Agilent Technologies, Inc.
  August 2008 | Issue 108
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Features
New Genesys Release Improves RF Board Design

If you're using Genesys to design RF boards, there are some new features in the latest release (Genesys 2008.07) that you should know about. We've made improvements to the reliability of artwork masks for electromagnetic (EM) verification and RF board manufacturing, as well as modeling and user interface improvements. Details on all the new Genesys enhancements.

Download Genesys 2008.07 from our Knowledge Center


Product Tips and Tricks -  to help you get the most out of our software.

Download Technical Presentations from IMS2008 (MTTS)

If you missed the IMS2008 tradeshow in Atlanta this year, you can still gain insight from Agilent's technical presentations. Our top design and measurement experts presented papers on topics such as design of software defined radio, transceiver design yield analysis, front-to-back MMIC design flow, and nonlinear vector network analysis. Download our technical presentations.


Industry's First HiSIM2.4 Model Extraction Package for CMOS Design

IC-CAP users can now use Agilent's HiSIM2.4 Model Extraction Package. Developed by Hiroshima University in Japan, the HiSIM2.4 device model is one of the next-generation, industry-standard CMOS compact models for circuit simulation. Earlier compact models, such as the BSIM4, were primarily developed for digital circuits and have limitations when used for analog and RF applications at smaller technology nodes. Details


Design Antennas for the Real World with AMDS and ADS Links

Antenna Modeling Design System (AMDS) is a 3D full wave electromagnetic solver that is based on the trusted Finite Difference Time Domain (FDTD) method. Used by wireless appliance designers covering MIMO applications, real world EM interference with hands and head, and legal acceptance tests such a SAR and HAC.

The latest release of AMDS, 2007.6, contains links to ADS libraries and also allows you to create your own simulation libraries to link your antenna design and EM simulation to the complete circuit and system design you created in ADS. Learn more about it here.

Download AMDS 2007.6


Make your PHYs Fly with SystemVue Software Support: Don�t Miss Out!

If your SystemVue software support has expired there�s never been a better time to renew! Don�t miss out on planned new and exciting capabilities that are coming soon. If you are an algorithm designer, physical layer (PHY) architect, or RF system engineer working on digital communications, radar, software-defined radio, or any comms-focused signal processing application, you�ll save by renewing your SystemVue support contract instead of making a new purchase, and you�ll receive planned new releases as a support upgradeLearn more.

MMIC News: DRC and Discontinuities added to WIN PDK

A new version of the ADS PDK for WIN�s 1um InGaP/GaAs HBT process is available from WIN. It contains DRC and discontinuity elements for schematic and layout.


Mind Bender: Test Your Intellect

When you divide 12 by 5, the remainder is 2; it's what's left over after you have removed all the 5s from the 12. When you raise 4 to the fifth power (45), you multiply four by itself five times: 4�4x4�4x4, which equals 1,024.

What is the remainder when you divide 100100 by 11?  Solution

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Events
  Tradeshow: IEEE EMC2008 (Electro-Magnetic Compatibility 2008)

18-22 Detroit, MI

We will be presenting two papers as well as an ADS jitter demo in the Agilent booth.

Training
  Advanced Design Fundamentals Class (3 day)
  Aug 12 Aug 14 Andover, MA
  Sep 16 Sep 18 Richardson, TX
  Oct 14 Oct 16 Westlake Village, CA

  Advanced Design System Layout (2 day)
  Sep 23 Sep 24 Westlake Village, CA

  Designing for Signal Integrity with ADS (1 day)
  Aug 29   Englewood, CO

  Designing for Signal Integrity with ADS (3 day)
  Aug 26 Aug 28 Englewood, CO
  Oct 21 Oct 23 Santa Clara, CA

  Momentum for ADS Users (2 day)
  Sep 25 Sep 26 Westlake Village, CA

  Using ADS Communication Systems Designer (3 day)
  Aug 19 Aug 21 Andover, MA

  IC-CAP User Training (3 day)
  Oct 7 Oct 9 Elkridge, MD

All classes are subject to change and/or cancellation.
Class descriptions and registration
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