Modelithics has just released a new version of The Modelithics® COMPLETE Library, version 16.0, formatted for use with Keysight EEsof EDA Advanced Design System (ADS) simulation software. With this release, which follows version 12.0, the version number now corresponds with the current year.
The Modelithics COMPLETE Library v16.0 adds 56 NEW MODELS to the already extensive collection of powerful, advanced-feature simulation models. Passive component Microwave Global Models™ that have been added include AVX and ATC capacitor, inductor and resistor models, Coilcraft and Würth Elektronik inductor models, Vishay and TDK capacitor models, a Piconics conical inductor
model, and ferrite bead models from Murata and Würth Elektronik. New non-linear active device models are available for CEL (NEC) and Qorvo (formerly RFMD) transistors. System-level component models have been added for ATC, AVX, and API Inmet attenuators, AVX couplers and diplexers, and new package models from Barry Industries and RJR Polymers. Single substrate S-parameter models are also now available for three IPDiA broadband capacitors. See the release notes for more information.
An important new feature of Modelithics models in version 16.0 is support for the ADS feature Automatic EM/Circuit Co-simulation. This feature adds considerable simplicity to the EM co-simulation process. New convenience and control features have also been added, such as the license warning environment variable that allows users to customize or disable the expiring license pop-up window. To increase simulator efficiency, the models are now loaded only when used in a schematic. Within the schematic, Modelithics models (when pads are included) will use the MSUB-defined layers when generating the layout. Finally, a new Sim_mode parameter option 3 has been added to most CLR models, which removes both pad and substrate dependencies, but leaves ESR, ESL and other internal component parasitics in the simulation.
Modelithics offers a FREE evaluation library, Modelithics SELECT+, with a sampling of the models, and can be downloaded from the Modelithics website.
