Get Started with ADS and RFPro

Upon completion, you should be familiar with

• About the ADS workspace structure, libraries, schematics, and Data Display
• How to setup linear, nonlinear and system design analysis and optimization
• How to optimally create layouts in ADS
• How to simulate ADS layouts in RFPro using Momentum and FEM solvers

The course combines lecture presentations with guided hands-on lab exercises.

ADS Simulation Introduction

• Workspace, schematic, building LPF, S-parameter simulation, plotting, tuning​
• Library, working with PDKs, cells and symbols, models, working with data
• DC and AC simulation, S-parameter simulation, working with design guides
• Harmonic Balance simulation, system components, equations

ADS Layout Fundamentals

• Workspace, libraries and technologies files
• Snap modes, shapes, components, placement, and editing
• Path/trace routing and editing, automatic via insertion, and edit in place
• Going from schematic to layout, extracting complex interconnects, RF board co-simulations
• Synchronizing your design

ADS RFPro Fundamentals

• Learn the basics to get started with RFPro.
• Learn the different parts of the RFPro simulator needed to fully utilize the EM simulation.
• Working with components and advanced technologies inside of RFPro.

ADS Simulation Introduction

• Lab 1: ADS workspace structure, libraries and cells, basic design capture, tuning, simulation, displaying simulation results.​
• Lab 2: Add reference library to workspace, build filter, create test bench cell for simulation, multiple dataset manipulation.
• Lab 3: Amplifier design, input impedance analysis, stability and optimization.
• Lab 4: RF system and non-linear analysis.

ADS Layout Fundamentals

• Lab 1: Workspace, library creation and technology files
• Lab 2: Draw shapes and modify them using built-in functions, snap modes, shortcut keys
• Lab 3: Component Interconnect creation and editing
• Lab 4: Interconnect Layout of LNA schematic
• Lab 5: Design synchronization

ADS RFPro Fundamentals

• Lab 1: You will start with a LPF design, add the layout interconnects, prepare the layout for processing in RFPro, run Momentum simulation, investigate the S-parameter results in RFPro, generate a schematic for ADS to run a Circuit-EM co-simulation.
• Lab 2: You will work on the evaluation board, instead of simulating the entire layout, you select just the Nets of interest in a User Defined EM simulation. You will set different kinds of virtual pins in RFPro.
• Lab 3: We introduce the concept of Smart Mount, combine different designs having different technologies in one complete EM simulation and then run a Circuit-EM co-simulation.