Marki Microwave has introduced a new automated filter design tool called Prodigy™. This innovative tool brings MMIC filter design capability directly to the user, by enabling the design of a filter at any center frequency and bandwidth within the operating range of a given topology. Powered by advanced 3D FEM modeling and machine learning techniques, Prodigy puts filter design into the customer’s hands by enabling them to seamlessly explore the filter design space, perform system tradeoffs with accurate custom filter models and create new designs on demand.
The Prodigy interface gives the user three variables to select the desired filter: topology, center frequency, and bandwidth. The interface then shows a simulation of the insertion and return loss for the designed filter. In contrast to the ideal filter prediction given by the mathematical models, Prodigy Filter Designer creates a real designed filter, with known design variables and size. Most importantly, Prodigy uses machine learning to calculate the real S-parameters of the designed filters, including all undesirable 3D effects (like metal loss, parasitics, and cross-coupling). This design and its Touchstone file are available instantly via email so one can accommodate the real filter performance at the initial stages of a system design.
While Prodigy can display every filter achievable for a given topology, it does not necessarily display the best performance Marki can achieve for a given filter spec. The performance of Prodigy filters will be sufficient for many requirements, and it is a very cost-effective way to create a new filter. But when Prodigy cannot produce a filter to meet a given requirement, there are additional techniques Marki designers can use to make further trades between close-in rejection, far-out rejection, size, and insertion loss to meet more exacting requirements.
Once Prodigy completes a design, users can download the S-Parameter file and Request a Quote. Click here to try out Prodigy from Marki Microwave.
