AWR Design Environment™

Version 2009 - What’s New?

What’s New in Visual System Simulator™ (VSS)?

• Simulation:
– WinIQSIM2
Compatibility
• Models:
– LTE Communication
Module
– RF Models
• User-Experience:
– Measurements
– Filter Design UI
• And more
–…
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Simulation: R&S WinIQSIM2 Integrated

VSS Complex
source

WinIQSIM2
will appear WinIQSIM2 interface used to
in AWRDE define signal and IQ data
project tree “loaded” as a data file into VSS
to accessed by complex source

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Models: LTE Module

• Built according to latest ratified specifications (Release 8)

• Base station (available now)
• User equipment (available now)

TxOut Lvl_dBm = 0
TxOut Lvl_dBm_vals :

TxOut Lvl_dBm :

ALIGN
VSA
SUBCKT I D=A3
N= ID=EVM
ID=S1 VARNAME="TxOutLvl_dBm"
NET="LT E_DL_TX" REEVAL=
VALUES=TxOutLvl_dBm_vals
Fram eType=FrameType SUBCKT CORRDLY=
SUBCKT DLYCOMP=Yes TP
N_RB_DL=N_RB ID=S3 ID=S2
OutLvl_dBm =T xOutLvl_dBm NET="DUT" I NTRPSPN=0 I D=Ref
NET="LTE_DL_RXM"
CarrierFreq_M Hz=CarrierFreq_MHz DCof fset =20e-3 TP GAINCOMP=Power
TP TP Fram eType=FrameType ID=TP1 PHSCOMP=Rotation & reversal SRC MEAS
RND_D ModType=ModType AM PIMBAL=0.2 N_RB_DL=N_RB
I D=A1 MapperMode=MapperMode I D=DUT_in PHAI MBAL=2 I D=DUT _out SMPLPTS=
MapperMode=MapperMode
M=2 PrecodingMode=PrecodingM ode PrecodingMode=PrecodingMode 1 3
RATE=
Data (cod e wo rd 0 ) DUT
1 4 1 5 2 4
D0 LTE LTE D0
2 5 2 DL 6
D1 DL D1 5 6
RND_D 3 TX 6 3 RX 7
I D=A4 C C
M=2 7 4 TP
RATE= T0 T1 I D=Meas
Data (cod e wo rd 1 ) 8 9

RND_D
ID=A2
LTE Downlink TX DUT LTE Downlink RX
M=2
RATE=
PDC CH

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Models: New RF Additions

• RF switches
– Single Pole n-Throw and Double Pole Double-Throw
• P1dB and IP3 parameters
• Static and Dynamic
• RF digital and RF analog phase shifter
– Digital phase shifter use digital control word and analog use a real
control signal
• Static and Dynamic
• RF delay blocks
– Adds appropriate frequency dependent phase shift to signal
• Static and Dynamic

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Models: New RF Additions

• Variable Digital Step Attenuator

• Variable Voltage Attenuator (VVA)
• RF Combiner
– Supports impedance mismatch
– Voltage vs. Power combining
– Center frequency is now back propagated
• RF splitter
– Supports real and complex signals
• Two input, two output Quad Hybrid
– Supports real and complex signals

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Models: New RF Additions

• Antenna Models
– Receive and Transmit Parameters:
Gain
TX_ANTENNA Loss
ID=S1
ANTGAIN=0 dB Effective Area
NOISE=Auto
Temperature
Polarity
Power flux density as
input level
….
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Measurements: RF Budget™ (RFB)

• RFB
– C_IPHS_NOISE – cascaded integrated phase noise
– C_PHS_NOISE – cascaded phase noise
– C_S11 – cascaded input reflection
– C_S22 – cascaded output reflection

– G_T – G/T (gain to system temperature ratio)

– Tsys – system equivalent noise temperature

Typical Satellite Communication measurements

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Measurements: RF link

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Measurements: Related

• RFB measurements C_TE and C_TN now use the

equations instead of basing their results on NF.
– Allows input noise temperature to be any value.
– Passive components can have temperature parameter

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Measurements: Related

• RFB noise simulations now take into account

compression for amplifiers and mixers
• You can now have multiple RF Inspector™ windows at
once and continue to work in AWRDE™ with the windows
open
• An improvement in how AMP_B handles gain when driven
into saturation has been added
• Mixer_S bug fixed
– P1dB, IP3, and gain conversion now extracted correctly

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AMP_B in saturation

PIn PFund Out

26
Microwave Office®
25 (Total Power)
24
RFB no IP2 (fundamental)
23
9.0 in black
Pout (dBm)

22 Microwave Office
21 (fundamental) in red

20

19 RFB 8.05
18
0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20
Pin (dBm)

*Read on-line help for constraints and model

limitations (Simple_Sat_AMP_B_Test)
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MIXER_S

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User-Experience: Filter design UI

Info.
Displayed

Tracking Bar

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