Product Information
Connected Solutions refers to the integration of Agilent's EDA Software (ADS) and Agilent instrumentation into a solution that enables new design and verification capabilities.
It combines simulation and measurement, and allows the sharing of signals, measurements, algorithms, and data in both directions between the two domains.
Connected solutions make it possible to:
- Create simulation models from measurements.
Connected Solutions can be used to measure existing components and create simulation models. These models can then be used in ADS to determine how the existing hardware might impact the overall performance of a system or circuit in simulation, saving design time and money.
- Accelerate verification testing.
Connected solutions make it easy to determine if a component or sub-system will work within the system as a whole, without having to build the whole system. Integration issues can be found and fixed earlier in the design process, reducing risk and saving design re-work time and costs.
- Extend the capability and value of instruments.
Connected Solutions make applications such as coded Bit Error Rate testing of a component or stimulating a device with the impaired signal that will be present in a system possible, enhancing the value of Agilent's test instrumentation.
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Product Literature
- Agilent Technologies EDA-Instrument Connected Solutions. 12-page configuration guide. 31 May 2002. PDF, 68 KB.
- Agilent Technologies 2G & 3G Solutions - Accelerating Progress. 24-page brochure. 25 January 2002. PDF, 1.44 MB.
- Agilent Technologies Wireless Communications Products, Services and Solutions. 80-page catalog. 23 January 2002. PDF, 3.73 MB.
- Generating Custom, Real-World Waveforms for 3G Wireless Applications. Product Overview, 12 pages, 19 March 2001. PDF, 1.34 MB.
- Agilent Solutions for Designing and Manufacturing Base Transceiver Stations and Their Components. Product brochure, 28 pages, 7 December 2001. PDF, 1.67 MB.
- E4726A WLAN Connected Verification Consulting. 2-page service overview. 20 March 2003. PDF, 149 KB.
- Agilent EEsof EDA Connected Solutions Support. 2-page data sheet. 28 January 2003. PDF, 46 KB.
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Online Demos and Videos
Online Demos
Videos
Click on the following links for recorded audio and video demos that show actual simulations using Agilent Technologies Connected Solutions. Windows Media Player is required.
Publications and Awards
Articles
- John Barfuss, Agilent Technologies, Modern Tools for Today's Radio, Microwave Product Digest, May 2007. Current issue: Microwave Product Digest.
- Greg Jue and Scott Ferguson, Agilent Technologies, RF And Digital Tests Unite Against BER, Wireless Systems Design, November 2004. Current issue: Wireless Systems Design.
- Greg Jue, Agilent Technologies, Accelerating the design and verification process, RF Design, 1 August 2004. Current issue: RF Design.
- 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.
- Chris Mueth, Agilent Technologies, Behavioral modeling smooths RF design, EE Times, 26 September 2003.
- Dingqing Lu and Jinbiao Xu, Agilent Technologies, A WLAN Test System Using Test Equipment With EDA Software, analogZONE, 23-page technical paper, 5 May 2003. PDF Version, 210 KB. Current Issue: analogZONE.
- Brent Forman, Agilent Technologies, When Test Equipment Talks with Design Tools, Virtual DA Café seminar. 17 January 2003. Brief registration required. PDF Version, 156 KB.
- Joel Dunsmore, Greg Jue, and John Kikuchi, Agilent Technologies, A Measurement-based Behavioral Model for I/Q RF Modulators, Microwave Journal, December 2002. Current Issue: Microwave Journal.
- Cheryl Ajluni, Editor-in-Chief, Offering Merges Design and Test, Wireless Systems Design, October 2002. PDF, 224 KB. Current Issue: Wireless Systems Design.
- Chris Mueth, Agilent Technologies, Design/Verification Tools Tame Complex System Designs, Microwaves & RF, October 2002. PDF, 224 KB. Current Issue: Microwaves & RF.
- Jim Tabuchi, Agilent Technologies, The Role of EDA Tools in the PCB Design Process, Printed Circuit Design, cover story, October 2002. PDF, 686 KB. Current Issue: Printed Circuit Design.
- John Kikuchi and Greg Jue, Agilent Technologies, Generating Custom, Real-World Waveforms Integrating Test Equipment Into the Design Process, IEEE Xplore, 14-page article, IEEE AUTOTESTCON Proceedings. September 2000. Current Issue: IEEE Xplore.
- John Kikuchi and Greg Jue, Agilent Technologies, Blending Test Equipment into the Design Mix to Generate Custom, Real-World Waveforms, ChipCenter technical paper. Current Issue: ChipCenter.
- Steve Grossman, Contributing Editor, Instruments Play New Roles On The Benchtop, And The Desktop, Too, Electronic Design, 10 June 2002. PDF, 168 KB. Current Issue: Electronic Design.
- Greg Jue, Agilent Technologies, 3GPP W-CDMA Systems: Design and Testing, IEEE Microwave Magazine, June 2002. Current Issue: IEEE Microwave Magazine.
- Joe Troychak, Agilent Technologies, Design and Verification of IEEE 802.11a 5 GHz Wireless LAN, ChipCenter, 17-page technical paper, 9 January 2002. PDF Version, 2.1 MB. Current Issue: ChipCenter.
Application Notes
- Connected Simulation and Test Solutions Using the Advanced Design System. Application Note 1394, 56 pages, 26 August 2002. PDF, 820 KB
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- Generating Custom, Real-World Waveforms. Application Note 1360, 24 pages, October 2000. PDF, 800 KB.
- Agilent Technologies, Performing Bit Error Rate Measurements with ADS and Baseband Studio Streaming. (PDF, 216 KB). Connected Solutions Application Bulletin 1476-5. 4 pages. 1 April 2004.
- Agilent Technologies, Agilent Technologies RF/IF-Digital Connected Solutions Bit Error Rate using the Advanced Design System. (PDF, 774 KB). Application Bulletin 1471. 24 pages. 8 January 2004.
- Linearization of a Multi-Carrier Power Amplifier using Digital Predistortion in ADS with the Linearization DesignGuide. (PDF, 550 KB).
- Creating Measurement-Based Amplifier Behavioral Models. (PDF, 465 KB).
- Analyzing Infiniium Scope Radar Waveforms with Advanced Design System. (PDF, 385 KB). Application Bulletin 1476-2. 4 pages. 2 December 2003.
- Generating Custom, Real-World Waveforms. Application Note 1360, 24 pages, October 2000. PDF, 800 KB.
Press Releases
Awards
Agilent ADS/Connected Solutions Named Best Wireless Design Tool
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Wireless Systems Design magazine has awarded Agilent Technologies ADS/Connected Solutions the prestigious 2003 Industry Award for Best Wireless Design Tool.
The annual awards honor wireless products/technology developments that stand apart from the competitive field and inspire the wireless community.
Award winners are featured in the Show Guide for the Wireless Systems Design Conference and Expo in San Jose, California, 25 - 27 February 2003, and in the March issue of Wireless Systems Design.
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"Each year the Best Wireless Design Tool is awarded to a company whose product significantly eases the design, development, verification, and/or test process facing today's wireless systems engineer. The product must do so in a manner that is easy to use, understand and implement. And, it must eliminate some of the undue burden typically associated with employing multiple tools throughout a design flow. This year, in particular, one tool easily stood out from the competitive field and captured this title in a unanimous vote from the judging committee. Agilent's Advanced Design System 2002C, coupled with the company's Connected Solutions concept, ensures that today's wireless systems engineers are able to verify design performance earlier in the development cycle than previously possible. And, it eases the burden of the verification process by merging the simulation and measurement domains. This is possible thanks to the wide breadth of expertise that Agilent consistently demonstrates - an expertise not easily captured by competing companies."
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— Cheryl Ajluni
Editor-in-Chief
Wireless Systems Design Magazine
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User Support
Seminars
- NetSeminar - Combine Simulation and Test to Shorten RF Systems Design Cycles
This free Agilent Technologies NetSeminar, given originally on 20 January 2004, provides an overview of Agilent's Connected Solutions, which integrates the test and simulation worlds. Its use is applied to two practical examples: creating an amplifier behavioral model; and determining the effects of component performance on system Bit Error Rate. NetSeminar Archive
- Seminar - Connecting Design and Test
Download all five of the technical papers from the Agilent Technologies seminar Connecting Design and Test: Accelerating Product Development. Co-sponsored by Wireless Systems Design and Microwaves & RF magazines, the seminar was given in eleven United States locations during May 2003. Click on the following link: Connecting Design and Test - Seminar Downloads
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