Agilent EEsof EDA Applications: Amplifiers and Linearization

Products

Agilent EEsof EDA products that support amplifier design and linearization include the following:

Advanced Design System (ADS) Bundled Suites
Microwave Circuit Designer
Communication Systems Designer

Individual ADS Modules
Design Environment
Data Display

ADS Simulators
Linear
Harmonic Balance
Statistical Design

DesignGuides

DesignGuides for Advanced Design System guide you through complex multi-step design flows and automate the setup, simulation, and data display of complete designs.

DesignGuides Overview
Product Description   Data Sheet (PDF, 2.0 MB)

Power Amplifier DesignGuide
Product Description

Linearizer DesignGuide
Product Description

DesignGuide Developer Studio
Product Description

Application Guides - ADS 2003A

Application Guides for ADS 2003A will be available without charge to all ADS customers with current upgrade and support contracts. Installed when ADS 2003A is installed, these new Application Guides offer examples, test templates, and components for various types of design.

Load Pull Application Guide     - Sample Screen

Vendor Component Libraries

Complete List

Customer Success Stories

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Examples

Project files in the Examples directory of Advanced Design System are described in the online manual and listed in the Examples Documentation.

Project files that show amplifier design and linearization include the following:

Power Amplifiers
Load Pull - updated July 2002
Power Amplifier
Large Signal Amplifier
MMIC Amplifier

Low Noise Amplifiers
1 GHz Low Noise Amplifier
2 GHz BJT Low Noise Amplifier

Amplifiers with Modulated Signals
GSM GMSK Communication System
IS95 CDMA Forward Channel Model
Wideband CDMA Test Modulator
Multi-Harmonic Source and Load Optimization
Power Amplifier with IS-95 CDMA Signal
PCS Power Amplifier
NADC Power Amplifier

Amplifier Linearization
Power Amplifier using Cartesian Feedback

System Behavioral Amplifiers
RF System-Level Example
Baseband Sine Wave and Amplifiers
IQ Modulator DSP Co-Simulation
Symbolically-Defined Devices
Frequency-Domain Devices

Voltage-Controlled Amplifier
Automatic Gain Control Loop

Load Pull
ADS Examples - Load Pull Simulations
Load Pull Example in RFDE 2003A   Knowledge Center

Polar Modulation
Polar Modulation Examples

Support Examples
Support Examples can be found in the
Agilent EEsof Knowledge Center.

Related Applications Pages
Load Pull Simulations

Online Demos and Tech Info Sessions

Simultaneously Optimizing Source and Load Impedances   Info   Run

Linearization of Power Amplifier Hardware using Digital Predistortion   Info   Run

Using S-Probes to Check Device Stability and Source and Load Impedances   Info   Run

Amplifier Behavioral Modeling using the ADS Connection Manager   Info   Run

Linear Simulation with Simulation Instruments   Info   Run

Fast Cosim: Converging Accuracy and Speed   Info   Run

Setting up and Running a Simple Load Pull Simulation   Info   Run

Agilent EEsof Load Pull Utility Overview   Info   Run

Tech Info Sessions Archive - Load Pull: New and Advanced Topics   Archive

Design Seminars

Power Amplifier Design - Using the Advanced Design System
Workshops, April and June 2005
Workshop Details
PowerPoint Slides (PPT, 3.0 MB)
ADS Project (ZAP, 2.2 MB)

Digital Predistortion of Power Amplifiers
Shawn P. Stapleton, Professor, Simon Fraser University
Text/Slides (PDF, 817 KB)
ADS Project (ZAP, 934 KB)

Adaptive Feedforward Linearization for Power Amplifiers
Shawn P. Stapleton, Professor, Simon Fraser University
Text/Slides (PDF, 687 KB)
ADS Project (ZAP, 158 KB)

RF Predistortion of Power Amplifiers
Shawn P. Stapleton, Professor, Simon Fraser University
Text/Slides (PDF, 2.7 MB)
ADS Project (ZAP, 435 KB)

High Efficiency RF Power Amplifiers Using Bandpass Delta-Sigma Modulators
Shawn P. Stapleton, Professor, Simon Fraser University
Text/Slides (PDF, 1.0 MB)
ADS Project (ZAP, 1.0 MB)

MESFET Power Amplifier Design: Small Signal Approach
Al Sweet, Independent Consultant
Text/Slides (PDF, 1.5 MB)
ADS Project (ZAP, 100 KB)

IS-95 Transmitter Linearization
Rishi Mohindra, Adaptive RF, Inc.
Text/Slides (PDF, 6.4 MB)
ADS Project (ZAP, 2.6 MB)

Cross Modulation in CDMA Mobile Phone Transceivers
Rishi Mohindra, Adaptive RF, Inc.
Text/Slides (PDF, 3.1 MB)
ADS Project (ZAP, 1.2 MB)

Training Classes

Overview: Customer Education
Advanced Design System Fundamentals
Power Amplifier Linearization

Agilent Publications and Links

Hee-Soo Lee, Agilent Technologies. Amplifier Design in ADS for Radar Applications, 51-slide technical presentation. (PDF, 5.8 MB). 1 August 2005.

Application Notes
Design of a 4.9 to 6.0 GHz Two-stage Low Noise Amplifier for 802.11a, HiperLAN2 and HiSWANa Receivers Using ATF-551M4 E-PHEMT. Application Note 5091. 10 pages. 3 February 2005. (PDF, 185 kB).
Using Advanced Design System to Design an MMIC Amplifier. (PDF, 4.2 MB). Application Note 1462. 40 pages. 17 June 2003.

Knowledge Center
Presentation explaining details of ADS load pull examples.   20 June 2003

Seminar: Gain Without Pain, November 2000
Making Power Amplifier Design Easier with Custom Templates. (PDF, 454 KB)
Large-Signal Measurement-Based FET Modeling for Power Amplifier Design. (PDF, 783 KB)
Closing the Gap: Simulating Output Matching Layout and Package Parasitics. (PDF, 1.2 MB)
Designing at the System Level: What Will Your Power Amplifier Do in the Chip Set?. (PDF, 438 KB)
Designing for Power Amplifier Efficiency: Statistical Description of Signals. (PDF, 160 KB)
Adaptive FeedForward Linearization for RF Power Amplifiers. (PDF, 330 KB)
Adaptive RF Predistortion of Power Amplifiers. (PDF, 248 KB)
Adaptive Digital Predistortion of Power Amplifiers. (PDF, 279 KB)

Seminar: Gaining the Wireless Edge, November 2000
Amplifier Design and Performance Testing. (PDF, 4.7 MB)
Custom Encoded Circuits. (PDF, 2.2 MB)

Technical Articles and Links

Anurag Bhargava, Agilent Technologies, Amplifier Design Made Simple, Microwave Product Digest, March 2006. Current issue: Microwave Product Digest.

Sonoko Akamatsu, Charles Baylis, and Dr. Larry Dunleavy, University of South Florida, Accurate Simulation Models Yield High Efficiency Power Amplifier Design, IEEE Microwave Magazine, December 2005. 23-page technical paper. (PDF, 244 KB)

Frans Verbeyst and Marc Vanden Bossche, NMDG Engineering, Speed up power amplifier design by fast source-pull, real-time load-pull and accurate measurement-based behavioural models, Microwave Engineering Europe, November 2005. (PDF, 1.7 MB) Current issue: Microwave Engineering Online.

Kelly Mekechuk, Wan-Jong Kim, and Shawn P. Stapleton, Simon Fraser University, Jong Heon Kim, Kwangwoon University, Linearizing Power Amplifiers Using Digital Predistortion, EDA Tools and Test Hardware, High Frequency Electronics, April 2004. PDF, 437 KB. Current issue: High Frequency Electronics.

Pascal Gola and Guillaume Bigny, Motorola SPS, High Power EDGE Amplifier Design With Non-Linear Model, Microwave Product Digest, March 2004. Current issue: Microwave Product Digest.

Mark Rencher, Pivotal Enterprises, and Jack Sifri, Agilent Technologies, Six-sigma statistical methods strengthen designs, EE Times, 7 October 2003. Current issue: EE Times.

John Olah and Sanjeev Gupta, Agilent Technologies, Power amplifier design using measured load pull data, Microwave Engineering Europe, August/September 2003. Current issue: Microwave Engineering Europe.

Jack Sifri and Niranjan Kanaglekar, Agilent Technologies, Simulation Tools Converge On Large RFICs, Communication Systems Design, 1 June 2002. Current Issue: Communication Systems Design.

Kohei Fujii, et al., Agilent Technologies A 60-GHz MMIC Chipset for 1-Gbit/s Wireless Links, 4-page technical paper. (PDF, 78 KB). March 2002.

Afshin Amini, Dingqing Lu, Cory Edelman, Effects of High Peak-to-Average Ratio on 5 GHz WLAN Power Amplifiers, 24-page technical paper (PDF file, 2.8 MB), DesignCon 2002, 28 January 2002.

T. Johansson, et al., Ericsson Microelectronics AB and Ericsson Microwave Systems AB, A High Efficiency, Low Cost Silicon Bipolar GSM Dual-band PA Module, Microwave Journal, December 2001. PDF Version (858 KB). Current Issue: Microwave Journal.

Steve Long, University of California - Santa Barbara, Basics of GaAs, InP, and SiGe RFICs: RFIC Design Examples, 50-slide technical presentation. 2001 IEEE GaAs IC Symposium (PDF file, 766 KB), October 2001.

Chris Arnott, RF Micro Devices, Wideband Gain Block Amplifier Design Techniques, Applied Microwave & Wireless, April 2001.

Shawn P. Stapleton, Amplifier Linearization Using Adaptive RF Predistortion, Applied Microwave & Wireless, PDF, 233 KB, March 2001. Current Issue: Applied Microwave & Wireless.

Peter Walters, Details Count in Power-Amplifier Design, Microwaves & RF, April 2000. PDF Version Current Issue: Microwaves & RF.

How-Siang Yap, Designing to Digital Wireless Specifications Using Circuit Envelope Simulation, Applied Microwave & Wireless, June 1998. Current Issue: Applied Microwave & Wireless.

John Penn and Craig Moore, John Hopkins University, MMIC Design Projects, student designs and layouts, Fall 2000, Fall 2001.