Agilent Application Note 1462 with ADS Design Files

Project Documentation and Files

• Agilent 1462 Application note: Using Advanced Design System to Design an MMIC Amplifier

Research Links

• MossesWiki: ADS Project Examples – 1st listing describes how the 1462 App note is in the 2003 example files.  It is 10GHz.

Files in Order of Usage in Application Note 1462

• Step 2: Figure 3: FET_Gm_Calcs.sch
• Step 3: Figure 5: FET_SP_NF_Match_Circ.sch
• Step 4: Figure 7: Gain_and_Stab_DiscOpt.sch
• Step 6: Figure 10: SP_NF_GainMatchK.sch
• Step 7: Figure 12:  HB1Tone_LoadPullMagPh.sch
• Step 8: HB1Tone_SourcePull.sch
• Step 9: DA_LEMatch1_InputMatch1.sch

Once you have gone through the lower level blocks that make up the balanced amplifier the next step is to simulate the whole balanced amplifier subsystem.

BalancedLumpedAmp.sch