The W2331 Layout Element provides a complete high-frequency physical design
environment for the Advanced Design System (ADS). ADS is the fagship product from
Agilent EEsof EDA, the technology and innovation leader in high-frequency mixed-signal
electronic design automation (EDA). ADS is the only design simulation platform that enables
the co-design of IC, package, and board in high-frequency and high-speed applications. It
seamlessly integrates system, circuit, and full 3D electromagnetic simulation with Agilent’s
test instrumentation, resulting in repeatable, frst-pass electronic design success.
The ADS Layout Element was developed specifcally for the physical design of high-
frequency layouts in MMICs, RF Modules, RF PC boards, and printed antennas where the
physical geometries, dimensions, and proximity must be carefully calculated and positioned
to give optimum performance at RF and microwave frequencies. It is seamlessly integrated
with the ADS schematic environment, where editing of dimensions in layout updates the
schematic and vice-versa in a process called design synchronization, allowing layout
changes to be instantly simulated by the circuit, planar, full 3D electromagnetic, or system
simulators in ADS. MMIC designers particularly beneft from the features of ADS Layout
because the design can begin more intuitively and positioning of edge pin connections can
be precisely defned instead of always starting from schematic.