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Interfacing ZVA/ZVB/ZVT With AWR Software For Filter Design And Optimization
March 3, 2010
•Application Note: Interfacing ZVA/ZVB/ZVT With AWR Software For Filter Design And Optimization
By Rohde & Schwarz GmbH & Co. KG
This application note describes how to interface R&S ZVA/ZVB/ZVT vector network analyzer with AWR electronic design automation (EDA) software. Using AWR Testwave™ option, measured data can be exported via GPIB/LAN and verified with simulated data. Basic filter design is simplified with AWR NuHertz™ filter wizard, an optimization tool that can be introduced to correlate measured with simulated data.
Overview
For manufacturers of RF devices, reducing the timescale from design to validation is essential to realize shorter time-to-market forecasts for new designs. Particularly, for RF design and verification engineers, their efficiency has to be enhanced by changing the design flow. Serial design flow with validation loops can be replaced by a parallel design-validate flow.
AWR® employs the Unified Data Model™ (UDM) as the basis for parallel designvalidate flow. This modern design platform enables real-time design concurrency across RF system, circuit, electrical and physical design phases. UDM, being a single data-set approach, allows multiple views of the circuitry and results in unparalleled tool interactivity and an enhanced throughput.
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