Best RF sotwares [req]

[elec350]

best rf software

hi
what's the best and newest software for RF circuit design? Is it under windows or linux?

 

[vivek1214]

hi,
cadence is the best for circuit level design
ADS is also good, it is best for system level design

 

[zmliu]

ADS, Ansoft, Genesys

 

[vivek1214]

ya, genesys is also good

 

[biff44]

I think the Agilent Genesys is the best value for RF software. It is a good balance of full-feature and reasonable price (although not as reasonable as it used to be!)

 

[madengr]

Microwave Office of course! I bought Eagleware (aka Genesys) in '92 when it came on four 5-1/4 floppies. This was my personal copy, which I later traded in for the basic version of Microwave Office. The base version has linear simulation and layout, of course you can scale it up to handle MMIC and RFIC. I have the full Analog Office and VSS at work though.

 

[ND]

From my experience: MWO.
I have version 5.51 (released in 2002.) and i am pretty satisfied.
There are some bugs (like in every other program), but as i saw many of them are corrected in version 6.51.

 

[wtl]

Does MWO support load-pull/source-pull analysis as ADS does?

 

[madengr]

Yes.

 

[khouly]

microwave office is great , i have used VSS it is very simple and ultra friendly

but still ADS is the standard RF/Microwave Design software

khouly

 

[Lance_RFdude.com]

Agilent Genesys is what I prefer for the board level (linear, nonlinear, planar EM, system) design.

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