About Transient and Convolution Simulation

The Transient/Convolution Simulation solves a set of integro-differential equations that express the time dependence of the currents and voltages of the circuit. The result of such an analysis is nonlinear with respect to time and, possibly, a swept variable. In ADS, this controller is available in the Simulation-Transient palette.

The Transient/Convolution Simulation enables you to:

• Perform a SPICE-type transient time-domain analysis on a circuit.
• Perform nonlinear transient analysis on circuits that include the frequency-dependent loss and dispersion effects of linear models. Such analyses are known as convolution analyses.

Refer to these topics:

• Performing a Transient or Convolution Simulation has the minimum setup requirements for a transient simulation.
• Examples of Transient and Convolution Simulation has a detailed setup for performing a transient simulation, using a Gilbert cell mixer as the example.
• Transient and Convolution Simulation Description is a brief explanation of transient and convolution simulations.
• Transient Simulation Parameters provides details about the parameters available in the Transient simulation controller in ADS.
• Troubleshooting a Transient-Convolution Simulation offers suggestions on how to improve a simulation.

Note You must have the Transient simulator (included with the RFIC Designer Pro and Premier suites) and the Convolution simulator (included with the RFIC Designer Premier suite only) licenses to run these types of simulations. You may build the examples without the appropriate license, but cannot run the simulations.