First by Design with Keysight EDA Software

Our next-generation, integrated tools and workflows address engineering complexity and risk through intelligent automation. PathWave Design solutions raise your productivity and accelerate time-to-market to deliver success wherever your high frequency signals go.

PathWave Design Software, formerly known as Keysight EEsof EDA, is a world-class engineering organization with deep roots in the EDA, semiconductor, and test industries. Our software experts conduct advanced R&D to architect high-performance design and simulation solutions that meet the most demanding needs of engineers developing silicon, boards, and systems. Our silicon-to-system solutions are used by customers in wireless & wired communications and aerospace & defense markets in a wide variety of RF and microwave and high speed digital applications.

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Enabling innovation past, present, and future

Keysight’s EDA industry heritage goes back more than 40 years. Our history of technical innovation, customer support, training, and industry leadership is unmatched in the markets we serve. We infuse our powerful, accurate, and easy-to-use design and validation solutions with not only advanced simulation techniques, but also critical measurement science know-how from over 80 years of test industry experience. No other EDA company offers these proven, end-to-end design-test capabilities under one roof. When it comes to complex, high frequency design projects, you can count on PathWave Design Software to enable your first pass success today and in the years ahead.

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Meet Keysight’s Modeling Software R&D Engineer Lina Cao

Keysight’s EDA business runs on talented people like Lina Cao, who was introduced to Keysight through the Society of Women Engineers (SWE). To learn more about her background and interest in EDA technology, we spoke with Lina via Microsoft Teams.

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Our people, professional expertise, and teamwork are what makes Keysight's EDA software stand apart. We are proud to have a strong team across every aspect of the business serving our customers at the center of all we do.

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Keysight is actively working with technology and industry partners to build more complete solutions for customers in electronics, aerospace and defense, commercial communications industries, just to name a few.

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Application Notes 2023.04.18

Designing for Superconducting Qubit Circuits

Designing for Superconducting Qubit Circuits

Superconducting qubit circuits usually consist of a network of qubits and meander line resonators. Researchers have been investing their effort in expanding superconducting qubit circuits to contain hundreds of elements for more advanced computation. PathWave Advanced Design System (ADS) provides the necessary tools to design and simulate superconducting qubits from basic to broader quantum application circuits. In this application note, we demonstrate how users can build, analyze, and create fabrication blueprints of simple quantum computing circuits. PathWave ADS has various quantum components to create quantum circuit schematics and layouts. The layouts subsequently are turned into a full 3D geometry for full-wave RF simulations. Then, users can generate circuit fabrication files in GDS format for fabrication.

2023.04.18

eBooks 2024.04.11

Robust Design Data Management for Hybrid Clouds

Robust Design Data Management for Hybrid Clouds

Modern design data management: Key strategies to put an end to data chaos that disrupts EDA workflows and hinders your team’s ability to embrace cloud technologies.

2024.04.11

Application Notes 2023.01.26

Simulating the Effects of Layout Parasitics on a Power Inverter

Simulating the Effects of Layout Parasitics on a Power Inverter

Power inverters are becoming more popular in industries such as electric vehicles, data centers and renewable energy. A power inverter converts DC power into AC power through a series of transistors. It is critical to balance the current that flows which each transistor to achieve an optimal level of current symmetry. Board parasitics can become a barrier to achieving this design goal. This application note will explore the technique used in simulation to overcome this challenge.

2023.01.26

eBooks 2023.06.14

Four Considerations for High-Speed Digital Design Success

Four Considerations for High-Speed Digital Design Success

2023.06.14

ebooks 2023.06.01

Four Secrets to Mastering Millimeter-Wave Communications Circuit Design

Four Secrets to Mastering Millimeter-Wave Communications Circuit Design

Keysight has seen dramatic changes in mobile network devices and infrastructure design, development, and deployment in the transition from 4G to 5G. One substantial challenge affecting circuit design is frequencies extending into the 70 GHz millimeter-wave (mmWave) band. High millimeter-wave frequencies and the drive towards miniaturization directly impact the design of the circuits and systems.

2023.06.01

White Papers 2022.12.11

Using Simulation to Overcome Three Millimeter-Wave Design Challenges

Using Simulation to Overcome Three Millimeter-Wave Design Challenges

Radio designers are turning to higher frequencies and system simulation to solve 5G NR congestion and bandwidth challenges.

2022.12.11

White Papers 2022.12.06

Designing for DDR4 and Beyond

Designing for DDR4 and Beyond

High-speed digital standards are evolving to keep pace with emerging technologies such as 5G, the Internet of Things (IoT), artificial intelligence, and autonomous vehicles. While each technological advancement raises the bar for innovation, each step forward brings new obstacles, particularly for hardware engineers designing memory systems.

2022.12.06

White Papers 2022.10.14

Three Steps to Overcome Signal Integrity Challenges

Three Steps to Overcome Signal Integrity Challenges

High-speed digital standards are quickly evolving to keep pace with the data demand from emerging technologies such as 5G, the Internet of Things, artificial intelligence, virtual reality, and autonomous vehicles. Each generational change of high-speed computing standards provides new signaling features, faster data transfer rates, and smaller design margins. Faster speeds create new design challenges that require higher-accuracy simulation, new software tools, and more efficient workflows.

2022.10.14

White Papers 2022.12.26

High-Speed Digital Design Success Demands A Modern Workflow

High-Speed Digital Design Success Demands A Modern Workflow

2022.12.26

eBooks 2023.06.26

Four Real-World Applications for Electromagnetic Simulation

Four Real-World Applications for Electromagnetic Simulation

This paper will walk you through how to use electromagnetic simulation (EM simulation) to accelerate and simplify your design workflow to create better designs.

2023.06.26

White Papers 2022.09.12

Advantages System - Level Design Delivers for Phased - Array Development

Advantages System - Level Design Delivers for Phased - Array Development

Phased Array Antenna Innovations for Satellite Communications.

2022.09.12

White Papers 2018.06.10

Improve and Accelerate Product Development Processes

Improve and Accelerate Product Development Processes

Going from concept to shipment fast is every product development team's goal. Learn techniques and methodologies for improving product development processes.

2018.06.10

White Papers 2023.09.20

Simulation for 5G New Radio System Design and Verification

Simulation for 5G New Radio System Design and Verification

There are many challenges for design and verification engineers to develop their commercial 5G devices. Finding effective solutions is one of the greatest challenges for wireless technology experts.

2023.09.20

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