In the following entry of the blog, the
comparison between the performance of QUCS Studio, as RF and
microwave simulation tool, and ADS 2016 from Keysight,
is shown.
It is known, worldwide, that
ADS has been the corner stone of the simulation CAD tools, for more
than thirty years. It has been, and it will be in the near future,
the mirror where all the competitors want of will want to be
reflected in.
In order to get an accurate
idea of what are the capabilities of QUCS Studio in terms of
simulating RF and microwave circuits, the best comparison will be the
one that compares the suite with the best ECAD tool available in the
market.
Since the most relevant design
area that ADS has historically been focused in is the RF and
microwave circuits, this will be the type of circuits that will be
compared to the equivalent simulated in QUCS Studio.
The document is arranged as a
list of microstrip circuit examples, very commonly used in many of
the high frequency designs that are analyzed using both CAD tools.
For each example, the main
relevant performances are compared. Transmission parameter,
reflection parameter mainly.
A brief explanation of the activity is summarized in the following document:
All the files used in the making of this document are included in the following link, arranged as a QUCS Studio project.
