Optimization Study of a Diplexer

The V14 release of the NI AWR Design Environment platform includes many optimizers that automate and streamline specific applications to help designers bring their products to market more quickly and cost effectively. This application example compares the performance of these different optimizers in order to assist users in selecting the right optimizer for the task at hand. A good explanation of the differences between the algorithms is given in the software’s help files under the index, optimization, and guideline sections. That file includes a description of the different parameters that can be set in the optimizers, however for this application example, the parameters are kept at their default settings.