| Products |
| Agilent EEsof EDA products that support amplifier design and linearization include the following: |
| 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. |
| Customer Success Stories |
| | Agilent Advanced Design System significantly improves accuracy for RFIC design at Agilent's Wireless Semiconductor Division HTML PDF (467 KB) |
| | Philips Semiconductors reduces design time using Advanced Design System (ADS) HTML PDF (82 KB) |
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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: |
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Analog Filters
12 GHz Microstrip Filter
Slanted Coupled Line Filter
Low-Pass Filter
Low-Pass Filter Layout
Low-Pass Filter Optimization
Low-Pass Filter with High Out-of-Band Rejection
Coupled Stripline Filter
Stripline Low-Pass Filter
Optimization of a Band-Stop Filter
Optimization of a Single-Stub Microstrip Band-Stop Filter
Multi-Layer Printed Circuit Board Filter
Digital Filters
IS-95 CDMA Filter
Low-Pass Filter Designed Using the Digital Filter Tool
New Examples
HDL Co-Simulation in ADS 1.5
Support Examples Support examples can be found in the Agilent EEsof Knowledge Center.
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| Design Seminars |
Digital Predistortion of Power Amplifiers Shawn P. Stapleton, Professor, Simon Fraser University Text/Slides (PDF, 817 KB) ADS Project (ZAP, 934 KB)
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Adaptive Feedforward Linearization for Power Amplifiers Shawn P. Stapleton, Professor, Simon Fraser University Text/Slides (PDF, 687 KB) ADS Project (ZAP, 158 KB)
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RF Predistortion of Power Amplifiers Shawn P. Stapleton, Professor, Simon Fraser University Text/Slides (PDF, 2.7 MB) ADS Project (ZAP, 435 KB)
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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)
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MESFET Power Amplifier Design: Small Signal Approach Al Sweet, Independent Consultant Text/Slides (PDF, 1.5 MB) ADS Project (ZAP, 100 KB)
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IS-95 Transmitter Linearization Rishi Mohindra, Adaptive RF, Inc. Text/Slides (PDF, 6.4 MB) ADS Project (ZAP, 2.6 MB)
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Cross Modulation in CDMA Mobile Phone Transceivers Rishi Mohindra, Adaptive RF, Inc. Text/Slides (PDF, 3.1 MB) ADS Project (ZAP, 1.2 MB)
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| Training Classes |
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| Agilent Publications and Links |
| 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) |
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| Technical Articles and Links |
| | 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.
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| | Chris Arnott, RF Micro Devices, Wideband Gain Block Amplifier Design Techniques, Applied Microwave & Wireless, April 2001.
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| | Shawn P. Stapleton, Amplifier Linearization Using Adaptive RF Predistortion, Applied Microwave & Wireless, PDF, 233 KB, March 2001. Current Issue: Applied Microwave & Wireless.
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| | How-Siang Yap, Designing to Digital Wireless Specifications Using Circuit Envelope Simulation, Applied Microwave & Wireless, June 1998. Current Issue: Applied Microwave & Wireless.
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| | John Penn and Craig Moore, John Hopkins University, MMIC Design Projects, student designs and layouts, Fall 2000, Fall 2001.
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