Ansys Designer RF Training Lecture 2: Introduction to the Designer GUI

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1 Ansys Designer RF Solutions for RF/Microwave Component and System Design 7. 0 Release Ansys Designer RF Training Lecture 2: Introduction to the Designer GUI

2 Ansoft Designer Desktop Menu bar Toolbars Schematic Editor Layout Editor Project Manager with project tree Design Window 3D Layout viewer Result Window Property Window Message Manager Progress Status bar Window ANSYS, Inc. Proprietary 2011 ANSYS, Inc. March 6,

3 Project Manager The Project Manager window provides a hierarchical display of the projects loaded in to Designer. Each project may consist of one or more Nexxim circuit, system, or planar EM designs. Click on the +/- to Expand or collapse the tree Double-click on the design icon to open the schematic editor Double-click on the substrate or analysis icon to open the definition dialog for this object Double-click on the graph icon to display results Double-click on the trace icon to display trace properties window Information contained in the design is organized into folders: Data Excitations Ports Analysis Optimetrics Results Definitions substrate data, library references, netlist fragments, etc. sources in the circuit ports in the circuit setup information to perform various analyses setup to perform optimization, tuning, etc collection of graphs and tables for the design the collection of components, symbols, footprints, scripts ANSYS, Inc. Proprietary 2011 ANSYS, Inc. March 6,

4 Ansoft Desktop Terms Project Manager (Circuit/System) Project Manager Window (Circuit/System) Component Library (Circuit/System) Project Design Sub-Circuit Design Setup Design Automation Parametric Optimization Sensitivity Statistical Design Results Project Manager Tabs ANSYS, Inc. Proprietary 2011 ANSYS, Inc. March 6,

5 Ansoft Desktop Terms Project Manager (EM) Project Manager Window (Planar EM) Project Design Design Setup Design Automation Parametric Optimization Sensitivity Statistical Design Results ANSYS, Inc. Proprietary 2011 ANSYS, Inc. March 6,

6 Ansoft Desktop Terms Property Window Property Window Property table Property buttons Property tabs ANSYS, Inc. Proprietary 2011 ANSYS, Inc. March 6,

7 Ansoft Desktop Terms Schematic Schematic area Schematic Window Circuit Port Wire Net/Node Context menu Page Tabs Component Properties Component ANSYS, Inc. Proprietary 2011 ANSYS, Inc. March 6, Circuit

8 Schematic Editor The Schematic Editor window allows you to place components and wire them together. You can move components by simply selecting and dragging them. Copy and paste can be used on components and their wires within the schematic editor and to copy to another schematic. As you place the cursor near a pin of a component, it changes from an arrow to an X. This indicates that you are in wiring mode and clicking on the mouse button will start a wire. Clicking again will end the wire: Start Finish Another way to connect pins on different components is to move one component in a way so that its pin to be connected touches the pin of the other component. The connection is automatically made. Moving the component will stretch the connecting wire ANSYS, Inc. Proprietary 2011 ANSYS, Inc. March 6,

9 Ansoft Desktop Terms Layout Editor Layout Window Draw area Layout Context menu Edge Port Primitive ANSYS, Inc. Proprietary 2011 ANSYS, Inc. March 6, Layout

10 Electromagnetics - Solver On Demand Solver On Demand EM Design Layout driven EM simulations EM Field Solvers HFSS Full-Wave 3D Field Solver Based on the Finite Element Method (FEM) Planar EM Full-Wave 2.5D Planar Solver Based on Method of Moments (MoM) Layout for EM Solver On Demand Stackup based Layout Primitives: Traces, padstacks, nets 3D Layout Primitives: Wirebonds, Solderballs/bumps, Finite Substrates ANSYS, Inc. Proprietary 2011 ANSYS, Inc. March 6,

11 Schematic/Layout Synchronized Schematic/Layout Ansoft Designer provides One to One Component Correspondence between Schematic and Layout. Users can work/edit components in Layout or schematic to suit preference. Components placed in the schematic automatically appear in Layout and vice-versa ANSYS, Inc. Proprietary 2011 ANSYS, Inc. March 6,

12 Design Windows Design Windows In the Ansoft Designer Desktop, each project can have multiple designs and each design is displayed in a separate window. You can have multiple projects and design windows open at the same time. Also, you can have multiple views of the same design visible at the same time. To arrange the windows, you can drag them by the title bar, and resize them by dragging a corner or border. Also, you can select one of the following menu options: Window >Cascade, Window >Tile Vertically, or Window > Tile Horizontally. To organize your Ansoft Designer window, you can iconize open designs. Click the Iconize symbol in the upper right corner of the document border. An icon appears in the lower part of the Ansoft Designer window. If the icon is not visible, it may be behind another open document. Resize any open documents as necessary. Select the menu item Window > Arrange Icons to arrange them at the bottom of the Ansoft Designer window. Select the menu item Window > Close All to close all open design. You are prompted to Save unsaved designs. Iconize Symbol Design icons ANSYS, Inc. Proprietary 2011 ANSYS, Inc. March 6,

13 Toolbars Toolbars The toolbar buttons are shortcuts for frequently used commands. Most of the available toolbars are displayed in this illustration of the Ansoft Designer initial screen, but your Ansoft Designer window probably will not be arranged this way. You can customize your toolbar display in a way that is convenient for you. Some toolbars are always displayed; other toolbars display automatically when you select a document of the related type. For example, when you select a 2D report from the project tree, the 2D report toolbar displays. To display or hide individual toolbars: Right-click the Ansoft Designer window frame. A list of all the toolbars is displayed. The toolbars with a check mark beside them are visible; the toolbars without a check mark are hidden. Click the toolbar name to turn its display on or off To make changes to the toolbars, select the menu item Tools > Customize. See Customize and Arrange Toolbars on the next page ANSYS, Inc. Proprietary 2011 ANSYS, Inc. March 6,

14 Toolbars Customize and Arrange Toolbars To customize toolbars: Select the menu item Tools > Customize, or right-click the Ansoft Designer window frame and click Customize at the bottom of the toolbar list. In the Customize dialog, you can do the following: View a Description of the toolbar commands 1.Select an item from the Component pull-down list 2.Select an item from the Category list 3.Using the mouse click on the Buttons to display the Description 4.Click the Close button when you are finished Toggle the visibility of toolbars 1.From the Toolbar list, toggle the check boxes to control the visibility of the toolbars 2.Click the Close button when you are finished ANSYS, Inc. Proprietary 2011 ANSYS, Inc. March 6,

15 Hierarchy Top Down System Circuit PlanarEM Analysis: System>Ckt>PlanarEM ANSYS, Inc. Proprietary 2011 ANSYS, Inc. March 6,

16 Designer Hierarchy Right Click: Add Subcircuit to create a sub-system, sub-circuit or Sub-PlanarEM ANSYS, Inc. Proprietary 2011 ANSYS, Inc. March 6,

17 Designer Hierarchy Copy/Paste to create sub-circuits Right click; Copy then Right Click Paste ANSYS, Inc. Proprietary 2011 ANSYS, Inc. March 6,

18 Using Designer BASIC 4 Step Process Build a Design; Circuit Schematic System Schematic PlanarEM Layout Set up an Analysis; Freq Sweep Power Sweep Parameter Sweep Run the Analysis Plot Results Rectangular Plots Smith Charts Data Tables etc ANSYS, Inc. Proprietary 2011 ANSYS, Inc. March 6,

19 Ansoft Designer File Names Every Project created is saved on disk as a.adsn file (AnsoftDesign file). Ansoft Designer automatically creates a File Folder named ProjectName.results to hold the results files, netlist etc., for the project. To exchange design files (without simulated results), users need only copy/send the.adsn file. Important File Extensions for Ansoft Designer:.adsn Project File.amat Material Lib.scrlb Script Lib.aclb Component Lib.pslb Padstacks Lib.aslb Symbol Lib.aflb Footprint Lib.amlb Model Lib.asty Technology File.sdf Nexxim Solution File.asol Solution Data File ANSYS, Inc. Proprietary 2011 ANSYS, Inc. March 6,