006A Linux computers:HTML link .
How to start ADS2008 Linux computers:HTML link .
How to use Linecalc: PDF file
or
PS file How to print in ADS? HTML file OSU tutorial for ADS (based on demo files below): PDF file Example of ADS Network Circuits:
Single stub tuner with MLIN and optimization PDF file
The ADS
demo.dsn, demo1.dsn, demo2.dsn and demo3.dsn
.
and
demo.ael, demo1.ael, demo2.ael and demo3.ael
are also available in
~roblin/EE723/demo.
Copy them in the networks subdirectory of your ADS project to
try these examples.
How to add ground plane:HTML file
Note that you need to allow
for at least 3*H spacing (H is the board thickness) between your circuit
and the ground plane except obviously when connecting to ground sections.
How to save data in ASCII format in ADS for use in MATLAB: HTML link How to do noise analysis in ADSHTML link .
Information regarding using ADS in Cadence HTML link
Table-based diode model implemented as a user-defined model
LDMOSFET table-model implemented as a user-defined model
LDMOSFET analytic model implemented as a user-defined model
Amplifier behavioral model
SOME OSU PAPERS REFERENCING ADS
RF electro-thermal modeling of LDMOSFETs for power amplifier design,
S. Akhtar, P. Roblin and J. Strahler,
IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques,
Vol. 50, No. 6, pp. 1561-1570, June 2002.
Measurement based electro-thermal modeling of LDMOSFETs,
P. Roblin, Invited Paper,
58th ARFTG conference, San Diego, Nov 29, 2001.
Low frequency feedforward linearization of LDMOSFET power amplifiers,
Shuang Yu, Master Thesis , May 2000.
Impact of the university environment and VLSI fabrication services on
mixed-signal design in a university research setting,
J. M. Parry, D. A. Bayer, S. B. Bibyk,
Circuits and Systems, MWSCAS 2001,
Proceedings of the 44th IEEE
2001 Midwest Symposium, Vol. 2, pp. 618 -621, 2001.
