Advanced Design System

{{Short description|Electronic design automation software system}}

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{{Infobox software

| name = Advanced Design System

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| caption = Advanced Design System (ADS): Premier RF & Microwave Design Platform

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| developer = Keysight Technologies PathWave Design

| released = 1985 (then called Microwave Design System (MDS))

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| platform = [http://www.keysight.com/find/eesof-platforms ADS platforms]

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| operating system = Linux, Windows [https://docs.keysight.com/display/engdocads/ADS+2024+Update+2.0+System+Requirements]

| genre = Electronic circuit simulation

| license = Proprietary

| website = {{Official}}

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Advanced Design System (ADS) is an electronic design automation software system produced by PathWave Design, a division of Keysight Technologies.{{Cite web|title=Electronic design, test automation and measurement equipment|url=https://www.keysight.com|url-status=live|website=Keysight Technologies|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010720022434/http://www.keysight.com:80/ |archive-date=2001-07-20 }} It provides an integrated design environment to designers of RF electronic products such as mobile phones,[https://archive.today/20120722161547/http://www.commsdesign.com/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=192200523 "Evaluating Performance Tradeoffs in a Dual-Mode, W-CDMA/EDGE Digital IF Receiver", CommsDesign, Oct 07, 2002] pagers, wireless networks, satellite communications, radar systems, and high-speed data links.[http://www.keysight.com/find/signal-integrity-analysis Design and Simulation of High Speed Digital]

Keysight ADS supports every step of the design process — schematic capture, layout, design rule checking, frequency-domain and time-domain circuit simulation, and electromagnetic field simulation — allowing the engineer to fully characterize and optimize an RF design without changing tools.

Keysight has donated copies of the ADS software to the electrical engineering departments at many universities.[http://www.keysight.com/main/redirector.jspx?action=ref&cname=EDITORIAL&ckey=1488740&cc=US&lc=eng Keysight EEsof EDA University Educational Support Programs]