Cadence VS Orcad PSpice A/A VS ADS

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Vadim Bishtein

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Can anyone clear this up for me:

Why Cadence is used instead of PSpice A/D (which is so much simpler) ?

Why not use ADS instead the above two ???
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Note: I used all of the above software. ADS for MMIC design, PSpice A/D and
Cadence for
circuit simulations. But I understood that each of them can do
circuit simulations (no
wave stuff or microstrips). So what is the point of using Cadence
when PSpice is so much
easier or not even ADS that does circuits and microwave simulations
???
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Any good articles or places that overview the strengths/weaknesses of
various
EDA tools used in industry today are very welcome...

thanks guys,
 
In reply to a radio transmission from Vadim Bishtein(vbishtei@hotmail.com) ,
located at Mars:
Can anyone clear this up for me:

Why Cadence is used instead of PSpice A/D (which is so much simpler) ?

Why not use ADS instead the above two ???
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ADS is, AFAIK, too expensive and "advanced" for someone working on a small design
company or someone that doesn't need microwave/RF circuit design.

Most university students also use PSpice at university labs and so they're
"learned" with PSpice.


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ChaosŽ - posting from Brazil
wizard_of_HOT@hotmail.com
replace the horizontal output transistor[HOT] by 'yendor'
 
Can u just correct me? Is ADS the same as ARM Development Suite?

Chaos Master <wizard_of_HOT@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:<MPG.1a52ed7f6a034a5a9898a5@news.cis.dfn.de>...
In reply to a radio transmission from Vadim Bishtein(vbishtei@hotmail.com) ,
located at Mars:
Can anyone clear this up for me:

Why Cadence is used instead of PSpice A/D (which is so much simpler) ?

Why not use ADS instead the above two ???


ADS is, AFAIK, too expensive and "advanced" for someone working on a small design
company or someone that doesn't need microwave/RF circuit design.

Most university students also use PSpice at university labs and so they're
"learned" with PSpice.
Click to expand...
 
Ranjith[ranair123@softhome.net] said this in sci.electronics.cad, at 2 Jan 2004
14:15:29 -0800, in article <72fd1051.0401021415.32f5ba20@posting.google.com>. I
can prove it. And thus I reply:

Can u just correct me? Is ADS the same as ARM Development Suite?
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No. ADS (Advanced Design Studio , IIRC) is a powerful design tool made by Agilent
(former HP) for _very complex_ designs such as RF, telecom, power systems, etc...
Being very advanced also means very expensive.



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ChaosŽ - posting from Brazil
Please ask for e-mail address.
 
"Chaos Master" <ask_for_the_address@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:MPG.1a601ce3d77f8d049898e6@news.cis.dfn.de...
said this in sci.electronics.cad, at 2 Jan
2004
14:15:29 -0800, in article
72fd1051.0401021415.32f5ba20@posting.google.com>. I
can prove it. And thus I reply:

Can u just correct me? Is ADS the same as ARM Development Suite?

No. ADS (Advanced Design Studio , IIRC) is a powerful design tool made by
Agilent
(former HP) for _very complex_ designs such as RF, telecom, power systems,
etc...
Being very advanced also means very expensive.
Click to expand...
It used to be about $80K with all the options. But that included the EM
simulators (2-D and 3-D) and Chip Layout tools as well as the rest of the
standard ADS environment. That had a version of Spice, a Harmonic Balance
simulation engine, a System simulator as well as quite a bit more that
doesn't come back to me at the moment.
 
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