What are the New PathWave System Design Products?
The new PathWave System Design (SystemVue) product structure is simpler and easier to configure, has fewer elements that include more application-focused value, and is your path to PathWave.
PathWave System Design Solutions
New PathWave System Design solutions enable you to:
- Connect system-level design to RF circuit simulation
- Verify physical layer system designs
- Interoperate with test equipment while wireless standards evolve
What's New?
- Welcome to the Next Generation of Electronic Design Automation
- Using X-Parameters
- Way Better Than A Spreadsheet
Applications
PathWave System Design - Software Bundles
PathWave System Design software bundles provide system engineers with a choice of value-packed, pre-configured combinations of software built for specific system design challenges.
Bundles
| Model | Product Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| W4800B | PathWave System Design Core | Base environment for PathWave System Design. Includes schematic entry, data plotting, and MATLAB code support |
| W4801B | PathWave System Design Core + RF | Adds the RF Analysis simulation element giving users access to the SPECTRASYS engine, WhatIF, linear simulation, and RF component model libraries |
| W4802B | PathWave System Design Core + Comms/DSP | A timed dataflow simulation engine to create communications and digital signal processing designs. Includes libraries of general DSP components, digital modulation, SerDes, MIMO, and legacy cellular standards |
| W4803B | PathWave System Design Core + RF + Comms/DSP | Combines both the RF and Comms/DSP analyses, allowing RF Link to connect timed dataflow analysis with accurate RF system models |
| W4804B | PathWave System Design Core + RF + Comms/DSP + Phased Array | Adds the advanced Phased Array Analysis simulator for both RF and Comms/DSP applications using beamforming |
| W4806B | PathWave System Design Algorithm Core | Embedded Algorithm Bundle - RF and Comms/DSP simulation engines for use by algorithm designers working in a MATLAB-centric environment (does not include the PathWave System Design Core component) |
| W4810B | PathWave System Design Core + AMI | High-Speed Digital (HSD) Bundle - Complete AMI model generation bundle. Includes the PathWave System Design Core, Comms/DSP simulator, AMI Modeling Kit, and C++ Code Generation Kit |
| W4811B | PathWave System Design, Aerospace Defense | Complete aerospace defense system development bundle. Includes the RF, Comms/DSP, and phased array simulators as well as the Aerospace Defense Library and Visualization Kit. |
| W4812B | PathWave System Design + 5G and Cellular | Complete 5G and cellular communications system development bundle. Includes the RF, Comms/DSP, and phased array simulators as well as the 5G and Cellular Library and the DPD Design Kit. |
| W4813B | PathWave System Design, Automotive | Complete automotive radar system development bundle. Includes the RF, Comms/DSP, and phased array simulators as well as the Automotive Library and the Ray Tracing Design Kit. |
| W4814B | PathWave System Design + WiFi and Connectivity | Complete WiFi and Connectivity system development bundle. Includes the RF, Comms/DSP, and phased array simulators as well as the WiFi and Connectivity Library and the DPD Design Kit. |
| W4815B | PathWave System Design + Satellite | Complete satellite communications system development bundle. Includes the RF, Comms/DSP, and phased array simulators as well as the Satellite Comms Library, 5G and Cellular Library, DPD Design Kit, and STK Link. |
For more information on these bundles, refer to the PathWave System Design (SystemVue) Configuration guide.
PathWave System Design - Simulation Elements
Simulation elements are themselves comprised of one or more separate modules, which add additional design and development functions. These modules, which were formerly sold separately, are now grouped together into very efficient and effective combinations which are the bundles listed above.
Simulators
Simulators
| Model | Product Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| W4501E | PathWave Comms/DSP Simulation | Dataflow time-domain simulation engine for baseband and RF system modeling. Includes libraries of building blocks for system design including Baseband, DSP, and signal modulation |
| W4502E | PathWave RF Simulation | Bring RF system modeling to your design flow with the frequency domain PathWave RF analysis simulator Spectrasys. Includes component models from RF component vendors and also the frequency planning tool WhatIF. Allows designers to use X-parameter models and RF system blocks in the time domain through RF_Link |
| W4503E | PathWave Phased Array Simulation | A powerful simulation engine for both time and frequency domain phased array creation and analysis including beamforming and antenna pattern import |
| W4509E | PathWave System Simulation HPC 1-Pack | Includes system analysis high-performance computing package for parallel computing tasks |
Design Kits
Design Flow & Application Kits
| Model | Product Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| W4510E | PathWave DPD Design Kit | Capture amplifier nonlinearity and create predistortion algorithms and settings for linearization of cellular and WiFi systems |
| W4511E | PathWave AMI Modeling Kit | Build and generate IBIS-AMI models of SerDes chips and modules for use in your high-speed digital (HSD) simulations |
| W4512E | PathWave C++ Code Generation Kit | Create transportable C++ models of certain algorithmic blocks from PathWave System Design for use in other applications |
| W4513E | PathWave Ray Tracing Kit | Complex environment modeling interface for automotive radar system simulation using shooting-bouncing rays (SBR) technique to capture large number of targets including independent motion. Output is used in conjunction with W4525E PathWave Automotive Library |
| W4514E | PathWave STK Link | Connects PathWave System Design simulations to scenario models from Systems Tool Kit (STK) by AGI, Inc. enabling users to combine complex radar and electronic warfare (EW) scenarios with advanced kinematics and accurate RF system models |
| W4515E | PathWave Aerospace Defense Visualization Kit | Bring your radar target scenarios to life with advanced visualization to configure and quickly assess radar and target configurations prior to simulation. |
| W4516E | PathWave 5G NR NTN Channel Model Kit | A satellite channel model which supports all the propagation characteristics for GEO, MEO & LEO with large path delay, large-frequency Doppler Shift, with trajectory visualization. |
| W4519E | PathWave DPD Designer in PathWave System Design | The W4519E is an analysis tool in PathWave System Design for architects working with digital pre-distortion (DPD). It offers compact waveforms, built-in optimized DPD analysis, a workflow with the PNA-X DPD verification capability, the new Dynamic Gain model which provides unprecedented fidelity with memory effects. |
Libraries
Libraries
| Model | Product Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| W4522E | PathWave 5G & Cellular Library | Verification library for all current cellular standards including 5G NR, LTE-A, and LTE. Includes reference designs and measurements for each standard, as well as MIMO channel builder capabilities |
| W4523E | PathWave WiFi & Connectivity Library | Simulate and verify WiFi, GPS, and Bluetooth system performance with reference sources and measurements for all connectivity system requirements |
| W4524E | PathWave Satellite Comms Library | Simulate DVB-x2 and GNSS signals for satellite communications systems analysis |
| W4525E | PathWave Automotive Library | Simulate and verify automotive radar systems with pulse and modulation sources, target and channel models, and automotive signal processing components. |
| W4526E | PathWave Aerospace Defense Library | Advanced radar simulation library including pulse signals, modulation, target, clutter, and environment models for testing radar system designs. Includes the W4514E PathWave STK Link to connect simulations to AGI's STK software. |
Explorers
Explorers in ADS
| Model | Product Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| W4540E | PathWave DPD Explorer in PathWave ADS | A new verification tool in PathWave Advanced Design System (ADS) for RF designers verifying power amplifiers with DPD at circuit level. It offers compact waveforms, built-in optimized DPD analysis, a workflow with the PNA-X model extraction and DPD verification, the new Dynamic Gain model which provides unprecedented fidelity with memory effects. |
How to Buy
For more information on how you can take advantage of these powerful new software products, please consult your local Keysight PathWave Software Solutions sales representative.
Student License Program
If your studies are going online, Keysight can help. As a current user of Keysight’s PathWave Design Software, formerly Keysight EESof EDA, you are invited to make use of the student license program.
The student license program provides students and professors at supported universities fully functional licenses for use resident on their personal computer.
Send your students to get their licenses today.
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