Complete RF And Microwave Design Flow with AWR Design Environment. Tabish Khan, AWR Corporation

Size: px
Start display at page:

Download "Complete RF And Microwave Design Flow with AWR Design Environment. Tabish Khan, AWR Corporation"

Transcription

1 Complete RF And Microwave Design Flow with AWR Design Environment Tabish Khan, AWR Corporation

2 Traditional Serial Design Flow Separate tools, user interfaces, netlists and databases System Design Design Capture Simulate/ Analyze Layout Verify EM/ Extract time Data FIles Data Dispersion Netlist Data Dispersion Data FIles Data Dispersion Netlist Data Dispersion Data Files Data Dispersion Netlist Manufacture AWR concurrent/synchronous design flow System Design Design Capture Simulate/ Analyze AWR Unified Data Model Layout Typical 30% to 70% design cycle time reduction and better product performance with fewer design spins time Verify EM/ Extract Manufacture

3 Microwave Office RF and Microwave Design Software Concurrent electrical/physical design Powerful circuit and EM simulation Fast tune, optimize, yield analysis RF aware layout MMIC design and layout GaAs, GaN, SiGe, foundry PDK s Module design and layout MIC, LTCC, RF PCB

4 AWR s EXTRACT Flow Automates creation of EM Documents: Creates geometry from layout Selects EM simulator of choice Automatically adds ports Sophisticated auto-mesh Rapid design iterations Allows EM results to be seamlessly included in any of the circuit simulations that are supported by the AWR Design Environment AWR Company Confidential Reduce engineering overhead

5 AXIEM 3D Planar EM Analysis Software On chip passives PCB interconnect Planar antennas Fast and accurate!

6 Analyst TM Finite Element, Open Boundary 3D Solver Highly Distributed, Very High Capacity Standalone for truly 3D structures such as waveguides, filters, connectors/transitions, cavities, magnets, tubes, antennas. Integrated into MWO AWR Company Confidential

7 Visual System Simulator for RF System Simulation RF Budget Cascade gain Input/output IP3 Noise figure, etc. RF Inspector Heritage tone inspector to identify the cause of an inter-modulation product of an RF link The most complete RF system simulation functionality in one integrated tool RF System End-to-End analysis C/N, BER, ACPR, EVM, etc. Circuit co-simulation LabView co-simulation Communication Standards WiMAX, IS2000, UWB, WCDMA 3GPP LTE, QAM, OQPSK, MPSK, GSM EDGE, DVB, a/b/g, etc.

8 AWR s Visual System Simulator EDA Solution for Communications Systems Mode s include: Time Domain Complex Envelope Spur Analysis RF Link simulation includes Amplifier, Mixer, Filter Co-simulate with MWO circuits Co-simulate with hardware Measurements include Spectrum EVM Adjacent Channel Power Perform end-to-end simulations

9 LabVIEW VSS Co-simulation

10 Why Connect LabVIEW and VSS? + Control instruments from AWR s VSS environment Characterize simulated RF parts with LabVIEW algorithms & measurements Ultimate goal: correlate physical measurements with simulation 2013 AWR Corporation. All rights reserved.

11 Measurements in the Design Flow Design Verification Product Verification Research/Modeling Design/Simulation Verification/Validation Manufacturing Measurements to create models Hardware in the Loop to improve simulations Verification Test Production Test 2013 AWR Corporation. All rights reserved.

12 RADAR System Design with VSS & LabVIEW cv Complete RADAR System Simulation in AWR VSS Complete RADAR System Prototype with PXI VSA cv FPGA VSG

13 Future Integration Vision Component Testing Dimension Cross-domain Design Dimension MWO Receiver Frontend VSS Instrument Control LV based Algorithms LV VSG/VSA/HW Interface FPGA/HW Interface PXI Deploy Prototyping Dimension 2013 AWR Corporation. All rights reserved.

14 VSS Radar Library 2013 AWR Corporation. All rights reserved.

15 RADAR Tx Chain Analysis Analysis methods in VSS include Link budget analysis Spur analysis Custom analysis possible in LabVIEW AMP_B Behavioral PA or NL_S TP M_PROBE PORTDIN BPFB AMP_B BPFB IN MIXER_B OUT BPFE AMP_B BPFE IN MIXER_B OUT BPFB AMP_B BPFB ISOLATOR PORTDOUT MHz LO LO 9015MHz TONE TONE MMIC PA 340MHz 8665MHz 2013 AWR Corporation. All rights reserved.

16 S4\BPFB (F1) S4\AMP_B (A1) S4\BPFB (F2) S4\MIXER_B (Mixer1) S4\BPFE (F3) S4\AMP_B (A2) S4\BPFE (F4) S4\MIXER_B (Mixer2) S4\BPFB (F5) S4\AMP_B (A5) S4\AMP_B (A4) S4\BPFB (F6) S4\ISOLATOR (S8) TX_ANTENNA (S7) S4\BPFB (F1) S4\AMP_B (A1) S4\BPFB (F2) S4\MIXER_B (Mixer1) S4\BPFE (F3) S4\AMP_B (A2) S4\BPFE (F4) S4\MIXER_B (Mixer2) S4\BPFB (F5) S4\AMP_B (A5) S4\AMP_B (A4) S4\BPFB (F6) S4\ISOLATOR (S8) TX_ANTENNA (S7) Link Budget Analysis Results: Cascaded NF Available Gain Spurs Spurs 60 RFI for TX RFB Cumulative Gain for TX DB(C_GA(TP.Start,TP.Stop,1,0,1))[1] RFB Tx System MHz dbm db p DB(C_NF(TP.Start,TP.Stop,0,1,0,1))[1] RFB Tx System RFB C_NF for TX p1 p1: Available Gain, Cumulative, db Freq=9015 MHz Frequency (MHz) RFB Cumulative Gain for TX 60 p db 40 DB(C_GA(TP.Start,TP.Stop,1,0,1))[1] RFB Tx System db Noise Figure p1: Cascaded Noise Figure, Signal, Cumulative, db Freq=9015 MHz 20 0 Gain p1: Available Gain, Cumulative, db Freq=9015 MHz 0-20 S4\BPFB (F1) S4\AMP_B (A1) S4\BPFB (F2) S4\MIXER_B (Mixer1) S4\BPFE (F3) S4\AMP_B (A2) S4\BPFE (F4) S4\MIXER_B (Mixer2) S4\BPFB (F5) S4\AMP_B (A5) S4\AMP_B (A4) S4\BPFB (F6) S4\ISOLATOR (S8) TX_ANTENNA (S7) 2013 AWR Corporation. All rights reserved.

17 RADAR Antenna Models in VSS RX antenna model can have multiple inputs to allow for interfering signals and/or clutter THETA and PHI can be specified for Desired Signal, Jammer, Clutter, etc. Corresponding gain and phase are picked off antenna pattern Multiple Theta Phi cuts Desired signal & Clutter Jammer 2013 AWR Corporation. All rights reserved.

18 RADAR in VSS Baseband in LabVieW 2013 AWR Corporation. All rights reserved.

19 MTD Algorithm in LabVIEW Input 2013 AWR Corporation. All rights reserved.

20 Example Output of MTD Algorithm MIN RANGE VERSUS CLUTTER MIN RANGE VERSUS CLUTTER 2013 AWR Corporation. All rights reserved.

21 RADAR System Design with VSS & LabVIEW cv Complete RADAR System Simulation in AWR VSS Complete RADAR System Prototype with PXI VSA cv FPGA VSG

22 Learn More Online: Communities: Facebook Twitter LinkedIn YouTube

RF and Microwave Test and Design Roadshow 5 Locations across Australia and New Zealand

RF and Microwave Test and Design Roadshow 5 Locations across Australia and New Zealand RF and Microwave Test and Design Roadshow 5 Locations across Australia and New Zealand ni.com Design and test of RADAR systems Agenda Radar Overview Tools Overview VSS LabVIEW PXI Design and Simulation

More information

Linking RF Design and Test Connecting RF Design Software to LabVIEW & Instruments

Linking RF Design and Test Connecting RF Design Software to LabVIEW & Instruments Linking RF Design and Test Connecting RF Design Software to LabVIEW & Instruments Future of RF System Design RF/Microwave Circuit Design Electromagnetic Simulation Link Budget Analysis System simulation

More information

AWR. SIP Flow White Paper UNDERSTANDING AVAILABLE TOOLS FOR RF SYSTEM-IN-PACKAGE AND MULTI-CHIP-MODULE DESIGN AND OPTIMIZATION

AWR. SIP Flow White Paper UNDERSTANDING AVAILABLE TOOLS FOR RF SYSTEM-IN-PACKAGE AND MULTI-CHIP-MODULE DESIGN AND OPTIMIZATION UNDERSTANDING AVAILABLE TOOLS FOR RF SYSTEM-IN-PACKAGE AND MULTI-CHIP-MODULE DESIGN AND OPTIMIZATION RF system-in-package (SiP) and multi-chip-module (MCM) designs present engineers with the challenge

More information

Innovations in EDA Webcast Series

Innovations in EDA Webcast Series Welcome Innovations in EDA Webcast Series August 2, 2012 Jack Sifri MMIC Design Flow Specialist IC, Laminate, Package Multi-Technology PA Module Design Methodology Realizing the Multi-Technology Vision

More information

Evaluation of Package Properties for RF BJTs

Evaluation of Package Properties for RF BJTs Application Note Evaluation of Package Properties for RF BJTs Overview EDA simulation software streamlines the development of digital and analog circuits from definition of concept and estimation of required

More information

NI AWR Design Environment V13

NI AWR Design Environment V13 Product Review NI AWR Design Environment V13 Customer Driven Next-generation wireless devices, LTE-A/5G infrastructure, and aerospace/defense electronic systems are creating new challenges for the way

More information

Designing Next-Generation AESA Radar Part 2: Individual Antenna Design

Designing Next-Generation AESA Radar Part 2: Individual Antenna Design Design Designing Next-Generation AESA Radar Part 2: Individual Antenna Design Figure 8: Antenna design Specsheet user interface showing the electrical requirements input (a), physical constraints input

More information

Stephen Plumb National Instruments

Stephen Plumb National Instruments RF and Microwave Test and Design Roadshow Cape Town and Midrand October 2014 Stephen Plumb National Instruments Our Mission We equip engineers and scientists with tools that accelerate productivity, innovation,

More information

Using GoldenGate to Verify and Improve Your Designs Using Real Signals

Using GoldenGate to Verify and Improve Your Designs Using Real Signals Using GoldenGate to Verify and Improve Your Designs Using Real Signals Enabling more complete understanding of your designs Agilent EEsof EDA 1 Outline What problems do designers face? Main point of this

More information

Modeling Physical PCB Effects 5&

Modeling Physical PCB Effects 5& Abstract Getting logical designs to meet specifications is the first step in creating a manufacturable design. Getting the physical design to work is the next step. The physical effects of PCB materials,

More information

Design Technologies for MIMO and Phased-Array Antenna System Development

Design Technologies for MIMO and Phased-Array Antenna System Development Application Note Design Technologies for MIMO and Phased-Array Antenna System Development Overview Phased-array antennas are becoming popular for a variety of applications such as automotive driver assist

More information

Thales UK Designs GaN MMIC/Packaging for EU MAGNUS Program Using NI AWR Software

Thales UK Designs GaN MMIC/Packaging for EU MAGNUS Program Using NI AWR Software Success Story Thales UK Designs GaN MMIC/Packaging for EU MAGNUS Program Using NI AWR Software Company Profile Thales UK is a world-leading innovator across the aerospace, defense, ground transportation,

More information

Simulating and Testing of Signal Processing Methods for Frequency Stepped Chirp Radar

Simulating and Testing of Signal Processing Methods for Frequency Stepped Chirp Radar Test & Measurement Simulating and Testing of Signal Processing Methods for Frequency Stepped Chirp Radar Modern radar systems serve a broad range of commercial, civil, scientific and military applications.

More information

The wireless industry

The wireless industry From May 2007 High Frequency Electronics Copyright Summit Technical Media, LLC RF SiP Design Verification Flow with Quadruple LO Down Converter SiP By HeeSoo Lee and Dean Nicholson Agilent Technologies

More information

Bridging the Gap between System & Circuit Designers

Bridging the Gap between System & Circuit Designers Bridging the Gap between System & Circuit Designers October 27, 2004 Presented by: Kal Kalbasi Q & A Marc Petersen Copyright 2003 Agilent Technologies, Inc. The Gap System Communication System Design System

More information

Design Technologies for MIMO and Phased- Array Antenna System Development

Design Technologies for MIMO and Phased- Array Antenna System Development Design Technologies for MIMO and Phased- Array Antenna System Development Table 1: Measurements for 10 cm wavelength weather surveillance radars Phased-array antennas are becoming popular for a variety

More information

Microwave Office Application Note

Microwave Office Application Note Microwave Office Application Note INTRODUCTION The X-band frequency range has been designated for critical military and public safety applications such as satellite communications, radar, terrestrial communications

More information

Design, Optimization and Production of an Ultra-Wideband (UWB) Receiver

Design, Optimization and Production of an Ultra-Wideband (UWB) Receiver Application Note Design, Optimization and Production of an Ultra-Wideband (UWB) Receiver Overview This application note describes the design process for an ultra-wideband (UWB) receiver, including both

More information

Packaged mm-wave GaN, GaAs and Si ICs for 5G and automotive radar

Packaged mm-wave GaN, GaAs and Si ICs for 5G and automotive radar Packaged mm-wave GaN, GaAs and Si ICs for 5G and automotive radar Eric Leclerc UMS 1 st Nov 2018 Outline Why heterogenous integration? About UMS Technology portfolio Design tooling: Cadence / GoldenGate

More information

NI AWR Software AWR. ni.com/awr. ni.com/awr. Product Portfolio

NI AWR Software AWR. ni.com/awr. ni.com/awr. Product Portfolio NI AWR Software Product Portfolio AWR ni.com/awr ni.com/awr NI AWR Software Wireless Design: Trends and Challenges Next-generation wireless devices, communications infrastructure, and aerospace/defense

More information

New System Simulator Includes Spectral Domain Analysis

New System Simulator Includes Spectral Domain Analysis New System Simulator Includes Spectral Domain Analysis By Dale D. Henkes, ACS Figure 1: The ACS Visual System Architect s System Schematic With advances in RF and wireless technology, it is often the case

More information

Analog Devices Welcomes Hittite Microwave Corporation NO CONTENT ON THE ATTACHED DOCUMENT HAS CHANGED

Analog Devices Welcomes Hittite Microwave Corporation NO CONTENT ON THE ATTACHED DOCUMENT HAS CHANGED Analog Devices Welcomes Hittite Microwave Corporation NO CONTENT ON THE ATTACHED DOCUMENT HAS CHANGED www.analog.com www.hittite.com THIS PAGE INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK 17 Product Application Notes Introduction

More information

RF System Design and Analysis Software Enhances RF Architectural Planning

RF System Design and Analysis Software Enhances RF Architectural Planning RF System Design and Analysis Software Enhances RF Architectural Planning By Dale D. Henkes Applied Computational Sciences (ACS) Historically, commercial software This new software enables convenient simulation

More information

Design and Matching of a 60-GHz Printed Antenna

Design and Matching of a 60-GHz Printed Antenna Application Example Design and Matching of a 60-GHz Printed Antenna Using NI AWR Software and AWR Connected for Optenni Figure 1: Patch antenna performance. Impedance matching of high-frequency components

More information

Using a design-to-test capability for LTE MIMO (Part 1 of 2)

Using a design-to-test capability for LTE MIMO (Part 1 of 2) Using a design-to-test capability for LTE MIMO (Part 1 of 2) System-level simulation helps engineers gain valuable insight into the design sensitivities of Long Term Evolution (LTE) Multiple-Input Multiple-Output

More information

Microwave Office Application Note

Microwave Office Application Note Microwave Office Application Note INTRODUCTION Wireless system components, including gallium arsenide (GaAs) pseudomorphic high-electron-mobility transistor (phemt) frequency doublers, quadruplers, and

More information

Microwave Office Application Note

Microwave Office Application Note Microwave Office Application Note INTRODUCTION Wireless system components, including gallium arsenide (GaAs) pseudomorphic high-electron-mobility transistor (phemt) frequency doublers, quadruplers, and

More information

A Product Development Flow for 5G/LTE Envelope Tracking Power Amplifiers, Part 2

A Product Development Flow for 5G/LTE Envelope Tracking Power Amplifiers, Part 2 Test & Measurement A Product Development Flow for 5G/LTE Envelope Tracking Power Amplifiers, Part 2 ET and DPD Enhance Efficiency and Linearity Figure 12: Simulated AM-AM and AM-PM response plots for a

More information

Testing RFIC Power Amplifiers with Envelope Tracking. April 2014

Testing RFIC Power Amplifiers with Envelope Tracking. April 2014 Testing RFIC Power Amplifiers with Envelope Tracking April 2014 1 Agenda Key Test Challenges Addressing Test Challenges New emerging technologies such as envelope tracking and DPD and their implications

More information

Modeling & Simulating Antenna Arrays and RF Beamforming Algorithms Giorgia Zucchelli Product Marketing MathWorks

Modeling & Simulating Antenna Arrays and RF Beamforming Algorithms Giorgia Zucchelli Product Marketing MathWorks Modeling & Simulating Antenna Arrays and RF Beamforming Algorithms Giorgia Zucchelli Product Marketing MathWorks giorgia.zucchelli@mathworks.nl 2016 The MathWorks, Inc. 1 Agenda Introducing antenna design

More information

Today s communication

Today s communication From October 2009 High Frequency Electronics Copyright 2009 Summit Technical Media, LLC Selecting High-Linearity Mixers for Wireless Base Stations By Stephanie Overhoff Maxim Integrated Products, Inc.

More information

RF, HIL and Radar Test

RF, HIL and Radar Test RF, HIL and Radar Test Abhay Samant Marketing Manager India, Russia and Arabia RF Hardware In The Loop Complex Radio Environment Components of RF HIL Communication Modems Channel Simulation GPS Simulation

More information

Agilent EEsof EDA. Enabling First Pass Success. Chee Keong, Teo Business Development Manager EEsof South Asia. Agilent Restricted

Agilent EEsof EDA. Enabling First Pass Success. Chee Keong, Teo Business Development Manager EEsof South Asia. Agilent Restricted Agilent EEsof EDA Enabling First Pass Success Chee Keong, Teo Business Development Manager EEsof South Asia EEsof EDA is Strategic to Agilent Technologies As the world s premier measurement company, Agilent

More information

IMS2017 Power Amplifier Linearization through DPD Student Design Competition (SDC): Signals, Scoring & Test Setup Description

IMS2017 Power Amplifier Linearization through DPD Student Design Competition (SDC): Signals, Scoring & Test Setup Description IMS2017 Power Amplifier Linearization through DPD Student Design Competition (SDC: Signals, Scoring & Test Setup Description I. Introduction The objective of the IMS2017 SDC is to design an appropriate

More information

22 Marzo 2012 IFEMA, Madrid spain.ni.com/nidays.

22 Marzo 2012 IFEMA, Madrid spain.ni.com/nidays. 22 Marzo 2012 IFEMA, Madrid spain.ni.com/nidays www.infoplc.net The Art of Benchmarking Speed PXI Versus Rack-and-Stack Test Equipment Filippo Persia Systems Engineer Automated Test Mediterranean Region

More information

General configuration

General configuration Transmitter General configuration In some cases the modulator operates directly at the transmission frequency (no up conversion required) In digital transmitters, the information is represented by the

More information

mm-wave Transceiver Challenges for the 5G and 60GHz Standards Prof. Emanuel Cohen Technion

mm-wave Transceiver Challenges for the 5G and 60GHz Standards Prof. Emanuel Cohen Technion mm-wave Transceiver Challenges for the 5G and 60GHz Standards Prof. Emanuel Cohen Technion November 11, 11, 2015 2015 1 mm-wave advantage Why is mm-wave interesting now? Available Spectrum 7 GHz of virtually

More information

MMIC/RFIC Packaging Challenges Webcast (July 28, AM PST 12PM EST)

MMIC/RFIC Packaging Challenges Webcast (July 28, AM PST 12PM EST) MMIC/RFIC Packaging Challenges Webcast ( 9AM PST 12PM EST) Board Package Chip HEESOO LEE Agilent EEsof 3DEM Technical Lead 1 Agenda 1. MMIC/RFIC packaging challenges 2. Design techniques and solutions

More information

TSEK38 Radio Frequency Transceiver Design: Project work B

TSEK38 Radio Frequency Transceiver Design: Project work B TSEK38 Project Work: Task specification A 1(15) TSEK38 Radio Frequency Transceiver Design: Project work B Course home page: Course responsible: http://www.isy.liu.se/en/edu/kurs/tsek38/ Ted Johansson (ted.johansson@liu.se)

More information

VST 6 GHz RF Vector Signal Transceiver (VST)

VST 6 GHz RF Vector Signal Transceiver (VST) VST 6 GHz RF Vector Signal Transceiver (VST) 2016 Datasheet The most important thing we build is trust Key features Vector signal analyser and generator in a single 3U x 3 slot wide PXIe module 65 MHz

More information

RF Board Design for Next Generation Wireless Systems

RF Board Design for Next Generation Wireless Systems RF Board Design for Next Generation Wireless Systems Page 1 Introduction Purpose: Provide basic background on emerging WiMax standard Introduce a new tool for Genesys that will aide in the design and verification

More information

2015 The MathWorks, Inc. 1

2015 The MathWorks, Inc. 1 2015 The MathWorks, Inc. 1 What s Behind 5G Wireless Communications? 서기환과장 2015 The MathWorks, Inc. 2 Agenda 5G goals and requirements Modeling and simulating key 5G technologies Release 15: Enhanced Mobile

More information

RF 파워앰프테스트를위한 Envelope Tracking 및 DPD 기술

RF 파워앰프테스트를위한 Envelope Tracking 및 DPD 기술 RF 파워앰프테스트를위한 Envelope Tracking 및 DPD 기술 한국내쇼날인스트루먼트 RF 테스트담당한정규 jungkyu.han@ni.com Welcome to the World of RFICs Low Noise Amplifiers Power Amplifiers RF Switches Duplexer and Filters 2 Transmitter Power

More information

Modeling Your Systems in ADS

Modeling Your Systems in ADS Modeling Your Systems in ADS Challenges for Aerospace and Defense Applications Custom signal formats required for design & testing Bring user s IP in ADS Unique signal processing Evaluating and Modeling

More information

Front-To-Back MMIC Design Flow with ADS. Speed MMICs to market Save money and achieve high yield

Front-To-Back MMIC Design Flow with ADS. Speed MMICs to market Save money and achieve high yield Front-To-Back MMIC Design Flow with ADS Speed MMICs to market Save money and achieve high yield 1 Unique Tools for Robust Designs, First Pass, and High Yield Yield Sensitivity Histogram (YSH) to components

More information

AWR Design V11 AWR. Magazine. National Instruments. Customer Success Stories

AWR Design V11 AWR. Magazine. National Instruments.     Customer Success Stories AWR Design National Instruments Magazine V11 AWR New Era for AWR Radio-Frequency Planning for Modern System Design NI AWR Design Environment V11 - Focus on Productivity Customer Success Stories AWR Design

More information

Advances in RF and Microwave Measurement Technology

Advances in RF and Microwave Measurement Technology 1 Advances in RF and Microwave Measurement Technology Rejwan Ali Marketing Engineer NI Africa and Oceania New Demands in Modern RF and Microwave Test In semiconductor and wireless, technologies such as

More information

PXI LTE/LTE-A Downlink (FDD and TDD) Measurement Suite Data Sheet

PXI LTE/LTE-A Downlink (FDD and TDD) Measurement Suite Data Sheet PXI LTE/LTE-A Downlink (FDD and TDD) Measurement Suite Data Sheet The most important thing we build is trust Designed for the production test of the base station RF, tailored for the evolving small cell

More information

Analog Devices Welcomes Hittite Microwave Corporation NO CONTENT ON THE ATTACHED DOCUMENT HAS CHANGED

Analog Devices Welcomes Hittite Microwave Corporation NO CONTENT ON THE ATTACHED DOCUMENT HAS CHANGED Analog Devices Welcomes Hittite Microwave Corporation NO CONTENT ON THE ATTACHED DOCUMENT HAS CHANGED www.analog.com www.hittite.com THIS PAGE INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK v01.05.00 HMC141/142 MIXER OPERATION

More information

Production Test and Spectral Monitoring

Production Test and Spectral Monitoring 1 Production Test and Spectral Monitoring Stephen Plumb Key RF Building Blocks Symbol Name Types Function Amplifier (2 port) Power Amplifier Low Noise Amplifier Amplify signal before transmission (high

More information

Methods and Approaches for RF Circuit Simulation And Electromagnetic Modelling

Methods and Approaches for RF Circuit Simulation And Electromagnetic Modelling Methods and Approaches for RF Circuit Simulation And Electromagnetic Modelling T.A.M. Kevenaar 1, E.J.W. ter Maten 1, H.H.J. Janssen 1, S. Onneweer 2 1 Philips Research, Eindhoven, The Netherlands 2 Philips

More information

TSEK02: Radio Electronics Lecture 8: RX Nonlinearity Issues, Demodulation. Ted Johansson, EKS, ISY

TSEK02: Radio Electronics Lecture 8: RX Nonlinearity Issues, Demodulation. Ted Johansson, EKS, ISY TSEK02: Radio Electronics Lecture 8: RX Nonlinearity Issues, Demodulation Ted Johansson, EKS, ISY RX Nonlinearity Issues: 2.2, 2.4 Demodulation: not in the book 2 RX nonlinearities System Nonlinearity

More information

Fundamentals of RF Design RF Back to Basics 2015

Fundamentals of RF Design RF Back to Basics 2015 Fundamentals of RF Design 2015 Updated January 1, 2015 Keysight EEsof EDA Objectives Review Simulation Types Understand fundamentals on S-Parameter Simulation Additional Linear and Non-Linear Simulators

More information

ELEN 701 RF & Microwave Systems Engineering. Lecture 4 October 11, 2006 Dr. Michael Thorburn Santa Clara University

ELEN 701 RF & Microwave Systems Engineering. Lecture 4 October 11, 2006 Dr. Michael Thorburn Santa Clara University ELEN 7 RF & Microwave Systems Engineering Lecture 4 October, 26 Dr. Michael Thorburn Santa Clara University Lecture 5 Receiver System Analysis and Design, Part II Key Parameters Intermodulation Characteristics

More information

Transmit Power Extension Power Combiners/Splitters Figure 1 Figure 2

Transmit Power Extension Power Combiners/Splitters Figure 1 Figure 2 May 2010 Increasing the Maximum Transmit Power Rating of a Power Amplifier Using a Power Combining Technique By Tom Valencia and Stephane Wloczysiak, Skyworks Solutions, Inc. Abstract Today s broadband

More information

Low Noise Amplifier Design Methodology Summary By Ambarish Roy, Skyworks Solutions, Inc.

Low Noise Amplifier Design Methodology Summary By Ambarish Roy, Skyworks Solutions, Inc. February 2014 Low Noise Amplifier Design Methodology Summary By Ambarish Roy, Skyworks Solutions, Inc. Low Noise Amplifiers (LNAs) amplify weak signals received by the antenna in communication systems.

More information

Reinventing the Transmit Chain for Next-Generation Multimode Wireless Devices. By: Richard Harlan, Director of Technical Marketing, ParkerVision

Reinventing the Transmit Chain for Next-Generation Multimode Wireless Devices. By: Richard Harlan, Director of Technical Marketing, ParkerVision Reinventing the Transmit Chain for Next-Generation Multimode Wireless Devices By: Richard Harlan, Director of Technical Marketing, ParkerVision Upcoming generations of radio access standards are placing

More information

VIAVI VST. Data Sheet. 6 GHz RF Vector Signal Transceiver (VST)

VIAVI VST. Data Sheet. 6 GHz RF Vector Signal Transceiver (VST) Data Sheet VIAVI 6 GHz RF Vector Signal Transceiver () VIAVI Solutions The Vector Signal Transceiver () is an essential building block in RF communications test solutions supplied by VIAVI Solutions. Overview

More information

Infineon Supports LTE-A LNA Customers With Band-Specific Application Notes Generated With NI AWR Software

Infineon Supports LTE-A LNA Customers With Band-Specific Application Notes Generated With NI AWR Software Success Story Infineon Supports LTE-A LNA Customers With Band-Specific Application Notes Generated With NI AWR Software Company Profile Infineon Technologies AG is a German semiconductor manufacturer spin

More information

From Antenna to Bits:

From Antenna to Bits: From Antenna to Bits: Wireless System Design with MATLAB and Simulink Cynthia Cudicini Application Engineering Manager MathWorks cynthia.cudicini@mathworks.fr 1 Innovations in the World of Wireless Everything

More information

TSEK02: Radio Electronics Lecture 8: RX Nonlinearity Issues, Demodulation. Ted Johansson, EKS, ISY

TSEK02: Radio Electronics Lecture 8: RX Nonlinearity Issues, Demodulation. Ted Johansson, EKS, ISY TSEK02: Radio Electronics Lecture 8: RX Nonlinearity Issues, Demodulation Ted Johansson, EKS, ISY 2 RX Nonlinearity Issues, Demodulation RX nonlinearities (parts of 2.2) System Nonlinearity Sensitivity

More information

RFIC DESIGN EXAMPLE: MIXER

RFIC DESIGN EXAMPLE: MIXER APPENDIX RFI DESIGN EXAMPLE: MIXER The design of radio frequency integrated circuits (RFIs) is relatively complicated, involving many steps as mentioned in hapter 15, from the design of constituent circuit

More information

Introducing the Keysight RF PXIe Vector Signal Analyzer & Generator M9391A & M9381A. Updated: August 2015

Introducing the Keysight RF PXIe Vector Signal Analyzer & Generator M9391A & M9381A. Updated: August 2015 Introducing the Keysight RF PXIe Vector Signal Analyzer & Generator M9391A & M9381A Updated: August 2015 Agenda Page 2 M9391A PXIe vector signal generator M9381A PXIe vector signal analyzer M9380A PXIe

More information

Introduction to Surface Acoustic Wave (SAW) Devices

Introduction to Surface Acoustic Wave (SAW) Devices May 31, 2018 Introduction to Surface Acoustic Wave (SAW) Devices Part 7: Basics of RF Circuits Ken-ya Hashimoto Chiba University k.hashimoto@ieee.org http://www.te.chiba-u.jp/~ken Contents Noise Figure

More information

Bridge RF Design and Test Applications with NI SDR Platforms

Bridge RF Design and Test Applications with NI SDR Platforms Bridge RF Design and Test Applications with NI SDR Platforms Jason Strydom Application Engineer National Instruments - Midrand The National Instruments Vision To do for test and measurement what the spreadsheet

More information

LNA VCC RX OUT TX IN VREG. Product Description. Ordering Information. Standard 25 piece bag Standard 2500 piece reel. GaAs HBT GaAs MESFET InGaP HBT

LNA VCC RX OUT TX IN VREG. Product Description. Ordering Information. Standard 25 piece bag Standard 2500 piece reel. GaAs HBT GaAs MESFET InGaP HBT 2.4GHz TO 2.5GHz, 802.11b/g/n SINGLE-BAND FRONT END MODULE Package Style: QFN, 16-pin, 3.0 x 3.0 x 0.5 mm LNA EN C RX C TX BT 16 15 14 13 Features Single Module Radio Front- End Single Supply Voltage 3.0V

More information

Fast and Accurate RF component characterization enabled by FPGA technology

Fast and Accurate RF component characterization enabled by FPGA technology Fast and Accurate RF component characterization enabled by FPGA technology Guillaume Pailloncy Senior Systems Engineer Agenda RF Application Challenges What are FPGAs and why are they useful? FPGA-based

More information

When Should You Apply 3D Planar EM Simulation?

When Should You Apply 3D Planar EM Simulation? When Should You Apply 3D Planar EM Simulation? Agilent EEsof EDA IMS 2010 MicroApps Andy Howard Agilent Technologies 1 3D planar EM is now much more of a design tool Solves bigger problems and runs faster

More information

Spectral Monitoring/ SigInt

Spectral Monitoring/ SigInt RF Test & Measurement Spectral Monitoring/ SigInt Radio Prototyping Horizontal Technologies LabVIEW RIO for RF (FPGA-based processing) PXI Platform (Chassis, controllers, baseband modules) RF hardware

More information

ADI 2006 RF Seminar. Chapter II RF/IF Components and Specifications for Receivers

ADI 2006 RF Seminar. Chapter II RF/IF Components and Specifications for Receivers ADI 2006 RF Seminar Chapter II RF/IF Components and Specifications for Receivers 1 RF/IF Components and Specifications for Receivers Fixed Gain and Variable Gain Amplifiers IQ Demodulators Analog-to-Digital

More information

What s Behind 5G Wireless Communications?

What s Behind 5G Wireless Communications? What s Behind 5G Wireless Communications? Marc Barberis 2015 The MathWorks, Inc. 1 Agenda 5G goals and requirements Modeling and simulating key 5G technologies Release 15: Enhanced Mobile Broadband IoT

More information

60 GHZ PA Design Wireless HDMI/WPAN Application. Demonstrate Complete MMIC ADS Desktop Design Flow

60 GHZ PA Design Wireless HDMI/WPAN Application. Demonstrate Complete MMIC ADS Desktop Design Flow 60 GHz Power Amplifier Design for Wireless HDMI (WPAN) Agilent EEsof EDA Innovative Solutions, Breakthrough Results Michael Thompson US Application Engineer District Manager October 13, 2009 Agilent Technologies,

More information

Design and Verification of High Efficiency Power Amplifier Systems

Design and Verification of High Efficiency Power Amplifier Systems Design and Verification of High Efficiency Power Amplifier Systems Sean Lynch Platform Engineering Manager MATLAB EXPO 2013 1 What is Nujira? Nujira makes Envelope Tracking Modulators that make power amplifiers

More information

Advances in RF and Microwave Measurement Technology

Advances in RF and Microwave Measurement Technology 1 Advances in RF and Microwave Measurement Technology Chi Xu Certified LabVIEW Architect Certified TestStand Architect New Demands in Modern RF and Microwave Test In semiconductor and wireless, technologies

More information

Wireless Communication Systems Laboratory Lab #3: Introduction to wireless front-end

Wireless Communication Systems Laboratory Lab #3: Introduction to wireless front-end Objective Wireless Communication Systems Laboratory Lab #3: Introduction to wireless front-end The objective of this experiment is to study hardware components which are commonly used in most of the wireless

More information

LOW COST PHASED ARRAY ANTENNA TRANSCEIVER FOR WPAN APPLICATIONS

LOW COST PHASED ARRAY ANTENNA TRANSCEIVER FOR WPAN APPLICATIONS LOW COST PHASED ARRAY ANTENNA TRANSCEIVER FOR WPAN APPLICATIONS Introduction WPAN (Wireless Personal Area Network) transceivers are being designed to operate in the 60 GHz frequency band and will mainly

More information

REFLECTIONLESS FILTERS

REFLECTIONLESS FILTERS NEW! MMIC REFLECTIONLESS FILTERS 50Ω DC to 21 GHz The Big Deal Patented design eliminates in band spurs Pass band cut-off up to 21 GHz Stop band up to 35 GHz Excellent repeatability through IPD* process

More information

ni.com The NI PXIe-5644R Vector Signal Transceiver World s First Software-Designed Instrument

ni.com The NI PXIe-5644R Vector Signal Transceiver World s First Software-Designed Instrument The NI PXIe-5644R Vector Signal Transceiver World s First Software-Designed Instrument Agenda Hardware Overview Tenets of a Software-Designed Instrument NI PXIe-5644R Software Example Modifications Available

More information

Using Analyst TM to Quickly and Accurately Optimize a Chip-Module-Board Transition

Using Analyst TM to Quickly and Accurately Optimize a Chip-Module-Board Transition Using Analyst TM to Quickly and Accurately Optimize a Chip-Module-Board Transition 36 High Frequency Electronics By Dr. John Dunn 3D electromagnetic Optimizing the transition (EM) simulators are commonly

More information

print close Chris Bean, AWR Group, NI

print close Chris Bean, AWR Group, NI 1 of 12 3/28/2016 2:42 PM print close Microwaves and RF Chris Bean, AWR Group, NI Mon, 2016-03-28 10:44 The latest version of an EDA software tool works directly with device load-pull data to develop the

More information

Today s mobile devices

Today s mobile devices PAGE 1 NOVEMBER 2013 Highly Integrated, High Performance Microwave Radio IC Chipsets cover 6-42 GHz Bands Complete Upconversion & Downconversion Chipsets for Microwave Point-to-Point Outdoor Units (ODUs)

More information

Case Study: and Test Wireless Receivers

Case Study: and Test Wireless Receivers Case Study: Using New Technologies to Design and Test Wireless Receivers Agenda Architecture of a receiver Basic GPS Receiver Measurements Case Study 1: GPS Simulation How Testing Works Simulation vs.

More information

Features. = +25 C, IF = 100 MHz, LO = +13 dbm, LSB [1]

Features. = +25 C, IF = 100 MHz, LO = +13 dbm, LSB [1] v1.6 3.5 - GHz Typical Applications The HMC21BMSGE is ideal for: Base stations, Repeaters & Access Points WiMAX, WiBro & Fixed Wireless Portables & Subscribers PLMR, Public Safety & Telematics Functional

More information

Wireless Communication Systems Lab-Manual-3 Introduction to Wireless Front End. Objective

Wireless Communication Systems Lab-Manual-3 Introduction to Wireless Front End. Objective Wireless Communication Systems Lab-Manual-3 Introduction to Wireless Front End Objective The objective of this experiment is to study hardware components which are commonly used in most of the wireless

More information

LTE Small-Cell Base Station Antenna Matched for Maximum Efficiency

LTE Small-Cell Base Station Antenna Matched for Maximum Efficiency Application Note LTE Small-Cell Base Station Antenna Matched for Maximum Efficiency Overview When designing antennas for base stations and mobile devices, an essential step of the design process is to

More information

Reconfigurable 6 GHz Vector Signal Transceiver with I/Q Interface

Reconfigurable 6 GHz Vector Signal Transceiver with I/Q Interface SPECIFICATIONS PXIe-5645 Reconfigurable 6 GHz Vector Signal Transceiver with I/Q Interface Contents Definitions...2 Conditions... 3 Frequency...4 Frequency Settling Time... 4 Internal Frequency Reference...

More information

Radar System Design and Interference Analysis Using Agilent SystemVue

Radar System Design and Interference Analysis Using Agilent SystemVue Radar System Design and Interference Analysis Using Agilent SystemVue Introduction Application Note By David Leiss, Sr. Consultant EEsof EDA Anurag Bhargava, Application Engineer EEsof EDA Agilent Technologies

More information

FEATURES DESCRIPTION BENEFITS APPLICATIONS. Preliminary PT4501 Sub-1 GHz Wideband FSK Transceiver

FEATURES DESCRIPTION BENEFITS APPLICATIONS. Preliminary PT4501 Sub-1 GHz Wideband FSK Transceiver Preliminary PT4501 Sub-1 GHz Wideband FSK Transceiver DESCRIPTION The PT4501 is a highly integrated wideband FSK multi-channel half-duplex transceiver operating in sub-1 GHz license-free ISM bands. The

More information

RF Board Design. EEC 134 Application Note. Jo Han Yu

RF Board Design. EEC 134 Application Note. Jo Han Yu EEC 134 Application Note Jo Han Yu EEC 134 Application Note RF Board Design Introduction The objective of this application note is to outline the process of designing system and PCB layout for RF board

More information

Multi-Signal, Multi-Format Analysis With Agilent VSA Software

Multi-Signal, Multi-Format Analysis With Agilent VSA Software Multi-Signal, Multi-Format Analysis With Agilent 89600 VSA Software Ken Voelker Agilent Technologies Inc. April 2012 1 April, 25 2012 Agenda Introduction: New Measurement Challenges Multi-Measurements

More information

3250 Series Spectrum Analyzer

3250 Series Spectrum Analyzer The most important thing we build is trust ADVANCED ELECTRONIC SOLUTIONS AVIATION SERVICES COMMUNICATIONS AND CONNECTIVITY MISSION SYSTEMS 3250 Series Spectrum Analyzer > Agenda Introduction

More information

Design and Layout of a X-Band MMIC Power Amplifier in a Phemt Technology

Design and Layout of a X-Band MMIC Power Amplifier in a Phemt Technology Design and Layout of a X-Band MMIC Power Amplifier in a Phemt Technology Renbin Dai, and Rana Arslan Ali Khan Abstract The design of Class A and Class AB 2-stage X band Power Amplifier is described in

More information

5G Multi-Band Vector Transceiver

5G Multi-Band Vector Transceiver SOLUTION BRIEF Streamlining high-volume test of 5G NR base stations 5G Multi-Band Vector Transceiver Compact, scalable solution accelerates deployment of 5G equipment 5G New Radio (NR) network equipment

More information

Foundries, MMICs, systems. Rüdiger Follmann

Foundries, MMICs, systems. Rüdiger Follmann Foundries, MMICs, systems Rüdiger Follmann Content MMIC foundries Designs and trends Examples 2 Foundries and MMICs Feb-09 IMST GmbH - All rights reserved MMIC foundries Foundries IMST is a UMS certified

More information

Using Sonnet EM Analysis with Cadence Virtuoso in RFIC Design. Sonnet Application Note: SAN-201B July 2011

Using Sonnet EM Analysis with Cadence Virtuoso in RFIC Design. Sonnet Application Note: SAN-201B July 2011 Using Sonnet EM Analysis with Cadence Virtuoso in RFIC Design Sonnet Application Note: SAN-201B July 2011 Description of Sonnet Suites Professional Sonnet Suites Professional is an industry leading full-wave

More information

INTEGRATED DESIGN & TEST

INTEGRATED DESIGN & TEST National Instruments PCB Austin 2008 INTEGRATED DESIGN & TEST Vincent Accardi General Manager National Instrument Electronics Workbench Group ni.com/multisim 1 National Instruments Electronics Workbench

More information

Smart Energy Solutions for the Wireless Home

Smart Energy Solutions for the Wireless Home Smart Energy Solutions for the Wireless Home Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI) ZigBee (IEEE 802.15.4) Wireless Local Area Networks (WLAN) Industrial and Home Control Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicles

More information

RF/IF Terminology and Specs

RF/IF Terminology and Specs RF/IF Terminology and Specs Contributors: Brad Brannon John Greichen Leo McHugh Eamon Nash Eberhard Brunner 1 Terminology LNA - Low-Noise Amplifier. A specialized amplifier to boost the very small received

More information

ADS-SystemVue Linkages

ADS-SystemVue Linkages ADS-SystemVue Linkages Uniting System, Baseband, and RF design flows for leading-edge designs Superior RF models and simulators Convenient, polymorphic algorithmic modeling, debug, and test May 2010 Page

More information

Keysight Technologies Understanding the SystemVue To ADS Simulation Bridge. Application Note

Keysight Technologies Understanding the SystemVue To ADS Simulation Bridge. Application Note Keysight Technologies Understanding the To Simulation Bridge Application Note Introduction The Keysight Technologies, Inc. is a new system-level design environment that enables a top-down, model-based

More information