ADS Advanced Design System Microwave Design Software

Links

• ADS overview page
• Download free evaluation version of ADS
• EMDS for ADS – plugin provides EM analysis capability
• ADS Examples

SubTools 

• Impedance Matching Utility

Layout

• Setting Layout options
• Agilent: Editing a layout
• Agilent: Creating a layout
• Agilent: Example: ADS 2009: MMIC Chip with QFN Package – has schematic as well as simulation from layout
• Hybrid coupler example – This is relatively simple and geared towards a beginner.  Perhaps this is where to start. Does a quad hybrid layout.  Other examples I tried to use to date have been very ornate with excessive details and worse yet the example files did not all function straight out of the box leading me to abandon them.

Videos

• Constant Power – Delivered Load Pull Simulation in ADS
• See X parameter page for videos related to ADS and the use of X parameters
• ADS Youtube videos

Notes

• Strong point appears to be the X parameters system analysis.  Circuit analysis was pre existent.  Appears EM analysis was added on to compete with other vendors.