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v14.01 Analyst Getting Started Guide ni.com/awr Analyst Getting Started Guide NI AWR Design Environment v14.01 Edition 1960E.GrandAvenue,Suite430 ElSegundo,CA90245 USA Phone:+1310.726.3000 Fax:+1310.726.3005 Website:www.ni.com/awr <[email protected]> U.S.TechnicalSupportphone:888.349.7610 LEGALNOTICES ©2018NationalInstruments.Allrightsreserved.©2018AWRCorporation.Allrightsreserved. Trademarks • AnalogOffice,APLAC,AWR,AWRDesignEnvironment,AXIEM,MicrowaveOffice,NationalInstruments,NI,ni.comandTX-Line areregisteredtrademarksofNationalInstruments.VisualSystemSimulator(VSS),Analyst,andAWRConnectedaretrademarksofAWR Corporation/NationalInstruments.RefertotheTrademarkssectionatni.com/trademarksforotherNationalInstrumentstrademarks. • Otherproductandcompanynamesmentionedhereinaretrademarksortradenamesoftheirrespectivecompanies. Patents ForpatentscoveringNIAWRsoftwareproducts/technology,refertoni.com/patents. 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Table of Contents 1.Introduction.................................................................................................................................... 1–1 IntroducingtheNIAWRDesignEnvironment.................................................................................. 1–1 About This Guide ....................................................................................................................... 1–2 Prerequisites ...................................................................................................................... 1–2 ContentsofthisGuide......................................................................................................... 1–2 ConventionsUsedinThisGuide............................................................................................ 1–2 GettingAdditionalInformation...................................................................................................... 1–3 NIAWRKnowledgeBase.................................................................................................... 1–3 Documentation................................................................................................................... 1–3 OnlineHelp....................................................................................................................... 1–5 Website Support ................................................................................................................. 1–5 Technical Support ............................................................................................................... 1–5 2.AWRDesignEnvironmentSuite........................................................................................................ 2–1 StartingNIAWRPrograms........................................................................................................... 2–2 NIAWRDesignEnvironmentSuiteComponents.............................................................................. 2–3 BasicOperations......................................................................................................................... 2–4 WorkingwithProjects ......................................................................................................... 2–4 Project Contents ......................................................................................................... 2–5 Creating,Opening,andSavingProjects........................................................................... 2–5 OpeningExampleProjects ........................................................................................... 2–5 ImportingTestBenches................................................................................................ 2–6 WorkingwithSchematicsandNetlistsinMWO........................................................................ 2–7 WorkingwithSystemDiagramsinVSS.................................................................................. 2–8 Using the Element Browser .................................................................................................. 2–9 Adding Subcircuits to Schematics ................................................................................ 2–11 AddingSubcircuitstoSystemDiagrams........................................................................ 2–11 AddingPortstoSchematicsandSystemDiagrams .......................................................... 2–11 ConnectingElementandSystemBlockNodes................................................................ 2–12 AddingDatatoNetlists.............................................................................................. 2–12 CreatingEMStructures.............................................................................................. 2–12 AddingEMStructureDrawings................................................................................... 2–13 CreatingaLayoutwithMWO ............................................................................................. 2–14 ModifyingLayoutAttributesandDrawingProperties....................................................... 2–15 UsingtheLayoutManager.......................................................................................... 2–16 CreatingOutputGraphsandMeasurements ........................................................................... 2–17 SettingSimulationFrequencyandPerformingSimulations........................................................ 2–18 TuningandOptimizingSimulations.............................................................................. 2–19 UsingCommandShortcuts ................................................................................................. 2–19 UsingScriptsandWizards.......................................................................................................... 2–20 UsingOnlineHelp..................................................................................................................... 2–20 3.ANA:UsingtheAnalyst3DElectromagneticSimulator ......................................................................... 3–1 CreatingaSimulationforaSimpleEMStructure.............................................................................. 3–1 OpeninganExistingProject.................................................................................................. 3–1 ConvertingtheAXIEMStructuretoAnalyst............................................................................ 3–2 RunningtheSimulation........................................................................................................ 3–8 4.ANA:Hierarchyand3DPartsinAnalyst ............................................................................................ 4–1 BuildingaHierarchicalSimulation................................................................................................. 4–1 OpeninganExistingProject.................................................................................................. 4–1 CreatinganAnalystEMStructure.......................................................................................... 4–2 GettingStartedGuideiii Contents Addinga3DParameterizedCell(BondWires)....................................................................... 4–11 5.ANA:UsingArbitrary3DStructuresinAnalyst ................................................................................... 5–1 CreatingandImporting3DStructures............................................................................................. 5–1 OpeninganExistingProject.................................................................................................. 5–1 AddingtheSMAConnector.................................................................................................. 5–2 AddingSolderPads............................................................................................................. 5–8 SimulatingtheEntireStructure............................................................................................ 5–10 ConfiguringforTransitionSimulationOnly........................................................................... 5–14 EncapsulatingtheChipandBondWires................................................................................ 5–17 6.ANA:ImportingSATFilesinAnalyst ................................................................................................ 6–1 UsingaCustomHousingtoEnclosethePCB................................................................................... 6–1 OpeninganExistingProject.................................................................................................. 6–1 ImportingtheHousing......................................................................................................... 6–1 AssigningMaterialstotheStructure....................................................................................... 6–4 SimulatingtheStructure....................................................................................................... 6–9 Index .......................................................................................................................................... Index–1 ivNIAWRDesignEnvironment Chapter 1. Introduction ThefollowingNIAWRDEGettingStartedGuidesareavailable: • TheMicrowaveOfficeGettingStartedGuideprovidesstep-by-stepexamplesthatshowyouhowtouseMicrowave Officetocreatecircuitdesigns. • TheAnalystGettingStartedGuideprovidesstep-by-stepexamplesthatshowyouhowtouseAnalystTMtocreateand simulate3DEMstructuresfromMicrowaveOffice. • MMICGettingStartedGuideprovidesstep-by-stepexamplesthatshowyouMonolithicMicrowaveIntegratedCircuit (MMIC)featuresanddesigns. • VisualSystemSimulatorGettingStartedGuideprovidesstep-by-stepexamplesthatshowyouhowtouseVisual SystemSimulatorTM(VSS)softwaretocreatesystemsimulationsandtoincorporateMicrowaveOfficecircuitdesigns. • AnalogOfficeGettingStartedGuideprovidesstep-by-stepexamplesthatshowyouhowtouseAnalogOfficetocreate circuitdesignsanddisplayvariousmeasurementsingraphicalform. TosetuptheNIAWRDEforPCBstyledesign,chooseTools>CreateNewProcesstodisplaytheCreateNewProcess dialogbox,thenclicktheHelpbuttonfordetailsonusingthistool. Introducing the NI AWR Design Environment WelcometotheNIAWRDEsuite! Thissuitecomprisesthreepowerfultoolsthatcanbeusedtogethertocreateanintegratedsystem,RF,oranalogdesign environment:VisualSystemSimulator(VSS),MicrowaveOffice,andAnalogOfficesoftware.Thesepowerfultools arefullyintegratedintheNIAWRDesignEnvironmentsuiteandallowyoutoincorporatecircuitdesignsintosystem designswithoutleavingthedesignenvironment. VSSsoftwareenablesyoutodesignandanalyzeend-to-endcommunicationsystems.Youcandesignsystemscomposed ofmodulatedsignals,encodingschemes,channelblocksandsystemlevelperformancemeasurements.Youcanperform simulationsusingVSS'spredefinedtransmittersandreceivers,oryoucanbuildcustomizedtransmittersandreceivers frombasicblocks.Basedonyouranalysisneeds,youcandisplayBERcurves,ACPRmeasurements,constellations,and powerspectrums,tonameafew.VSSprovidesareal-timetunerthatallowsyoutotunethedesignsandthenseeyour changesimmediatelyinthedatadisplay. MicrowaveOfficeandAnalogOfficesoftwareenableyoutodesigncircuitscomposedofschematicsandelectromagnetic (EM)structuresfromanextensiveelectricalmodeldatabase,andthengeneratelayoutrepresentationsofthesedesigns. YoucanperformsimulationsusinganyofNIAWR'ssimulationengines,suchasalinearsimulator,anadvancedharmonic balancesimulatorfornonlinearfrequency-domainsimulationandanalysis(theAPLACharmonicbalancesimulator),a 3D-planarEMsimulator(theAXIEMtool),a3D-FEMsimulator(theAnalysttool),transientcircuitsimulators(the APLACtransientsimulatororanoptionalHSPICEsimulator)--anddisplaytheoutputinawidevarietyofgraphical formsbasedonyouranalysisneeds.Youcanthentuneoroptimizethedesignsandyourchangesareautomaticallyand immediatelyreflectedinthelayout.Statisticalanalysisallowsyoutoanalyzeresponsesbasedonstatisticallyvarying designcomponents. AnalogOfficeprovidesasingleenvironmenttofullyinteractwithacomprehensiveandpowerfulsetofintegratedtools fortop-downandfront-to-backanalogandRFICdesign. ThetoolsetspanstheentireICdesignflow,fromsystem-leveltocircuit-leveldesignandverification,includingdesign entryandschematiccapture,time-andfrequency-domainsimulationandanalysis,physicallayoutwithautomated device-levelplaceandrouteandintegrateddesignrulechecker(DRC),3Dfullfieldsolver-basedextractionwithindustry GettingStartedGuide1–1 AboutThisGuide goldstandardhigh-speedextractiontechnologyfromOEAInternational,andacomprehensivesetofwaveformdisplay andanalysiscapabilitiessupportingcomplexRFmeasurements. OBJECTORIENTEDTECHNOLOGY AtthecoreoftheNIAWRDesignEnvironmentcapabilityisadvancedobject-orientedtechnology.Thistechnology resultsinsoftwarethatiscompact,fast,reliable,andeasilyenhancedwithnewtechnologyasitbecomesavailable. About This Guide ThisGettingStartedGuideisdesignedtofamiliarizeyouwiththesoftwarebydemonstratingMicrowaveOffice,VSS, AnalogOffice,Analyst,orMMICcapabilitiesthroughworkingexamples. Prerequisites YoushouldbefamiliarwithMicrosoft®Windows®andhaveaworkingknowledgeofbasiccircuitand/orsystemdesign andanalysis. ThisdocumentisavailableasaPDFfileonyourProgramDisk(*_Getting_Started.pdf,dependingonyourproduct),or youcandownloaditfromtheKnowledgeBaseatNIAWRKnowledgeBase. IfyouareviewingthisguideasonlineHelpandintendtoworkthroughtheexamples,youcanobtainandprintoutthe PDFversionforeaseofuse. Contents of this Guide Chapter2providesanoverviewoftheNIAWRDEsuiteincludingthebasicmenus,windows,componentsandcommands. IntheMicrowaveOfficeGettingStartedGuidethesubsequentchapterstakeyouthroughhands-onexamplesthatshow youhowtouseMicrowaveOfficesoftwaretocreatecircuitdesignsincludinglayoutandAXIEM3DplanarEMlayout andsimulation. IntheVisualSystemSimulatorGettingStartedGuidethesubsequentchapterstakeyouthroughhands-onexamplesthat showyouhowtouseVSSsoftwaretocreatesystemsimulationsandtoincorporateMicrowaveOfficecircuitdesigns. IntheAnalogOfficeGettingStartedGuidethesubsequentchapterstakeyouthroughhands-onexamplesthatshowyou howtouseAnalogOfficetocreatecircuitdesignsanddisplayvariousmeasurementsingraphicalform. IntheMMICGettingStartedGuidethesubsequentchapterstakeyouthroughhands-onexamplesthatshowyouMonolithic MicrowaveIntegratedCircuit(MMIC)featuresanddesigns. IntheAnalystGettingStartedGuidethesubsequentchapterstakeyouthroughhands-onexamplesthatshowuseofthe Analyst3DElectromagneticsimulatorfor3DEMsimulationwithinMicrowaveOffice.Useof3Dparametriclayout cellsanda3DLayoutEditorisincluded. Conventions Used in This Guide Thisguideusesthefollowingtypographicalconventions: 1–2NIAWRDesignEnvironment GettingAdditionalInformation Item Convention Anythingthatyouselect(orclick)intheprogram,likemenu Showninaboldalternatetype.Nestedmenuselectionsare items,buttonnames,anddialogboxoptionnames shownwitha">"toindicatethatyouselectthefirstmenu itemandthenselectthesecondmenuitem: ChooseFile>NewProject Anytextthatyouenterusingthekeyboard Showninaboldtypewithinquotationmarks: Enter"my_project"inProjectName. Filenamesanddirectorypaths. Showninitalics: C:\ProgramFiles\AWR\AWRDE\14orC:\ProgramFiles (x86)\AWR\AWRDE\14isthedefaultinstallationdirectory. Keysorkeycombinationsthatyoupress Showninaboldalternatetypewithinitialcapitals.Key combinationsareshownwitha"+"toindicatethatyoupress andholdthefirstkeywhilepressingthesecondkey: PressAlt+F1. Getting Additional Information TherearemultipleresourcesavailableforadditionalinformationandtechnicalsupportforNIAWRproducts. NI AWR Knowledge Base www.awrcorp.com/support/help.aspx?id=9 • ApplicationNotes-TechnicalpapersonvarioustopicswrittenbyNIAWRorourpartners. • Examples-Pagesexplainingexamplesavailablebothintheinstalledsoftwareandthoseonlyavailablefordownload. • Licensing-Stepbystepguidetoresolvingmostlicensingproblems. • Questions-Questionsandanswersforcommoncustomerissues. • Scripts-Scriptedutilitiestohelpsolvespecificproblems. • Documentation-Completecopyofthelatestreleaseddocumentation. • Videos-Shorttechnicalvideosonhowtoaccomplishspecifictasks. Documentation DocumentationfortheNIAWRDesignEnvironmentincludes: • What'sNewinNIAWRDE14?presentstheneworenhancedfeatures,elements,systemblocks,andmeasurements forthisrelease.ThisdocumentisavailableintheHelpbyclickingtheWindowsStartbuttonandchoosingAllPrograms >AWRDE14>AWRDesignEnvironmentHelpandthenexpandingtheNIAWRDesignEnvironmentnodeontheContents tab,orbychoosingHelp>What'sNewwhileintheprogram. • TheInstallationGuidedescribeshowtoinstalltheNIAWRDEandconfigureitforlockedorfloatinglicensingoptions. Italsoprovideslicensingconfigurationtroubleshootingtips.ThisdocumentisavailableonyourProgramDiskas install.pdf,ordownloadablefromtheKnowledgeBaseatNIAWRKnowledgeBase. GettingStartedGuide1–3 GettingAdditionalInformation • TheUserGuideprovidesanoverviewoftheNIAWRDEincludingchaptersontheuserinterface;using schematics/systemdiagrams;datafiles;netlists;graphs,measurements,andoutputfiles;andvariablesandequations inprojects.Inaddition,anappendixprovidingguidelinesforstartinganewdesignisincluded. • TheSimulationandAnalysisGuidediscussessimulationbasicssuchassweptparameteranalysis, tuning/optimizing/yield,andsimulationfilters;andprovidessimulationdetailsforDC,linear,AC,harmonicbalance, transient,andEMsimulation/extractiontheoryandmethods. • TheDialogBoxReferenceprovidesacomprehensivereferenceofallprogramdialogboxeswithdialogboxgraphics, overviews,optiondetails,andinformationonhowtonavigatetoeachdialogbox. • TheAPIScriptingGuideexplainsthebasicconceptsofNIAWRDEscriptingandprovidescodingexamples.Italso providesinformationonthemostusefulobjects,properties,andmethodsforcreatingscriptsintheNIAWRScript DevelopmentEnvironment(NIAWRSDE).Inaddition,thisguidecontainstheNIAWRDEComponentAPIlist. • TheQuickReferencedocumentlistskeyboardshortcuts,mouseoperations,andtipsandtrickstooptimizeyouruse oftheNIAWRDE.ThisdocumentisavailablewithintheprogrambychoosingHelp>QuickReferenceoronyour ProgramDiskasQuick_Reference.pdf.Thisisanexcellentdocumenttoprintandkeephandyatyourdesk. • ContextsensitiveHelpisavailableformostoperationsorphasesofdesigncreation.ToviewanassociatedHelptopic, presstheF1keyduringdesigncreation. DocumentationforMicrowaveOfficeandAnalogOfficeincludes: • TheMicrowaveOfficeLayoutGuidecontainsinformationoncreatingandviewinglayoutsforschematicsandEM structures,includinguseoftheLayoutManager,LayoutProcessFile,artworkcellcreation/editing/properties,Design RuleChecking,andothertopics. • TheMicrowaveOfficeElementCatalogprovidescompletereferenceinformationonalloftheelectricalelementsthat youusetobuildschematics. • TheMicrowaveOfficeMeasurementCatalogprovidescompletereferenceinformationonthe"measurements"(for example,computeddatasuchasgain,noise,power,orvoltage)thatyoucanchooseasoutputforyoursimulations. DocumentationforVSSincludes: • TheVSSSystemBlockCatalogprovidescompletereferenceinformationonallofthesystemblocksthatyouuseto buildsystems. • TheVSSMeasurementCatalogprovidescompletereferenceinformationonthemeasurementsyoucanchooseas outputforyoursimulations. • TheVSSModelingGuidecontainsinformationonsimulationbasics,RFmodelingcapabilities,andnoisemodeling. Documentationforthe3DEditorandAnalyst-MP(stand-aloneproductformulti-physicstypesofEMproblems)includes: • TheWhat'sNewinAnalyst-MP14(Analyst_Whats_New.pdf)presentstheneworenhancedfeaturesforboththe3D LayoutEditorandAnalyst-MP. • TheAnalystInstallationGuide(Analyst_Install.pdf)describeshowtoinstallAnalystandconfigureitforlockedor floatinglicensingoptions.Italsoprovideslicensingconfigurationtroubleshootingtips. • TheAnalyst-MPGettingStartedGuide(Analyst_Getting_Started.pdf)providesstep-by-stepexamplesthatshowyou howtouseAnalyst-MP. • TheAnalystUserGuide(Analyst_User_Guide.pdf)providesanoverviewofthe3DEditorandAnalyst-MP;including chaptersontheuserinterface,structures,simulations,postprocessing,variables,datafiles,andscripting. 1–4NIAWRDesignEnvironment GettingAdditionalInformation Online Help AllNIAWRDEdocumentationisavailableason-lineHelp. ToaccessonlineHelp,chooseHelpfromthemenubarorpressF1anywhereintheprogram.Contextsensitivehelpis availableforelementsandsystemblocksintheElementBrowserandwithinschematicsorsystemdiagrams.Context sensitiveHelpisavailableformeasurementsfromtheAdd/ModifyMeasurementdialogbox. Website Support SupportisalsoavailablefromtheNIAWRwebsiteatwww.ni.com/awr.YoucangodirectlytothissitefromtheNI AWRDEsuiteHelpmenu.TheSupportpageprovideslinkstothefollowing: • thecurrentsoftwareversion • theKnowledgeBase,whichcontainsFrequentlyAskedQuestions(FAQs)fromusers,ApplicationNotes,Tutorials, andprojectexamples • AllMicrowaveOffice,VSS,andAnalogOfficedocumentation Technical Support TechnicalSupportisavailableMonday-Friday,7a.m.-5p.m.,PST. Phone:888.349.7610/Fax:310.726.3005/E-mail:<[email protected]>. GettingStartedGuide1–5 GettingAdditionalInformation 1–6NIAWRDesignEnvironment
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