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The Knowledge Center contains a lot of great in-depth information. However, it can be a lot of work to find material that is suitable for university curriculum. We wanted to make it easy for you to get started with Keysight PathWave. This page contains an aggregated list of the most useful material for college curriculum, both at the undergraduate and graduate levels. The material is sorted in two ways - by PathWave application and college course.
PathWave Advanced Design System (ADS)
Written Material (App Notes, Tutorials, Workshops)
| Title | Location | Abstract | Other Applicable Applications |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5G RF/Microwave EDA Design Flow | Keysight Website | A discussion of the workflow for typical RF/Microwave designs. This app note covers the design, simulation and verification for mmWave wireless and aerospace/defense applications. | All |
| Advanced Design System (ADS) Circuit Design Cookbook 2.0 | Keysight Website | The ADS Circuit Design Cookbook provides getting started details of ADS software. Great for beginners, the step-by-step screenshots demonstrate how to get started using Advanced Design System (ADS) without assuming any prior ADS experience. | None |
| ADS Example Guide 🎓 | Keysight Website | Great for students, these labs help connect classroom concepts to professional design skills needed to become an effective RF engineer on day one. The guides demonstrate how to get started using Advanced Design System (ADS) without assuming any prior experience. This book is ideal for a microwave engineering course. | None |
| Digital Modulation in Communication Systems 🎓 | Keysight Website | Understand concepts of digital modulation and learn new digital modulation techniques in communication systems to make informed decisions to optimize your systems. | All |
| Filter Design and Synthesis Tools 📚 | Knowledge Center | This article shows where you can turn when you want to know more about the filter design and synthesis tools that are a part of PathWave Advanced Design System. | None |
| Installing VSA and VNA Simulator alongside PathWave Design (formerly EEsof) for Student Licenses 📚 | Knowledge Center | If your university has the W2130UU bundle, students get PathWave VSA and VNA Simulator for their personal computers, but licensing is different than the other applications. This guide shows you how to install PathWave VSA and VNA Simulator alongside your existing PathWave Design installation. | All |
| Using Advanced Design System to Design an MMIC Amplifier | Keysight Website | The amplifier design process depends on a number of factors, including desired specifications, availability of device models, designer preference, and more. This application note describes one of many potential sequences. | None |
Videos
| Title | Description |
|---|---|
| High Speed Digital Tutorials (Playlist) | In this series, the presenter posts videos (around 10 minutes each) to cover some of the main topics regarding high speed digital design – Signal Integrity and Power Integrity. |
| How to Design an RF Power Amplifier: The Basics | This video will provide a foundation for understanding how power amplifier circuits work. Questions which will be answered include: what is AC power?, how is ac power generated and dissipated?, what topologies are convenient to use for power amplifier circuits? what is a loadline and how can this be used to design a power amplifier? |
| How to Design DC-to-DC Converters 🎓 | This video introduces basic DC-to-DC converter operation, explains why voltage spikes occur in these circuits, and shows the importance of modeling PC board layout effects. There is an example in which current visualization is used to see potential problem areas in the PC board. The layout is then modified to improve performance. |
| Learn ADS in 5 Minutes (Playlist) 🎓 | In this series, the presenter posts short and focused videos on different features of ADS, so that users can develop their skills by starting from basics and working towards more advanced topics in a simple and focused format. |
| RF Design Tutorial (Playlist) 🎓 | In this series, the presenter posts videos (around 15 minutes each) to cover different synthesis, design, and analysis techniques to cover various RF circuit and antenna designs. |
| RF LNA Design (Part 1 - Part 2) | Part of a series covering RF Design, this video is about practical RF Low Noise Amplifier design flow covering the key steps with plenty of practical design tips discussed during the tutorial. |
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📚 Indicates content is found in the Keysight Knowledge Center
More detailed tutorials and written content can be found at ADS Support Home.
For more videos, check out the YouTube channels for Keysight PathWave and Keysight engineer Anurag Bhargava.
The latest ADS documentation can be found here.
PathWave EM Design (EMPro)
Written Material (App Notes, Tutorials, Workshops)
| Title | Location | Abstract | Other Applicable Applications |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3D Electromagnetic Hands-On Workshop Using EMPro 📚 | Knowledge Center | This self-guided workshop covers and introduction to EM simulation, getting started with EM simulation work flow with examples, 3D Solid modeling basics, as well as advanced topics. | None |
| 5G RF/Microwave EDA Design Flow | Keysight Website | A discussion of the workflow for typical RF/Microwave designs. This app note covers the design, simulation and verification for mmWave wireless and aerospace/defense applications. | All |
| Create and Simulate an EM Design 📚 | Knowledge Center | In this example, you will learn how to create, simulate, and view results of a simple Microstrip patch antenna. The patch antenna design consists of a substrate and microstrip patch. | None |
| Design Using EMPro 📚 | Knowledge Center | Learn how to simulate EMPro applications using FEM and FDTD. This link includes several examples. | None |
| Digital Modulation in Communication Systems 🎓 | Keysight Website | Understand concepts of digital modulation and learn new digital modulation techniques in communication systems to make informed decisions to optimize your systems. | All |
| Getting Started with EM Design 📚 | Knowledge Center | EM Design is a 3D modeling and simulation environment for analyzing the 3D electromagnetic effects of high-speed and RF/microwave components. This section provides various application examples to show the complete EM simulation procedure. | None |
| Installing VSA and VNA Simulator alongside PathWave Design (formerly EEsof) for Student Licenses 📚 | Knowledge Center | If your university has the W2130UU bundle, students get PathWave VSA and VNA Simulator for their personal computers, but licensing is different than the other applications. This guide shows you how to install PathWave VSA and VNA Simulator alongside your existing PathWave Design installation. | All |
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📚 Indicates content is found in the Keysight Knowledge Center
More detailed tutorials and written content can be found at EMPro Support Home.
For videos, check out the YouTube channels for Keysight PathWave and Keysight engineer Anurag Bhargava.
The latest PathWave EM Design (EMPro) documentation can be found here.
PathWave RF Synthesis (Genesys)
Written Material (App Notes, Tutorials, Workshops)
| Title | Location | Abstract | Other Applicable Applications |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5G RF/Microwave EDA Design Flow | Keysight Website | A discussion of the workflow for typical RF/Microwave designs. This app note covers the design, simulation and verification for mmWave wireless and aerospace/defense applications. | All |
| Digital Modulation in Communication Systems 🎓 | Keysight Website | Understand concepts of digital modulation and learn new digital modulation techniques in communication systems to make informed decisions to optimize your systems. | All |
| Importing a MATLAB Waveform into Genesys | Keysight Website | This application note shows the quick and easy process of importing a MATLAB waveform into PathWave RF Synthesis (Genesys). | None |
| Installing VSA and VNA Simulator alongside PathWave Design (formerly EEsof) for Student Licenses 📚 | Knowledge Center | If your university has the W2130UU bundle, students get PathWave VSA and VNA Simulator for their personal computers, but licensing is different than the other applications. This guide shows you how to install PathWave VSA and VNA Simulator alongside your existing PathWave Design installation. | All |
| Way Better Than a Spreadsheet 🎓 | Keysight Website | Typical engineering courses use spreadsheets and programming environments to analyze RF systems. While this might be simple, it is not an effective tool nor a replacement for a true RF System-Level Design environment. | PathWave System Design (SystemVue) |
Videos
| Title | Description |
|---|---|
| How to Design Custom RF, Microwave, and Analog Filters | Unlike traditional RF, Microwave and Analog filter designs that start from a template response and topology, such as Chebyshev and Butterworth, this custom filter design technique is based on Direct or Exact Synthesis in which the filter response is first shaped and customized to meet specifications before a suitable topology is extracted and transformed for the most economical realization. |
| How to Design RF and Microwave Impedance Matching Networks | This video covers the need for impedance matching in RF/Microwave circuit and system design, how to do fast broad band single stage impedance matching for maximum power transfer, and how to do fast simultaneous input and output impedance matching of a non-unitlateral unstable transistor over a broad band of frequency. |
| RF Design Tutorial (Playlist) 🎓 | In this series, the presenter posts videos (around 15 minutes each) to cover different synthesis, design, and analysis techniques to cover various RF circuit and antenna designs. |
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📚 Indicates content is found in the Keysight Knowledge Center
More detailed tutorials and written content can be found at Genesys Support Home.
For more videos, check out the YouTube channels for Keysight PathWave and Keysight engineer Anurag Bhargava.
The latest PathWave RF Synthesis (Genesys) documentation can be found here.
PathWave System Design (SystemVue)
Written Material (App Notes, Tutorials, Workshops)
| Title | Location | Abstract | Other Applicable Applications |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5G RF/Microwave EDA Design Flow | Keysight Website | A discussion of the workflow for typical RF/Microwave designs. This app note covers the design, simulation and verification for mmWave wireless and aerospace/defense applications. | All |
| Accounting for Antenna and MIMO Channel Effects | Keysight Website | Learn how SystemVue predicts the effects of propagation and physical imperfections of MIMO antennas on system performance without hardware prototypes. | None |
| Analysis and Design - RF and Digital Systems Using PathWave System Design (SystemVue) 🎓 | Keysight Website | Informally referred to as the ‘SystemVue Cookbook’, this training deliverable covers how to use PathWave System Design (SystemVue) to architect RF systems, including analog and digital systems. Different types of modulation schemes are also discussed. | None |
| Custom OFDM Analysis using SystemVue and VSA 📚 | Knowledge Center | Learn how to set up a custom OFDM signal, add impairments, and perform analysis using PathWave VSA and PathWave System Design (SystemVue). | PathWave VSA |
| Digital Modulation in Communication Systems 🎓 | Keysight Website | Understand concepts of digital modulation and learn new digital modulation techniques in communication systems to make informed decisions to optimize your systems. | All |
| Installing VSA and VNA Simulator alongside PathWave Design (formerly EEsof) for Student Licenses 📚 | Knowledge Center | If your university has the W2130UU bundle, students get PathWave VSA and VNA Simulator for their personal computers, but licensing is different than the other applications. This guide shows you how to install PathWave VSA and VNA Simulator alongside your existing PathWave Design installation. | All |
| Radar System Design and Interference Analysis Using SystemVue | Keysight Website | See how SystemVue, with its unique "Envelope" simulation, offers a flexible platform for complex radar system design and radar interference analysis. | None |
| PathWave System Design Virtual Labs | Keysight Website | These labs are designed to teach about different types of waveforms, along with waveform parameters and analysis techniques. The labs cover basic waveforms (sine, triangle, square), AM and FM waveforms, and digital modulation waveforms. They would fit great into a signals or communications course. | PathWave VSA |
| SystemVue Essentials & Intro to Phased Array Beam Forming and 5GNR Library 📚 | Knowledge Center | This workshop is intended to get you up to speed on SystemVue essentials. After learning the basics, this workshop covers Phased Array, Beamforming, and 5G NR integration. Data analysis in PathWave VSA is also covered. | PathWave VSA |
| Way Better Than a Spreadsheet 🎓 | Keysight Website | Typical engineering courses use spreadsheets and programming environments to analyze RF systems. While this might be simple, it is not an effective tool nor a replacement for a true RF System-Level Design environment. | PathWave RF Synthesis (Genesys) |
Videos
| Title | Description |
|---|---|
| How to Design Phased Array Systems | This video will provide a discussion on the most important considerations for phased array system design, especially popular for proposed 5G architectures. It begins with the basics of phased array design, then covers 4 key parameters of phased array architecture. It then shows how the far field pattern affects the overall system performance through an example, and what factors influence that far field pattern as part of the design process. |
| How to Understand 5G: Beamforming | This video will provide you with good guidance for understanding what kinds of multi-antenna system architectures are being researched for the next generation standard. The examples with end-to-end link level simulation will demonstrate key technical issues of different multi-antenna beamforming system design under mmWave channel environments. |
| How to Understand 5G: Waveforms | This video will provide you with good guidance for understanding what kinds of new waveforms are being researched for the next generation standard. The example with end-to-end link level simulation will demonstrate waveform quality issues of a multi-carrier system and the nonlinearity from the RF chain. |
| Learn SystemVue in 5 Minutes (Playlist) 🎓 | In this series, the presenter posts short and focused video tutorials on different features of the SystemVue software. Using the content presented, users can start System Simulation of their Digital Systems, RF Systems, or a complete Mixed-Signal Systems. |
| Phased Array System Design | In this series, the presenter posts videos (around 15 minutes each) to cover phased array system design using PathWave System Design (SystemVue) |
| RF Design Tutorial (Playlist) 🎓 | In this series, the presenter posts videos (around 15 minutes each) to cover different synthesis, design, and analysis techniques to cover various RF circuit and antenna designs. |
🎓 Indicates most popular
📚 Indicates content is found in the Keysight Knowledge Center
More detailed tutorials and written content can be found at SystemVue Support Home.
For more videos, check out the YouTube channels for Keysight PathWave and Keysight engineer Anurag Bhargava.
The latest PathWave System Design (SystemVue) documentation can be found here.
PathWave Vector Signal Analysis (VSA)
Written Material (App Notes, Tutorials, Workshops)
| Title | Location | Abstract | Other Applicable Applications |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5G RF/Microwave EDA Design Flow | Keysight Website | A discussion of the workflow for typical RF/Microwave designs. This app note covers the design, simulation and verification for mmWave wireless and aerospace/defense applications. | All |
| Custom OFDM Analysis using SystemVue and VSA 📚 | Knowledge Center | Learn how to set up a custom OFDM signal, add impairments, and perform analysis using PathWave VSA and PathWave System Design (SystemVue). | PathWave System Design (SystemVue) |
| Digital Modulation in Communication Systems 🎓 | Keysight Website | Understand concepts of digital modulation and learn new digital modulation techniques in communication systems to make informed decisions to optimize your systems. | All |
| Installing VSA and VNA Simulator alongside PathWave Design (formerly EEsof) for Student Licenses 📚 | Knowledge Center | If your university has the W2130UU bundle, students get PathWave VSA and VNA Simulator for their personal computers, but licensing is different than the other applications. This guide shows you how to install PathWave VSA and VNA Simulator alongside your existing PathWave Design installation. | All |
| Radar Measurements | Keysight Website | Learn radar basics, the fundamentals of measuring basic pulsed radar in radar systems and available radar measurement solutions today. | None |
| PathWave System Design Virtual Labs | Keysight Website | These labs are designed to teach about different types of waveforms, along with waveform parameters and analysis techniques. The labs cover basic waveforms (sine, triangle, square), AM and FM waveforms, and digital modulation waveforms. They would fit great into a signals or communications course. | PathWave System Design (SystemVue) |
| SystemVue Essentials & Intro to Phased Array Beam Forming and 5GNR Library 📚 | Knowledge Center | This workshop is intended to get you up to speed on SystemVue essentials. After learning the basics, this workshop covers Phased Array, Beamforming, and 5G NR integration. Data analysis in PathWave VSA is also covered. | PathWave System Design (SystemVue) |
| Vector Signal Analysis Basics 🎓 | Keysight Website | This application note serves as a primer on performing vector signal analysis using the 89600 VSA software to measure and manipulate complex data. | None |
Videos
| Title | Description |
|---|---|
| Advanced Demodulation | Learn how to troubleshoot a less than ideal signal, such as a signal with poor EVM. |
| Basic Demodulation of Custom Modulation | This video shows how to start demodulating a custom signal such as QPSK or 16QAM. |
| Intro to Comprehensive Analysis, Demodulation & Troubleshooting | See through the complexity with comprehensive analysis, demodulation, and troubleshooting tools and enjoy compatibility with over 40 measurement platforms, including both hardware and simulation software. |
| Pulse Analysis with VSA: Advanced Modulation Detection | Being able to not only manually identify intra-pulse modulation, but also automatically is important to understand the types of waveforms being captured for further analysis. This video demonstrates the capability of Pulse Analysis option on how to detect the pulse modulation with the example of custom BPSK. |
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📚 Indicates content is found in the Keysight Knowledge Center
For more videos, check out the YouTube channels for Keysight PathWave and Keysight engineer Anurag Bhargava.
Material for General Courses
Written Material (App Notes, Tutorials, Workshops)
| Title | Location | Abstract | Applicable Applications |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5G RF/Microwave EDA Design Flow | Keysight Website | A discussion of the workflow for typical RF/Microwave designs. This app note covers the design, simulation and verification for mmWave wireless and aerospace/defense applications. | All |
| Advanced Design System (ADS) Circuit Design Cookbook 2.0 | Keysight Website | The ADS Circuit Design Cookbook provides getting started details of ADS software. Great for beginners, the step-by-step screenshots demonstrate how to get started using Advanced Design System (ADS) without assuming any prior ADS experience. | ADS |
| Installing VSA and VNA Simulator alongside PathWave Design (formerly EEsof) for Student Licenses 📚 | Knowledge Center | If your university has the W2130UU bundle, students get PathWave VSA and VNA Simulator for their personal computers, but licensing is different than the other applications. This guide shows you how to install PathWave VSA and VNA Simulator alongside your existing PathWave Design installation. | All |
| PathWave System Design Virtual Labs | Keysight Website | These labs are designed to teach about different types of waveforms, along with waveform parameters and analysis techniques. The labs cover basic waveforms (sine, triangle, square), AM and FM waveforms, and digital modulation waveforms. They would fit great into a signals or communications course. | System Design (SystemVue), |
Videos
| Title | Description |
|---|---|
| Learn ADS in 5 Minutes (Playlist) 🎓 | In this series, the presenter posts short and focused videos on different features of ADS, so that users can develop their skills by starting from basics and working towards more advanced topics in a simple and focused format. |
| Learn SystemVue in 5 Minutes (Playlist) 🎓 | In this series, the presenter posts short and focused video tutorials on different features of the SystemVue software. Using the content presented, users can start System Simulation of their Digital Systems, RF Systems, or a complete Mixed-Signal Systems. |
🎓 Indicates most popular
📚 Indicates content is found in the Keysight Knowledge Center
Material for Antennas Courses
Written Material (App Notes, Tutorials, Workshops)
| Title | Location | Abstract | Applicable Applications |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3D Electromagnetic Hands-On Workshop Using EMPro 📚 | Knowledge Center | This self-guided workshop covers and introduction to EM simulation, getting started with EM simulation work flow with examples, 3D Solid modeling basics, as well as advanced topics. | EM Design (EMPro) |
| 5G RF/Microwave EDA Design Flow | Keysight Website | A discussion of the workflow for typical RF/Microwave designs. This app note covers the design, simulation and verification for mmWave wireless and aerospace/defense applications. | All |
| Accounting for Antenna and MIMO Channel Effects | Keysight Website | Learn how SystemVue predicts the effects of propagation and physical imperfections of MIMO antennas on system performance without hardware prototypes. | System Design (SystemVue) |
| Advanced Design System (ADS) Circuit Design Cookbook 2.0 | Keysight Website | The ADS Circuit Design Cookbook provides getting started details of ADS software. Great for beginners, the step-by-step screenshots demonstrate how to get started using Advanced Design System (ADS) without assuming any prior ADS experience. | ADS |
| ADS Example Guide 🎓 | Keysight Website | Great for students, these labs help connect classroom concepts to professional design skills needed to become an effective RF engineer on day one. The guides demonstrate how to get started using Advanced Design System (ADS) without assuming any prior experience. This book is ideal for a microwave engineering course. | ADS |
| Analysis and Design - RF and Digital Systems Using PathWave System Design (SystemVue) 🎓 | Keysight Website | Informally referred to as the ‘SystemVue Cookbook’, this training deliverable covers how to use PathWave System Design (SystemVue) to architect RF systems, including analog and digital systems. Different types of modulation schemes are also discussed. | System Design (SystemVue) |
| Create and Simulate an EM Design 📚 | Knowledge Center | In this example, you will learn how to create, simulate, and view results of a simple Microstrip patch antenna. The patch antenna design consists of a substrate and microstrip patch. | EM Design (EMPro) |
| Design Using EMPro 📚 | Knowledge Center | Learn how to simulate EMPro applications using FEM and FDTD. This link includes several examples. | EM Design (EMPro) |
| Getting Started with EM Design 📚 | Knowledge Center | EM Design is a 3D modeling and simulation environment for analyzing the 3D electromagnetic effects of high-speed and RF/microwave components. This section provides various application examples to show the complete EM simulation procedure. | EM Design (EMPro) |
| Custom OFDM Analysis using SystemVue and VSA 📚 | Knowledge Center | Learn how to set up a custom OFDM signal, add impairments, and perform analysis using PathWave VSA and PathWave System Design (SystemVue). | PathWave VSA |
| SystemVue Essentials & Intro to Phased Array Beam Forming and 5GNR Library 📚 | Knowledge Center | This workshop is intended to get you up to speed on SystemVue essentials. After learning the basics, this workshop covers Phased Array, Beamforming, and 5G NR integration. Data analysis in PathWave VSA is also covered. | System Design (SystemVue), VSA |
Videos
| Title | Description |
|---|---|
| How to Design Phased Array Systems | This video will provide a discussion on the most important considerations for phased array system design, especially popular for proposed 5G architectures. It begins with the basics of phased array design, then covers 4 key parameters of phased array architecture. It then shows how the far field pattern affects the overall system performance through an example, and what factors influence that far field pattern as part of the design process. |
| How to Understand 5G: Beamforming | This video will provide you with good guidance for understanding what kinds of multi-antenna system architectures are being researched for the next generation standard. The examples with end-to-end link level simulation will demonstrate key technical issues of different multi-antenna beamforming system design under mmWave channel environments. |
| How to Understand 5G: Waveforms | This video will provide you with good guidance for understanding what kinds of new waveforms are being researched for the next generation standard. The example with end-to-end link level simulation will demonstrate waveform quality issues of a multi-carrier system and the nonlinearity from the RF chain. |
| Learn ADS in 5 Minutes (Playlist) 🎓 | In this series, the presenter posts short and focused videos on different features of ADS, so that users can develop their skills by starting from basics and working towards more advanced topics in a simple and focused format. |
| Learn SystemVue in 5 Minutes (Playlist) 🎓 | In this series, the presenter posts short and focused video tutorials on different features of the SystemVue software. Using the content presented, users can start System Simulation of their Digital Systems, RF Systems, or a complete Mixed-Signal Systems. |
| Phased Array System Design | In this series, the presenter posts videos (around 15 minutes each) to cover phased array system design using PathWave System Design (SystemVue) |
| RF Design Tutorial (Playlist) 🎓 | In this series, the presenter posts videos (around 15 minutes each) to cover different synthesis, design, and analysis techniques to cover various RF circuit and antenna designs. |
🎓 Indicates most popular
📚 Indicates content is found in the Keysight Knowledge Center
Material for Communications Courses
Written Material (App Notes, Tutorials, Workshops)
| Title | Location | Abstract | Applicable Applications |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5G RF/Microwave EDA Design Flow | Keysight Website | A discussion of the workflow for typical RF/Microwave designs. This app note covers the design, simulation and verification for mmWave wireless and aerospace/defense applications. | All |
| Accounting for Antenna and MIMO Channel Effects | Keysight Website | Learn how SystemVue predicts the effects of propagation and physical imperfections of MIMO antennas on system performance without hardware prototypes. | System Design (SystemVue) |
| Advanced Design System (ADS) Circuit Design Cookbook 2.0 | Keysight Website | The ADS Circuit Design Cookbook provides getting started details of ADS software. Great for beginners, the step-by-step screenshots demonstrate how to get started using Advanced Design System (ADS) without assuming any prior ADS experience. | ADS |
| Create and Simulate an EM Design 📚 | Knowledge Center | In this example, you will learn how to create, simulate, and view results of a simple Microstrip patch antenna. The patch antenna design consists of a substrate and microstrip patch. | EM Design (EMPro) |
| Custom OFDM Analysis using SystemVue and VSA 📚 | Knowledge Center | Learn how to set up a custom OFDM signal, add impairments, and perform analysis using PathWave VSA and PathWave System Design (SystemVue). | System Design (SystemVue), VSA |
| Digital Modulation in Communication Systems 🎓 | Keysight Website | Understand concepts of digital modulation and learn new digital modulation techniques in communication systems to make informed decisions to optimize your systems. | All |
| Installing VSA and VNA Simulator alongside PathWave Design (formerly EEsof) for Student Licenses 📚 | Knowledge Center | If your university has the W2130UU bundle, students get PathWave VSA and VNA Simulator for their personal computers, but licensing is different than the other applications. This guide shows you how to install PathWave VSA and VNA Simulator alongside your existing PathWave Design installation. | All |
| PathWave System Design Virtual Labs | Keysight Website | These labs are designed to teach about different types of waveforms, along with waveform parameters and analysis techniques. The labs cover basic waveforms (sine, triangle, square), AM and FM waveforms, and digital modulation waveforms. | System Design (SystemVue), VSA |
| SystemVue Essentials & Intro to Phased Array Beam Forming and 5GNR Library 📚 | Knowledge Center | This workshop is intended to get you up to speed on SystemVue essentials. After learning the basics, this workshop covers Phased Array, Beamforming, and 5G NR integration. Data analysis in PathWave VSA is also covered. | System Design (SystemVue), VSA |
| Way Better Than a Spreadsheet 🎓 | Keysight Website | Typical engineering courses use spreadsheets and programming environments to analyze RF systems. While this might be simple, it is not an effective tool nor a replacement for a true RF System-Level Design environment. | System Design (SystemVue), RF Synthesis (Genesys) |
Videos
| Title | Description |
|---|---|
| How to Design Phased Array Systems | This video will provide a discussion on the most important considerations for phased array system design, especially popular for proposed 5G architectures. It begins with the basics of phased array design, then covers 4 key parameters of phased array architecture. It then shows how the far field pattern affects the overall system performance through an example, and what factors influence that far field pattern as part of the design process. |
| How to Understand 5G: Beamforming | This video will provide you with good guidance for understanding what kinds of multi-antenna system architectures are being researched for the next generation standard. The examples with end-to-end link level simulation will demonstrate key technical issues of different multi-antenna beamforming system design under mmWave channel environments. |
| How to Understand 5G: Waveforms | This video will provide you with good guidance for understanding what kinds of new waveforms are being researched for the next generation standard. The example with end-to-end link level simulation will demonstrate waveform quality issues of a multi-carrier system and the nonlinearity from the RF chain. |
| Learn ADS in 5 Minutes (Playlist) 🎓 | In this series, the presenter posts short and focused videos on different features of ADS, so that users can develop their skills by starting from basics and working towards more advanced topics in a simple and focused format. |
| Learn SystemVue in 5 Minutes (Playlist) 🎓 | In this series, the presenter posts short and focused video tutorials on different features of the SystemVue software. Using the content presented, users can start System Simulation of their Digital Systems, RF Systems, or a complete Mixed-Signal Systems. |
| Phased Array System Design | In this series, the presenter posts videos (around 15 minutes each) to cover phased array system design using PathWave System Design (SystemVue) |
| RF Design Tutorial (Playlist) 🎓 | In this series, the presenter posts videos (around 15 minutes each) to cover different synthesis, design, and analysis techniques to cover various RF circuit and antenna designs. |
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📚 Indicates content is found in the Keysight Knowledge Center
Material for Radar Courses
Written Material (App Notes, Tutorials, Workshops)
| Title | Location | Abstract | Applicable Applications |
|---|---|---|---|
| Accounting for Antenna and MIMO Channel Effects | Keysight Website | Learn how SystemVue predicts the effects of propagation and physical imperfections of MIMO antennas on system performance without hardware prototypes. | System Design (SystemVue) |
| Advanced Design System (ADS) Circuit Design Cookbook 2.0 | Keysight Website | The ADS Circuit Design Cookbook provides getting started details of ADS software. Great for beginners, the step-by-step screenshots demonstrate how to get started using Advanced Design System (ADS) without assuming any prior ADS experience. | ADS |
| Analysis and Design - RF and Digital Systems Using PathWave System Design (SystemVue) 🎓 | Keysight Website | Informally referred to as the ‘SystemVue Cookbook’, this training deliverable covers how to use PathWave System Design (SystemVue) to architect RF systems, including analog and digital systems. Different types of modulation schemes are also discussed. | System Design (SystemVue) |
| Design Using EMPro 📚 | Knowledge Center | Learn how to simulate EMPro applications using FEM and FDTD. This link includes several examples. | EM Design (EMPro) |
| Getting Started with EM Design 📚 | Knowledge Center | EM Design is a 3D modeling and simulation environment for analyzing the 3D electromagnetic effects of high-speed and RF/microwave components. This section provides various application examples to show the complete EM simulation procedure. | EM Design (EMPro) |
| Installing VSA and VNA Simulator alongside PathWave Design (formerly EEsof) for Student Licenses 📚 | Knowledge Center | If your university has the W2130UU bundle, students get PathWave VSA and VNA Simulator for their personal computers, but licensing is different than the other applications. This guide shows you how to install PathWave VSA and VNA Simulator alongside your existing PathWave Design installation. | All |
| Radar Measurements | Keysight Website | Learn radar basics, the fundamentals of measuring basic pulsed radar in radar systems and available radar measurement solutions today. | None |
| Radar System Design and Interference Analysis Using SystemVue | Keysight Website | See how SystemVue, with its unique "Envelope" simulation, offers a flexible platform for complex radar system design and radar interference analysis. | System Design (SystemVue) |
| SystemVue Essentials & Intro to Phased Array Beam Forming and 5GNR Library 📚 | Knowledge Center | This workshop is intended to get you up to speed on SystemVue essentials. After learning the basics, this workshop covers Phased Array, Beamforming, and 5G NR integration. Data analysis in PathWave VSA is also covered. | System Design (SystemVue), VSA |
| Vector Signal Analysis Basics 🎓 | Keysight Website | This application note serves as a primer on performing vector signal analysis using the 89600 VSA software to measure and manipulate complex data. | None |
Videos
| Title | Description |
|---|---|
| How to Design Phased Array Systems | This video will provide a discussion on the most important considerations for phased array system design, especially popular for proposed 5G architectures. It begins with the basics of phased array design, then covers 4 key parameters of phased array architecture. It then shows how the far field pattern affects the overall system performance through an example, and what factors influence that far field pattern as part of the design process. |
| Learn ADS in 5 Minutes (Playlist) 🎓 | In this series, the presenter posts short and focused videos on different features of ADS, so that users can develop their skills by starting from basics and working towards more advanced topics in a simple and focused format. |
| Learn SystemVue in 5 Minutes (Playlist) 🎓 | In this series, the presenter posts short and focused video tutorials on different features of the SystemVue software. Using the content presented, users can start System Simulation of their Digital Systems, RF Systems, or a complete Mixed-Signal Systems. |
| Phased Array System Design | In this series, the presenter posts videos (around 15 minutes each) to cover phased array system design using PathWave System Design (SystemVue) |
| RF Design Tutorial (Playlist) 🎓 | In this series, the presenter posts videos (around 15 minutes each) to cover different synthesis, design, and analysis techniques to cover various RF circuit and antenna designs. |
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Material for RF Courses
Written Material (App Notes, Tutorials, Workshops)
| Title | Location | Abstract | Applicable Applications |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5G RF/Microwave EDA Design Flow | Keysight Website | A discussion of the workflow for typical RF/Microwave designs. This app note covers the design, simulation and verification for mmWave wireless and aerospace/defense applications. | All |
| Advanced Design System (ADS) Circuit Design Cookbook 2.0 | Keysight Website | The ADS Circuit Design Cookbook provides getting started details of ADS software. Great for beginners, the step-by-step screenshots demonstrate how to get started using Advanced Design System (ADS) without assuming any prior ADS experience. | ADS |
| ADS Example Guide 🎓 | Keysight Website | Great for students, these labs help connect classroom concepts to professional design skills needed to become an effective RF engineer on day one. The guides demonstrate how to get started using Advanced Design System (ADS) without assuming any prior experience. This book is ideal for a microwave engineering course. | ADS |
| Analysis and Design - RF and Digital Systems Using PathWave System Design (SystemVue) 🎓 | Keysight Website | Informally referred to as the ‘SystemVue Cookbook’, this training deliverable covers how to use PathWave System Design (SystemVue) to architect RF systems, including analog and digital systems. Different types of modulation schemes are also discussed. | System Design (SystemVue) |
| Filter Design and Synthesis Tools 📚 | Knowledge Center | This article shows where you can turn when you want to know more about the filter design and synthesis tools that are a part of PathWave Advanced Design System. | ADS |
| Installing VSA and VNA Simulator alongside PathWave Design (formerly EEsof) for Student Licenses 📚 | Knowledge Center | If your university has the W2130UU bundle, students get PathWave VSA and VNA Simulator for their personal computers, but licensing is different than the other applications. This guide shows you how to install PathWave VSA and VNA Simulator alongside your existing PathWave Design installation. | All |
| Using Advanced Design System to Design an MMIC Amplifier | Keysight Website | The amplifier design process depends on a number of factors, including desired specifications, availability of device models, designer preference, and more. This application note describes one of many potential sequences. | ADS |
| Way Better Than a Spreadsheet 🎓 | Keysight Website | Typical engineering courses use spreadsheets and programming environments to analyze RF systems. While this might be simple, it is not an effective tool nor a replacement for a true RF System-Level Design environment. | System Design (SystemVue), RF Synthesis (Genesys) |
Videos
| Title | Description |
|---|---|
| How to Design an RF Power Amplifier: The Basics | This video will provide a foundation for understanding how power amplifier circuits work. Questions which will be answered include: what is AC power?, how is ac power generated and dissipated?, what topologies are convenient to use for power amplifier circuits? what is a loadline and how can this be used to design a power amplifier? |
| How to Design Custom RF, Microwave, and Analog Filters Using Genesys | Unlike traditional RF, Microwave and Analog filter designs that start from a template response and topology, such as Chebyshev and Butterworth, this custom filter design technique is based on Direct or Exact Synthesis in which the filter response is first shaped and customized to meet specifications before a suitable topology is extracted and transformed for the most economical realization. |
| How to Design DC-to-DC Converters 🎓 | This video introduces basic DC-to-DC converter operation, explains why voltage spikes occur in these circuits, and shows the importance of modeling PC board layout effects. There is an example in which current visualization is used to see potential problem areas in the PC board. The layout is then modified to improve performance. |
| How to Design RF and Microwave Impedance Matching Networks Using Genesys | This video covers the need for impedance matching in RF/Microwave circuit and system design, how to do fast broad band single stage impedance matching for maximum power transfer, and how to do fast simultaneous input and output impedance matching of a non-unitlateral unstable transistor over a broad band of frequency. |
| Learn ADS in 5 Minutes (Playlist) 🎓 | In this series, the presenter posts short and focused videos on different features of ADS, so that users can develop their skills by starting from basics and working towards more advanced topics in a simple and focused format. |
| Learn SystemVue in 5 Minutes (Playlist) 🎓 | In this series, the presenter posts short and focused video tutorials on different features of the SystemVue software. Using the content presented, users can start System Simulation of their Digital Systems, RF Systems, or a complete Mixed-Signal Systems. |
| RF Design Tutorial (Playlist) 🎓 | In this series, the presenter posts videos (around 15 minutes each) to cover different synthesis, design, and analysis techniques to cover various RF circuit and antenna designs. |
| RF LNA Design (Part 1 - Part 2) | Part of a series covering RF Design, this video is about practical RF Low Noise Amplifier design flow covering the key steps with plenty of practical design tips discussed during the tutorial. |
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