What are the New PathWave ADS Products?
The new PathWave Advanced Design System (ADS) product structure is simpler and easier to configure, has fewer elements that include more application-focused value, and is your path to PathWave.
PathWave ADS Solutions
New PathWave ADS solutions enable you to:
- Achieve design success with a complete desktop flow
- Easily integrate with PathWave electromagnetic simulators
- Share and manage workspaces across teams
- Model nonlinear designs with X-parameters
- Incorporate leading foundry and industry designs
- Increase yield with optimization cockpit and data display
What's New?
Applications
- MMIC Design
- Signal and Power Integrity
- RFIC Design
- RF & Microwave Board Design
- RF System-in-Package (SiP) & RF Module Design
- Power Electronics
- Quantum Design
PathWave ADS - Software Bundles
PathWave ADS software bundles provide system engineers with a choice of value-packed, pre-configured combinations of software built for specific system design challenges.
PathWave ADS Bundles
Model | Product Name | Description |
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Base Bundles | ||
W3600B | PathWave ADS Core + EM Design Core | High-frequency design software, simulation and synthesis package providing tuning, optimization and statistical design support for RF, microwave, MMIC, or RFIC design flows at the enterprise level. Also includes interoperability (Verilog A & EMPro Core) |
W3601B | PathWave ADS Core + EM Design + Layout | Adds comprehensive physical design environment specifically geared for high-frequency circuit development, including artwork import/export for ODB++, DXF, Gerber/drill, IGES and GDS-II formats. Also includes Advanced Layout (DRC, LVS, 3rd party DRC/LVS support, RFIC utilities & more) |
RF & Microwave Bundles | ||
W3602B | PathWave ADS Core + EM Design + Layout + HB | Frequency domain non-linear designs |
W3603B | PathWave ADS Core + EM Design + Layout + RF Ckt Sim | Frequency and time domain non-linear designs with digitally modulated signals |
W3604B | PathWave ADS Core + EM Design + Layout + RFPro | Frequency domain linear designs with RFPro EM simulation |
W3605B | PathWave ADS Core + EM Design + Layout + Momentum + HB | Frequency domain non-linear designs with Momentum EM simulation |
W3606B | PathWave ADS Core + EM Design + Layout + RFPro + RF Ckt Sim | Frequency and time domain non-linear designs with digitally modulated signals and RFPro EM simulation |
W3607B | PathWave ADS Core + EM Design + Layout + RFPro + RF Ckt Sim + Sys-Ckt Verification | Frequency and time domain non-linear designs with digitally modulated signals and RFPro EM simulation and includes system level simulation |
W3608B | PathWave ADS Core + EM Design + Layout + RFPro + RF Ckt Sim + Sys-Ckt Verification + Complete VTBs | Frequency and time domain non-linear designs with digitally modulated signals and RFPro EM simulation and includes system level simulation and verification test benches libraries |
W3609B | PathWave ADS Core + EM Design + RFIC Design Quad (GoldenGate) + Layout + RFPro + RF Ckt Sim + Sys-Ckt Verif + VTBs | Frequency and time domain non-linear designs with digitally modulated signals and RFPro EM simulation and includes system level simulation and verification test benches libraries. Adds the RFIC Design Quad (GoldenGate) simulator |
W3615B | PathWave ADS Core, EM Design Core, Layout, RFPro, HB | Bridges the gap between the W3605B and W3606B |
High-Speed Digital (HSD) Bundles | ||
W3621B | PathWave ADS Core + EM Design + HSD Ckt Sim | SerDes simulation |
W3622B | PathWave ADS Core + EM Design + HSD Ckt Sim + Memory Designer | SerDes and memory simulation |
W3623B | PathWave ADS Core + EM Design + Layout + HSD Ckt Sim + PIPro | Power Integrity focus |
W3624B | PathWave ADS Core + EM Design + Layout + HSD Ckt Sim + SIPro | Post-layout EM verification for SerDes |
W3625B | PathWave ADS Core + EM Design + Layout + HSD Ckt Sim + SIPro + PIPro | Post-layout EM verification for SerDes and Power Integrity |
W3626B | PathWave ADS Core + EM Design + Layout + HSD Ckt Sim + Memory + SIPro + PIPro | Post-layout EM verification for SerDes, memory and Power Integrity |
W3627B | PathWave ADS Core + EM Design + Layout + HSD Ckt Sim + SIPro + PIPro + FEM | Highest accuracy EM simulation |
W3650B | Chiplet PHY Designer | Keysight EDA's System-level Chiplet Design and Analysis Bundle |
W3651B | PCIe Designer | PCIe Designer is a modern and smarter PCIe design environment for modeling and simulating the latest PCIe systems. |
Power Electronics (PE) Bundle | ||
W3631B | PathWave ADS Core + EM Design + Layout + PEPro + PE Ckt Sim | Built for power converter design for power generation and transmission, aerospace-defense, automotive, data center, consumer electronics, and IoT applications |
Quantum EDA Bundles | ||
W3704B | PathWave ADS Core, EM Design, Layout, QuantumPro | W3704B PathWave ADS and EM design environments with linear circuit and QuantumPro — An integrated circuit, layout, EM, and quantum extraction workflow for the seamless design of superconducting qubits. |
W3706B | PathWave ADS Core, EM Design Core, Layout, QuantumPro, RF Ckt Sim | W3706B PathWave ADS and EM design environments with nonlinear circuit and QuantumPro — An integrated circuit, layout, EM, and quantum extraction workflow for the seamless design of both superconducting qubits and quantum amplifiers. |
W3715B | PathWave ADS Core, EM Design Core, Layout, QuantumPro, HB | W3715B PathWave ADS and EM design environments with nonlinear circuit and QuantumPro — An integrated circuit, layout, EM, and quantum extraction workflow for the seamless design of both superconducting qubits and quantum amplifiers. |
For more information on these bundles, refer to the PathWave Advanced Design System (ADS) Configuration guide.
PathWave ADS - 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.
PathWave ADS Simulation Elements
Model | Product Name | Description |
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Design Environments | ||
ADSCORE | PathWave ADS Core | ADS Platform Environment, Schematic, Data Display, Verilog A compiler, Broadband SPICE Model Generator, Python Data Link and more |
W4300B | PathWave EM Design Core | Includes drawing environment, which enables drawing, manipulating and importing/exporting 3D designs |
Layout | ||
W3010E | PathWave ADS Layout | Comprehensive physical design environment including native and links to 3rd party DRC, LVS and more |
Circuit Simulation | ||
W3020E | PathWave RF Circuit Simulation | Linear, harmonic balance, circuit envelope, X-Parameter Generator and transient/ convolution circuit simulators |
W3021E | PathWave Harmonic Balance | Provides analysis of nonlinear circuits excited with multi-tone sources, and extensive, preconfigured simulation setups useful in amplifier, RF, microwave, oscillator and custom circuit designs |
W3022E | PathWave Circuit Envelope | Provides efficient simulation technique for complex digitally modulated RF signals in addition to templates for designing linearizers, RF Systems, and PLL Systems |
W3023E | PathWave RF Transient/Convolution | Advanced time-domain Element that includes Transient Simulator (SPICE transient analysis including HSPICE and Spectre compatibility modes) and the Convolution Simulator (creates time-domain models from frequency domain data) |
W5501E | PathWave RFIC Design Quad | GoldenGate simulator able to run up to 4 simultaneous RF simulations within the virtuoso environment |
W3024E | PathWave HSD Circuit Simulation | Includes Transient/Convolution, Channel Sim, Via Designer, Controlled Impedance Line Designer, Broadband SPICE Model Generator and more |
W3025E | PathWave Memory Designer | Workflow minimizes the engineering effort required to setup, extract EM models, simulate the buses, and perform compliance testing. Offering a unique capability to use the same measurement science for both simulation and hardware verification stages, finally simulation to measurement comparison is made easy. Includes Memory Designer and DDR Bus Simulator |
W3026E | PathWave PE Circuit Simulation | Includes Transient/Convolution and the Power Electronics Library |
W3027E | PathWave Linear Simulation Element | Frequency-domain circuit simulator that analyzes a large variety of RF and microwave circuits operating under linear conditions. |
W3029E | PathWave Ckt Sim HPC 1-pack | Includes circuit simulation high-performance computing package for parallel computing |
W3071E | VPI Optical Link Element | Enables link between ADS and VPI TransmissionMaker |
W3077E | PathWave CA/Data Bus Pre-Layout Builder | Command Address and Data Bus Pre-Layout builder is a wizard driven workflow, with 3 added via types. Additionally supports clam-shell configuration |
W3078E | PathWave Advanced DDR AMI Modeler | Enables designers to build single ended PAM4 AMI models for memory interfaces, especially targeted for next generation memory systems including GDDR6X, GDDR7, and potentially DDR6 |
W3081E | PathWave USB AMI Modeler | USB AMI Modeler enables you to quickly and easily build AMI models for USB with next generation PAM3 modulation. Use the wizard driven workflow to modify specific parameters for your models including: CTLE, AGC, Compression, DFE, CDR, and more. USB AMI Models build out the models in the following file formats: .ami, .dll / .so, .ibs, and .conf which is a reusable file format |
W3082E | PathWave PCIe AMI Model Builder | Quickly and easily build AMI models for PCIe for both transmitters (Tx) and receivers (Rx) using the PCIe AMI Model Builder tool within PathWave ADS. |
W3083E | PathWave Ethernet AMI Modeler | Enables you to construct AMI models for Ethernet applications with PAM4 modulation. |
W3085E | PathWave SerDes AMI Modeler | Enables you to construct AMI models for multiple SerDes standards including PCIe, USB, and Ethernet. |
W3550E | PathWave LPDDR5 Infiniium Compliance SimLite | Connects Memory Designer to Infiniium LPDDR5 Compliance Test Application Software, D9050LDDC, and performs automated testing and margin analysis on LPDDR5/LPDDR5X designs with ADS Memory Designer simulated waveform. |
W3552E | PCIe Infiniium Compliance SimLite | |
W3553E | USB Infiniium Compliance SimLite | |
Electromagnetic Simulation | ||
W3030E | PathWave RFPro | Simplified EM analysis user interface integrated in the ADS and Virtuoso environments including Momentum 3D Planar and FEM full 3D EM simulation technologies with predictive expert settings |
W3031E | PathWave Momentum | Momentum is the leading 3D planar electromagnetic (EM) simulator used for passive circuit modeling and analysis, Combines full-wave and quasi-static EM solvers for RF passives, high-frequency interconnects and parasitic modeling |
W3032E | PathWave FEM | Full wave 3D EM simulation capabilities based on the Finite Element Method (FEM), Includes the RFPro UI for use within ADS |
W3033E | PathWave SIPro | Provides signal integrity (SI) analysis of complex high-speed PCBs, enabling you to characterize loss and coupling of signal nets, and ultimately extract an EM-accurate model that can be used in the ADS Transient and Channel Simulators |
W3034E | PathWave PIPro | Provides complete power integrity (PI) analysis of your power distribution network (PDN). Simulation engines include DC IR drop analysis, Thermal and Electro-Thermal DC analysis, PDN AC impedance analysis, Bill of Materials optimization for decoupling capacitors, and finally power plane resonance analysis |
W3035E | PathWave PEPro | Includes Momentum and FEM Simulators |
W3036E | Conducted EMI (CEMI) with PIPro | Conducted EMI Solution now available with PathWave ADS PIPro licensing enabling differential setup with ground plane referencing to match conducted EMI test bench measurements. Includes essential standards for automotive testing. |
W3039E | PathWave EM HPC 1-pack | Lower priced EM simulation license for Momentum or FEM distributed High-Performance Computing applications. Combine multiple 1-packs for greater performance. Requires base simulator license |
W3061E | PathWave RFPro HFSS Link Option | Pathwave RFPro 3DEM Simulation link option to use 3rd party Ansys HFSS FEM simulator. |
Quantum | ||
W3037E | PathWave QuantumPro | An integrated EM, and quantum extraction design environment for the seamless design of superconducting qubits. |
System-Circuit Verification Simulator & Verification Test Benches (VTBs) | ||
W3040E | PathWave Sys-Ckt Verification Simulator | Ptolemy and Virtual Test Bench (VTB) Simulators for use with Radar, 5G/Cellular, WiFi/Connectivity VTBs |
W3041E | PathWave Radar VTB | Virtual Test Bench for Radar Applications, requires VTB Engine |
W3042E | PathWave 5G and Cellular VTB | Virtual Test Bench for 5G & Cellular Applications, requires VTB Engine |
W3043E | PathWave WiFi and Connectivity VTB | Virtual Test Bench for WiFi and additional wireless connectivity standards Applications, requires VTB Engine |
W3046E | PathWave WiMedia, WVAN and DTV VTB | Virtual Test Bench for WiMedia, WVAN & DTV Applications, requires VTB Engine |
W3048E | PathWave VTB Engine | Virtual Test Bench simulator for use with Radar, 5G/Cellular, WiFi/Connectivity VTBs |
W3049E | PathWave Complete VTBs | Includes all of the above VTBs |
Electrothermal Simulation | ||
W3050E | PathWave Electro-Thermal Simulator | Temperature-aware circuit simulation results based on state-of-the-art thermal solver technology directly integrated with the ADS layout environment and circuit simulators |
W3051E | PathWave Electro-Thermal Dynamic Model Generator | Generates time-varying electro-thermal (ETH) models to significantly speed up subsequent electro-thermal simulations by typically 10x. Requires W3050E Pathwave Electro-Thermal Simulator. Dynamic ETH models can be used with all ADS circuit simulators. |
W3059E | Electro-Thermal (ETH) High Performance Computing (HPC) Accelerator | Electro-thermal (ETH) analysis significantly improves circuit simulation accuracy to guarantee electrical performance specs under transient or steady-state self-heating conditions and to avoid premature failures. |
PathWave RF Synthesis (Genesys) Add-On | ||
W3060E | PathWave Synthesis, SpectraSys & Modulated-RF | PathWave Synthesis, SpectraSys & Modulated-RF: Automatic synthesis of lumped and distributed RF/Microwave circuits, RF system architecture design, Digitally modulated RF sources for accurate ACPR and EVM analysis |
PathWave System Design (SystemVue) Add-On | ||
W4803B | PathWave System Design Core + RF + Comms/DSP | PathWave System Design is a platform for designers to create RF and DSP system-level simulations. Behavioral models from ADS can be added to these system-level simulations to capture circuit-accurate behavior of higher-level system performance |
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
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