Sonnet User`s Manual Volume I
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1. EEG F stul il dip tas wa My en ra j t Vm van ee Tl ep ee Na tj 0 9 Rea Clickordi 1 0x 211 2 52 08 mils Pointer Select Enter the starting point Ditems wire emCluster using Platform LSF Release 10 53 introduced a new Sonnet product emCluster using Platform LSF LSF Cluster which allows your Sonnet em analysis to interface with Platform Computing s Load Sharing Facility LSF cluster computing software to improve the efficiency and processing time of your Sonnet analyses Sonnet s LSF Cluster feature provides you with the ability to split your analysis project into multiple jobs which may then be processed in par allel on a computer cluster to greatly reduce your processing time You may also take advantage of Sonnet emCluster s ability to choose a server host computer based on analysis size licensing considerations loading time of day etc For ex ample smaller jobs may be sent to a computing host reserved just for them to avoid waiting behind a larger job which requires substantially more processing time For detailed instructions on setting up emCluster please refer to the Setting Up emCluster document available in PDF format on the Administration and In stallation page of the Manual interface You may access this interface by selecting Help gt Manuals from any Sonnet application or by clicking on the Manuals but ton on the Sonnet tas2. calibrated internal connections for later attachment of a sophisticated non linear transistor model in an electrical circuit simulation The co calibrated ports are associated with a cal ibration group All of the ports in a calibration group share a common ground and are de embedded simultaneously during the analysis to remove all cross coupling them even if they are very closely spaced There is no limitation on how many ports may be in a calibration group For a detailed discussion of co calibrated internal ports see Co calibrated Internal Ports page 71 MMIC circuit with MIM capacitor termination which can be removed for simulation MIM capacitor termination is removed and replaced with Co Calibrated Ports MIM capacitor model may be accurately attached later using circuit theory simulation Components The Component a new object in Sonnet is introduced in this release A Component is used to include an electrical or circuit theory model into your electromagnetic simulation The electrical model may be an ideal component 24 Chapter 2 What s New in Release 11 such as an ideal capacitor or a data model component such as a vendor S pa rameter model for a surface mount transistor or amplifier The EM analysis en gine em uses circuit theory to attach the specified component to your geometry for the simulation or creates ports which may be connected in a circuit simulation tool Components are based on a n
3. Cadence s Virtuoso the Sonnet Virtuoso menu automatically appeared in the main menu Since release 10 53 you must first select Tools gt Sonnet from the layout view s main menu in order for the Sonnet Virtuoso menu to be loaded in the layout view For more details please refer to Creating a SonnetEM View page 79 in the Translators manual New FLEXnet Licensing Manager This release of Sonnet Software uses FLEXnet Licensing 10 8 in place of FLEXIm the former license manager In previous releases it was possible to install a new version of Sonnet Software while retaining the old installation and have both versions of the software use the same license server simultaneously This is not possible with the new license manager since the format of Sonnet s licensing files has changed You can continue to use your old license with FLEXIm as your license manager but the two types of licensing managers cannot run simultaneously on the same license server For more details on licensing see the appropriate installation manual Thick Metal Modeling In release 10 52 if you used more than two sheets of metal to model your thick metal then the interior sheets were modeled using only a ring of metal on the edge of the polygon This was changed for this release so that all sheets in the thick metal model are now modeled as full sheets This was done to improve the accuracy of the loss at low frequency Also the subsectioning for thick metal has
4. Chapter 2 What s New in Release 11 Chapter 2 What s New in Release 11 This chapter summarizes new capabilities and changes in release 11 of Sonnet If you are not yet familiar with em you may want to just skim this chapter skipping any terms that are unfamiliar If you are an experienced user this chapter merits detailed reading Sonnet User s Manuals are only updated with each full release However our on line help is also available at our web site and will periodically be updated with new material To access this help go to www sonnetsoftware com support and click on the Knowledge Base link for the most recent updates Sonnet Lite If you are looking for what s new and changed in the Sonnet Lite release please refer to the What s New topic in online help in either the Sonnet task bar or the project editor For what s new in the full release see the sections below 23 Sonnet User s Guide New Features Below is a summation of the major new features in release 11 of Sonnet See be low for more details For changes from release 10 refer to Changes page 28 Entries preceded by a were added in release 10 53 Co calibrated Internal Ports amp Calibration Groups Co Calibrated Inter nal Ports introduce perfectly calibrated connections on the interior of circuitry so that models may be connected in your favorite frequency or time domain circuit simulator For instance Co Calibrated Ports might be used for
5. been made more efficient In some cases these changes may increase or decrease the total number of subsections therefore the memory re quirement of your circuit may change from release 10 52 HSpice Compatibility PSpice files lib which are generated by Sonnet when creating Broadband Spice model see Analysis gt Output Files in the project editor or Output gt Broadband Model File in the response viewer are now com patible with HSpice Chapter 2 What s New in Release 11 The Spice Model created now only uses positive elements except for one condition If the model contains a very small resistor then a positive and a negative resistor are connected in series such that the sum of the two resistors is the equivalent of the small resistor needed in the model In this case HSpice will issue a warning about the negative resistance but the model will be valid Multi Frequency Caching The multi frequency caching run option is no longer available in this release Turning Object Snap Off When you open an existing geometry project or create a new geometry project the Object Snap option in the Snap Setup dialog box Tools gt Snap Setup is on by default If you do not wish to have Object Snap on by default when you open a geometry project you may do the following Open the Sonnet Initialization file in a text editor The Sonnet Initialization file is found at lt Sonnet Directory gt data sonnet ini where lt Son
6. ew de embedding technology used for co cali brated ports For a detailed discussion of components please see Chapter 6 Com ponents on page 81 Component Properties BFG480W 13 air src2 son General Reference Planes Physical Size Component Type Label Data File compi S Y Z Parameter File Terminal Width CAShawn Sonnet_Custiitron2 21 00 User Defined Xi Top Left Surface mount technology SMT power CRT CELE amplifier using a vendor data arvet Terminals model Co m po ne nt for the transistor Surface mount aner me passive Components are also shown Bottom Sonnet Component definition window for the Data File component that represents the transistor 64 Bit Processing Version 11 of Sonnet introduces the new 64 bit processing analysis engine The 64 bit processing analysis engine is automatically installed when you install Sonnet Using the 64 bit processing requires that you have a 64 bit operating system The 64 bit analysis engine will only be used if the project you are analyzing requires more than 3 2 Gbytes of memory Below that thresh old the 32 bit processing analysis engine will be used The switch is made auto matically by the software Projects which require below 3 2 Gbytes of memory are analyzed more quickly using the 32 bit engine however the 64 bit engine can an alyze problems too big for the 32 bit engi
7. k bar For a detailed discussion on using LSF Cluster please refer to Chapter 16 emCluster using LSF LSF Cluster on page 229 of this manual emCluster using Sonnet networking This release introduces a new module in emCluster emCluster using Sonnet networking Sonnet Cluster Sonnet Clus ter allows you distribute your processing across a cluster of computers but without the need for LSF software Documentation for this feature was not available at the time of this printing please contact your Sonnet representative about receiving documentation on this feature Chapter 2 What s New in Release 11 Markers in the Response Viewer This release introduces Markers a new feature in the response viewer Markers allow you to annotate a plot in the response viewer to help you more easily interpret your data and more clearly present your data to others Markers are available under the Graph Menu in the response viewer main menu There are six types of markers Data Curve Vertical Line Horizontal Line Delta and Note For details see Help by selecting Help gt Contents or by clicking on the Help button in any dialog box KS steps son s25 son sep a ks1JA l Cartesian Plot Z0 50 0 Left Axis steps O DB S11 lt gt m1 4 5 GHz 11 69 dB m2 2 0 GHz 18 52 dB Right Axis s25 O DB S21 Aar TO 9 lt Dace TO oO OQ D oa D Sonnet Software Inc Freguenc y GHz Click mouse to readout data value
8. ne to handle New Agilent Interface In this release we introduce a new Agilent ADS Interface which is significantly more integrated than in previous Sonnet releases The new interface enables you to setup and run your simulations all without leaving the ADS environment and provides and intuitive easy to use GUI interface Existing layout projects in ADS can be used to instantly create accompanying Sonnet projects including Momentum project information Sonnet extraction models created during EM simulation are automatically imported into ADS along with a schematic layout look alike symbol and accompanying 25 Sonnet User s Guide 26 model layout Sonnet models may also incorporate the new Co Calibrated Ports or Components features For all the details on the new interface see Chapter 1 Agilent Interface of the Translators manual test2004a_prj coupled_line Layout 5 File Edit Select View Insert Options Tools Schematic Momentum Window Substrate File Setup Sonnet Agilent Interf ace 5 DesignGuide Sonnet Help 3 5S gt rv m 9 Hae TLines Microstrip v EI THs Mapping kom Alert to Sonnet Ed Layer Mapping Sunmar Coat Cleo Mapping Alert Display ADS Layers Display ADS Layers by Vadio Display ADS Layers by Mapped a ShowANADS Layers gt Show ANADS Layers gt FM MSOBND i th a div i ana
9. net Directory gt is the location where your Sonnet software is installed If you are using a Windows OS the default location would be C Program Files sonnet I 1 52 data sonnet ini In the xgeom section of the sonnet ini file add the following line ObjectSnap off Save the Sonnet ini file More Accurate Memory Estimate The algorithm for determining a memory estimate Analysis gt Estimate Memory for a project has been improved and is now more accurate than in previous releases Therefore when comparing the same project file in release 10 and release 11 you may find the memory estimate in release 11 1s higher than that in release 10 even when the number of subsections is identical This is simply because release 11 now includes more terms in its memory estimate calculation The projects will typically require the same amount of memory Symmetric Matrix Solver In this release the analysis engine em will use the symmetric matrix solver in both Sonnet Level2 and Level3 suites which effective ly increases the size of the project which can be analyzed by about 40 29 Sonnet User s Guide 30
10. s Pointer New Cadence Virtuoso Utilities Available There are two new utilities available for the Sonnet Virtuoso Interface The first utility the Symbol Model Utility may be used to create a symbol view from a Sonnet Broadband Spice model file in the Spectre format scs This utility program is independent of the Sonnet Virtuoso interface and may be run separately The second utility Substrate Conversion is for converting an Agilent Substrate file tch into a Sonnet Substrate File matl which may be used in the Sonnet Virtuoso interface For more details please see Chapter 2 Cadence Virtuoso Interface in the Translators manual Export to DXF New Features Changes have been made to the export to DXF command in the project editor The following features are now supported e Trace and Via information exported to separate DXF layers e Sonnet Vias may be converted to Circular Vias in DXF e Different Materials on the same Sonnet level can be exported to separate DXF layers 27 Sonnet User s Guide Changes 28 For more details please see online help for the File gt Export gt DXF command in the project editor Below is a summation of the major changes in release I I of Sonnet See below for more details Entries preceded by a were added in release 10 53 For new fea tures in release 11 refer to New Features page 24 Cadence Virtuoso Interface Menu Change In release 10 52 when you opened a layout view in
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