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APLAC RF Design Tool

The importance of effective electronic planning tools has increased as electronic products have become more complex and the competition among manufacturers has increased. There is, however, an inherent loose-tight constraint in creating such tools. On one hand, the tools should be easy to use, the simulation methods should be fast and comprehensive, and the results should be accurate and clear. On the other hand, the system should be flexible enough to cope with the messiness of reality.

Most simulation tools available fail to address the actual needs of the professional designer. Typically, several simulation methods are needed to design an electronic device. Results from one simulation, in turn, become the input for the next. If various programs are used in design work, time-consuming manipulation of result data from one format to another may be needed. Designers are further burdened by the chore of learning to use each tool effectively. Clearly, a tool package with many simulation features makes life simpler.

Another trend in contemporary electronic design is 'automation.' This involves finding ways to allow the user to define complex design tasks with automatic optimization and parameter variations. Once this is possible, the user can at virtually no cost make thousands of circuit adjustments and emulate circuit production to find an optimal design.

Meet APLAC.

Configure your own APLAC RF Design Tool by selecting any combination of APLAC Modules with the Analog Design Tool.

The following software tools are available to tackle your specific design needs:

Analog Design Tool

With APLAC Analog Design Tool you can design analog devices, making use of all essential linear and nonlinear analysis methods, as well as optimization and Monte Carlo analysis.You can define the analysis tasks for operating-point calculations, frequency-domain analysis, transient analysis, and harmonic balance simulation. The package contains the APLAC Editor, APLAC Simulator and APLAC Language Interface.

Applications:

• discrete filters and matching circuits
• regulators
• audio amplifiers
• discrete RF amplifiers
• mixers and oscillators
• passive attenuators

Analysis:

• gain
• stability
• IP3
• linear noise
• S-parameters etc.

APLAC Modules

RF Board Module

RF Board Module extends the Analog Design Tool by providing an extensive set of distributed components, and a nonlinear noise analysis. Components include microstripline and stripline library, via and pad models, printed inductor models, and a general 2,5D Multilayerstruct component for multilayer PCB design.

Applications:

• distributed RF matching circuit
• coupled-line filters
• MMIC mixers etc.

Analysis:

• nonlinear noise analysis
• oscillator phase noise analyses

Fast RF IC Module

Provides you with efficient methods to design large scale RF-ICs, such as extended version of the HB simulation and latest semiconductor models e.g. BSIM4 and MOS11. As an extension to Fast RF IC Module a multi-thread algorithm is available for significant additional speed improvement for multiprocessor computers.

MEMS Module

With APLACs MEMS Module one can design versatile MEMS structures, and perform cosimulation with arbitrary electric circuits. All equivalent analyses are available as in electrical side, i.e. DC, small-signal, time-domain and nonlinear steady-state.

Applications:

• accelerometers
• RF switches
• mechanical resonators
• varactors
• microphones
• loudspeakers etc.

C-Language Interface

For advanced in-house modelling APLAC provides a programming interface for user’s own C-code. Typical usage might be proprietary models and user’s functions, DSP codes etc.

System Simulation Module

System Simulation Module provides APLAC user with a versatile system simulator for modern modulated-signal communication system analysis. System Simulation Module can be extended by WLAN and Bluetooth libraries for complete characterization of these special radio systems. Extensions cover blocks for signal generation, and specification measurements.

Applications:

• AM
• FM
• GSM
• GPS
• 3G
• radio links
• gain control loops
• several modulators/demodulators
• PLLs etc.

Analysis:

• waveforms
• BER
• constellation
• eye-pattern
• spectrum
• SNR etc.

ElectroMagnetic Module

APLACs ElectroMagnetic Module is a true 3D FDTD simulator for EM-analysis of arbitrary structures. It provides higher accuracy than the models contained in RFBoard module, because all couplings and radiation losses are taken into account.

Applications:

• patch antennas
• arbitrary stripline or microstripline network
• resonators etc.
• GPS

Analysis:

• S-Parameters
• radiation patterns and voltage/current waveforms at selected locations

Supported operating systems

• Windows NT 4.0
• Windows 2000
• Windows XP
• HP-UX 11
• Sun Solaris 8 and 9
• Redhat 7.3, 8 and Enterprise 3.0

APLAC 8.10 Product Catalogue

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APLAC RF Design Tool Brochure

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For further information, please send an email to sales@aplac.com.