"Build-a-PHY" Complimentary Hands-on Workshop (Agilent EEsof EDA)

In depth analysis early in the design cycle reduces the need for re-design at a later date, and also reduces the amount of over-design. The objective of the workshop is to raise awareness of a typical design flow for Baseband and RF design, and to gain insight into how physical impairments and non-linearities affect overall system performance. Modern communications systems are typically designed by separate baseband and RF analog teams, working independently. To avoid integration issues at a later date, it becomes the aim of the system architect to evaluate which components are most critical for the overall system performance, and to troubleshoot the combined system design in a connected design flow. Utilising simulation software, it is possible to understand where the design margins lie in a system, and analyse the throughput capacity of a link, and resilience to interference. Who should attend Designers who have an interest in communication system architecture and graphical simulation tools will have particular benefit from the workshop. Specifically those with a background in RF & Baseband (mixed-signal) algorithm design, physical layer (PHY) architecture and system partitioning. Also existing users of SystemVue may benefit. What to expect In depth analysis early in the design cycle reduces the need for re-design at a later date, and also reduces the amount of over-design. The objective of the workshop is to raise awareness of a typical design flow for Baseband and RF design, and to gain insight into how physical impairments and non-linearities affect overall system performance. SystemVue 2010 will be used for the development, simulation and analysis of a straightforward physical layer communication system. SystemVue comprises an intuitive block level interface with extensive model libraries, modulation types, adaptive control elements, and digital signal processing components. It provides System Architects and DSP/FPGA Hardware Designers with an indispensable tool to investigate and implement physical layer (PHY) designs. The design environment is currently used worldwide for Wireless, MilCom, Radar, Wireline, SatCom, Software Defined Radio, and automotive applications.