Why Use SOS for ADS
Engineering teams using Advanced Design System (ADS) often struggle with version conflicts, scattered design files, limited traceability, and inefficient reuse of valuable RF intellectual property. As RF, microwave, and high-speed digital designs become more complex, traditional file-sharing methods create risks that can delay projects and increase development costs.
SOS for ADS provides integrated engineering data and IP management directly within the ADS environment, enabling teams to manage design revisions, collaborate securely, and maintain complete traceability across schematics, layouts, EM models, simulation data, and device models. Instead of relying on manual file management, teams gain a structured, searchable, and scalable system for managing RF design data.
Key Capabilities
Manage complete ADS project states with labels, branches, and version histories. Engineers can quickly compare revisions, recover previous configurations, and maintain reproducible design environments.
Centralize schematics, simulation files, layouts, and libraries within a structured repository that eliminates uncertainty and improves design consistency across teams.
Find and deploy verified design blocks, passive structures, EM models, and circuit topologies across multiple projects, reducing duplicate work and accelerating time-to-market.
Support governance requirements with role-based permissions, approval workflows, release gates, and complete audit trails for regulatory and quality management processes.
Manage thousands of design files, large EM datasets, and global engineering teams without compromising performance or accessibility.
Create structured, traceable engineering datasets that can support future AI-driven design automation, predictive analysis, and intelligent design reuse initiatives.
Resources to Get You Started
Flyers
Keysight Engineering Data Management (SOS) Core
Solution Briefs
SOS Core: Reliable, High Performance Design Data Management for Semiconductor Engineering Teams
Have Questions? We've Got Answers
SOS integrates directly within the ADS environment, allowing engineers to manage version control, change history, project states, and workspace data without leaving ADS. Teams can check designs in and out, create labels, and collaborate securely from a single interface.
Without structured design data management, teams often experience version conflicts, duplicated work, lost design history, and collaboration challenges. SOS creates a single source of truth for ADS projects, helping teams improve efficiency, traceability, and design quality.
AI models depend on clean, structured, and traceable engineering data. SOS organizes ADS schematics, simulation results, libraries, and metadata into a controlled system of record, creating the foundation required for AI-assisted design, verification, and IP reuse.