AWR PCB Design Series — From Component Modeling Thru To Final Verification
In short, PCBs are more often than not designed in layout tools and even when electrical design is done, it is commonly simulated separately at the device level in a circuit simulator. As most high-speed boards involve system specifications, such as ACPR, EVM, or BER, the layout, circuit simulation for component modelling, and system simulation for PCB specification need to be completed and ideally in a united in a single, cohesive flow. This AWR PCB Design Series is a video tutorial that demonstrates how to go from Component Modelling thru to Final Manufacturing Verification in a single, cohesive fashion with AWR's Visual System Simulator (VSS) and Microwave Office software.
AWR PCB Design Series: Video 1 – PCB Design Objectives: This video reviews the entire PCB design flow from the perspective of motivation, problems and solution that PCB designers face when juggling layouit, circuit simulation for component modelling and even system level simulation of PCB specs like ACPR, EVM and BER. This first video introduces the viewer to how this can be done seamlessly with AWR's Visual System Simulator (VSS) and Microwave Office software.
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AWR PCB Design Series: Video 2 - Component Modeling. Often times, a PCB is composed of many different classes of components: antennas involving electromagnetic design, linear parts modelled with measured S-parameter data, and nonlinear parts which require a power- and frequency-dependent model. This video shows how to easily develop and combine these models for use in Microwave Office in preparation for their inclusion in a system simulator, namely VSS.
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AWR PCB Design Series: Video 3 – Ideal PCB Design. Cascading components in a circuit simulation tool is a simple matter of component modelling (covered in Part 2) followed by creating a cascaded circuit schematic. But how do you take circuit models for individual components and make it work, automatically, with on-the-fly model extraction in a circuit simulator—and include PCB pad effects? Catch this video to find out.
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AWR PCB Design Series: Video 4 – PCB Trace Design. Now that you've simulated the ideal board, you've found that component mismatch and load-pulling are causing big losses in overall gain, and worse yet, your system simulation is showing ACPR, EVM, or BER are way out of line compared to your simple, linear budget analysis. Combining AWR's unique iNet interconnects, microstrip modelling, and high-efficient ACE (automatic circuit extraction) interconnect analysis, this video shows how to recapture your circuit and system performance for routed GHz PCB designs.
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AWR PCB Design Series: Video 5 – Final Verification Flow. Design tools are great for getting your design ready, but before you send it out the door, you need to be sure. In this final instalment of AWR's PCB design series, we look at how by just swapping one AWR "EXTRACT" symbol for another, EM simulations in your design analysis readily toggle between options/solvers and that by doing so, you can take your designs into AXIEM final EM verification to make sure you meet circuit level gain specs and maintain system level EVM specs.
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