Recommendations for Port Setup When Using ADS Momentum and
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1. TML Zero Length This calibration can be used for ports connected to short trans mission lines or other edges in a layout It is used in cases where the transmission line extensions added during TML calibration would intersect with other structures in the layout For the TML zero length calibration Momentum connects a source direct ly to the port no transmission line extensions are added TML zero length only removes the fringe capacitance at the edge of the metal It does not filter out higher order modes Momentum will automatically use TML zero length calibration and issues a warning If TML calibration is chosen but the transmission line extension would intersect with other polygons on the same metal layer Delta Gap Delta Gap calibration is used to quickly and easily add parasitic effects to an otherwise ideal surface mount device SMD such as R Lor C model When using it two layout pins defining the Delta Gap calibrated port are placed across a gap between the pads these pins must be placed on the edges of the metal The port must be defined differentially across the two edge pins Delta Gap calibration effectively adds a piece of metal extend ing from each pad inwards leaving a small gap for the source Momentum does not de embed the effects of this metal from the simulation results This way some parasitic self impedance is added as a rudimentary way of modeling the parasitics of the part This extra bit of2. phase S 1 1 phase S 2 1 freq GHz Figure 17 Co simulation results vs measured data using uncalibrated single end ed and differential ports for a 3 3 nH Coilcraft 0805 inductor on a 4 mil Rogers 4350C substrate Modelithics model IND CLC 0805 102 LEGEND RED differ ential BLUE single ended and BLACK circles measured data 09 Keysight Recommendations for Port Setup When Using ADS Momentum and Modelithics Models Application Note A more complicated co simulation of a bandpass filter is present ed below Figure 18 The filter circuit consists of 0402 inductors and 0402 capacitors on a 16 mil thick substrate The calibration type for all ports was set to None Two co simulations were performed in order to compare single ended and differential port configurations Fe aah a ae Meine Ses tainy Code epee gk tear ost eee tks E IND_CLC_0402_101 MDLXCLR1 CAP ATC_0402_101 MDLXCLRATC1 IND_CLC_0402_101_ MDLXCLR1 CAP_ATC_0402 101_MDLXCLRATC1 IND_CLC_0402_101_MDLXCLR1 ee ee ee ee A ee ra Phas e E WM cee E E i er E art E re E E E E E E Term E Cll Term2 ee ee ll Num 2 Ho ae Ge ot Gages cts ot R Ser G 925 be to5 Bag E a ee one 4 ote Z 50 Ohm EROS Sh OREM 20 A eae os CAP_ATC_04027 101_MDLXCLRATC1 i CAP_ATC_0402_10_MDLXCLRATC1 gt 7 yy CAP_ATC_0402 101_MDLXCLRATC1 A COOL SOG ey ge en Ca0S Dia ER Subst MSub1 2 2 eS Subst MSu
3. It improperly treats any shunt impedance to ground within the device mod el Both single ended and differential configurations gave reasonable results for the majority of the parts examined for this application note since most small parts have relatively large internal shunt impedances when compared to their series impedances However using differential ports for some parts did result in a noticeable deviation from measured data Because of this it is preferable to use single ended configu rations when possible Uncalibrated differential port config urations across two terminal Modelithics models can also be considered especially when a design includes a finite ground plane s Differential port configurations are more convenient in the presence of a finite ground s since they eliminate the need to place explicit ground reference pins in the layout Note that the above recommendations and comments apply when using Sim_mode 2 for the Modelithics models For Sim_mode O there will be additional shunt capacitance from the pads included in the model and the use of differ ential ports in that situation is more likely to result in large errors Therefore it is recommended to avoid using differen tial port configurations in conjunction with Sim_mode 0 For the numerous test cases simulated for this applica tion note it was found that using edge or area pins to try to model the width of the part or the area of the solder does not imp
4. for two shunt capacitor structures Several port setups are explored below for the shunt capacitor structure including a comparison of point vs area excitation Figure 12 shows a zoomed in view of an area excitation setup In the layout Note that the entire pad area was used as a port Figure 12 Area port setup The blue color represents a pin Figure 13 shows a comparison between the S parameters ob tained from differential point ports single ended point ports and single ended area ports for the shunt capacitor configuration The best comparison to the measurement data is obtained using the point differential ports followed by the point single ended ports and finally the area ports As mentioned previously using whole pad area ports causes a shift in the resonant frequency because they force the same voltage potential across the entire pad eliminating the series inductance of the pads Compare Single Ended vs Diff vs Area dB S11 db S21 freq GHz phase S11 phase S21 freq GHz freq GHz Figure 13 Results of the comparison between the differential ports single end ed point ports and area ports LEGEND BLACK circles measured data RED differential ports BLUE single ended ports MAGENTA area ports 08 Keysight Recommendations for Port Setup When Using ADS Momentum and Modelithics Models Application Note The next results consi
5. metal also models mutual inductive or ca pacitive coupling between the part and other neighboring traces or parts Surface Mount Device When using an SMD port calibration a pair of pins must be placed on the inner edges of a surface mount device s pads The port must be defined differentially across the two edge pins SMD calibration is intended for use with surface mount device models that already include the parasitics of the part itself i e self im pedance SMD calibration stretches the two pads toward each other leaving a small gap for the source This effectively adds a little piece of metal in between the pads to capture the mutual coupling to nearby circuitry Momentum models the additional metal to create a calibration standard that is used to de embed the self impedance of the extended metal however the mutu al impedance capacitive and or inductive coupling to nearby circuitry is not de embedded from the simulation results Since this mutual impedance to neighboring traces is not part of typical SMD component models the SMD calibration can be a simple way to model this effect The key difference between Delta Gap and SMD calibration is that Delta Gap keeps the self impedance added by the extra bit of metal while with SMD it is removed None Uncalibrated There is also the option to use uncalibrated ports in Momen tum These ports were previously called Internal ports in older versions of ADS but are now simply ca
6. vs Simulated phase S 1 1 L z s eseud phase S 1 1 L z s eseud L freq GHz freq GHz Figure 5 Comparing differential vs single ended ports for a Toko 0603 inductor LEGEND solid lines simulated data circles measured data 06 Keysight Recommendations for Port Setup When Using ADS Momentum and Modelithics Models Application Note Figure 6 shows the layouts used for another experiment that was performed using the same Toko inductor These layouts were created to examine the effect of using edge or area pins Each edge pin and area pin was set up as a Single ended uncalibrated None port Figure 7 shows the results From this experiment and others not shown here it was concluded that adding an edge pin to model the width of the part or an area pin to model the area of solder does not typically improve the measurement to model comparison Edge pins Figure 6 Layouts for edge pin setup and area pin setup Edge Pin Area Pin dB S 1 1 L z s ap dB S 1 1 N o L zs ap freq GHz Measured vs Simulated freq GHz Measured vs Simulated phase S 1 1 L Z s eseud phase S 1 1 z s eseud freq GHz freq GHz The results from two additional tests done using the Toko in ductor are shown below The first uses an area port that covers the whole pad while the second uses SMD calibration Figure 8 shows the modified po
7. Keysight EEsof EDA Recommendations for Port Setup When Using ADS Momentum and Modelithics Models Application Note TECHNOLOGIES 02 Keysight Recommendations for Port Setup When Using ADS Momentum and Modelithics Models Application Note Overview With the increased complexity of today s circuits designers are increasingly dependent on electromagnetic EM simulations during the design phase With the trend toward smaller circuits and multi layered boards EM simulation is needed to accurately model internal circuit interactions The use of discrete compo nents helps to reduce a circuit s overall footprint but introduces a level of complexity to the design process A good understand ing of the proper EM port configurations and calibration types is required to ensure accurate EM circuit co simulation results This application note is intended to help users of Keysight Tech nologies Advanced Design System ADS and Modelithics mod els accurately and efficiently simulate RF and microwave circuits The focus is on finding the optimum port setup for EM simulation of circuit layouts that include surface mount devices Several new features and improvements were introduced to Momentum the 3D planar EM simulator in ADS starting with the ADS 2011 release Of particular interest are the new port calibration types and their impact on co simulation when using Modelithics models This application note explains the port nomenclat
8. bt 2 a a a e e Gar a GA ae Figure 18 ADS Schematic for co simulation of a bandpass filter Figure 19 displays the results of the co simulation for the band pass filter compared to measured data The results show very good agreement between the measured data and the co sim ulation results This example demonstrates the accuracy of the co simulations for a combination of series and shunt inductors and capacitors Single Ended vs Differential vs Measured dB S 1 1 ADS dB S 2 1 Figure 19 Measured vs co simulation of bandpass filter LEGEND BLUE sin gle ended RED differential BLACK Circles measured data 10 Keysight Recommendations for Port Setup When Using ADS Momentum and Modelithics Models Application Note Recommendations Based on a large set of sample configurations of which only a small number have been described herein the following recom mendations are made for Momentum port setup Port calibration type should be set typically to None when using Momentum in conjunction with Modelithics models There are two different port configuration choices when using uncalibrated ports for a two terminal device single ended each port referenced to ground or differential a positive pin is referenced to an explicit negative pin Differential ports are set across the component see Figure 2a One should use caution with a differential configuration since
9. der a Samsung 01005 capacitor mounted on a 20 mil Rogers 4003C substrate The EM simulation con sists of only the pad geometry Figure 14 used for the capacitor measurements In Figure 14 pins 3 and 4 define the connection points to the capacitor while pins 1 and 2 define the ports for the pads that connect to external circuitry Three EM simulations were performed for the co simulation comparisons The first EM simulation employed single ended ports for pins 3 and 4 while a second EM simulation employed a differential port between pins 3 and 4 For both the single ended and differential port test cases the calibration type was set to None for the port s defined by pins 3 and 4 For the SMD calibrated test case pins 3 and 4 were moved to the interior edges of the pads The S parameter calibration type for the ports defined by pins 1 and 2 is TML for all t st Cases Figure 14 Layout of land pad geometry The co simulation setup is shown in Figure 15 Following comple tion of the EM simulation Momentum stores the EM simulation data results in an emModel view The schematic representation of the EM model data is the layout look alike symbol square pads in Figure 15 The co simulation is accomplished by placing the symbol in a schematic and setting the Modelithics model Sim_mode equal to 2 Term Term6 Num 6 Z2 50 Ohm CAP_SAM_01005 001 MDLXCLR1 SAM_CLO02 C2 Figure 15 Schematic symbol for co simulation for the Sa
10. f edge or area pins Small area pins and edge pins may perform satisfactorily but are unnecessary Whole pad area pins should be avoided Models and Software Used in this Application Note The models used in this application note are from Modelithics CLR library version 9 6 Momentum in Agilent s ADS version 2013 06 was used to perform all simulation About this Application Note This application note was authored by Scott Skidmore Modelithics and Jason Boh Keysight Technologies The helpful feedback comments by Dr Ing Volker M hlhaus are most appreciated Based on this feedback an update was made to the original application note with clarifications related to the use of differential ports in combination with Modelithics CLR Library models among others Contact Information For more information about Modelithics products and services please contact Modelithics Inc Email sales modelithics com Web www modelithics com For more information about Keysight Technologies products please visit www keysight com find eesof myKeysight www keysight com find mykeysight A personalized view into the information most relevant to you myKeysight Keysight Channel Partners www keysight com find channelpartners Get the best of both worlds Keysight s measurement expertise and product breadth combined with channel partner convenience KEYSIGHT TECHNOLOGIES For more information on Keysight Technologies produc
11. he pads are included in the layout When the Pad_mode is set to O pad handling defaults to the Sim_mode setting In other words with Pad_mode set to 0 and Sim_mode set to 2 the pads are not included in the layout nor are the effects included in the mod el The default Pad_mode setting is O zero Other Pad_mode and Sim_mode setting configurations will allow the designer to disable the pad effects from the model but include the pads In the layout This helps reduce the chances of duplicating the pad effects during co simulation For more information concerning Pad_mode and Sim_mode please refer to the Modelithics Library User Manual Note that Sim_mode O should not be used in conjunction with differential Momentum ports This includes uncalibrated dif ferential ports as well as SMD and Delta Gap calibrated ports Using Sim_mode 0 along with any of these types of differential ports will likely result in noticeable errors since the device model will include the pads modeled primarily as shunt capacitance to ground and differential ports improperly treat this shunt Capacitance to ground Sim_mode 2 should be used with differ ential ports in most cases or else the capacitance of the pads will effectively reduce the shunt impedance Zg1 2 thus increasing the likelihood of simulation errors Results To explore the differences in Momentum port types a 4 7 nH Toko 0603 inductor was measured on a 20 mil Rogers substrate in a series conf
12. iguration Various Momentum port types were then used and the results were compared Figure 3 shows the layout that was simulated and fabricated for measurements the yellow lines represent de embedding i e reference offset in Momen tum The lead in transmission lines were de embedded both in simulation and in measurement such that the reference plane for the final S parameters is located at the outermost edges of the tapers Figure 4 shows the co simulation schematic which includes the Modelithics model and the emModel for Momen tum Note that ADS includes layout look alike as an option for the schematic symbol a useful feature that helps visualize all circuit connections and aides in schematic simulations Figure 3 ADS layout for Toko 0603 inductor no_cal IND_TKO_0603_001_MDLXCLR1 Z 50 Ohm j o TORS S a a Tolerance 1 0 Figure 4 ADS schematic including the Modelithics model and the Momentum emModel Figure 5 shows the S parameters resulting from setting the calibration type to None and comparing single ended vs differ ential point ports Note that both configurations give reasonable results with the differential setup resulting in a slightly closer agreement to measured data No Calibration Differential No Calibration Single Ended Measured vs Simulated dB S 1 1 DS T DS i L z s ap dB S 1 1 T rm i L z s ap freq GHz freq GHz Measured vs Simulated Measured
13. iguration for coplanar waveguide structures This is possible because Momentum supports S parameter ports with multiple positive pins and or multiple negative pins The ground reference for an S parameter port can be either explicit Figure 2b or implicit Figure 2d Explicit means that one or more pins set the location of the ground reference for that port Implicit ground denoted by Gnd in the EM Setup view means that there is no layout pin denoting the location of ground causing Momen tum to use the nearest Infinite ground plane In the absence of an infinite ground plane Momentum will use the zero scalar poten tial at infinity i e ground at infinity What this means is that you have a choice when co simulating Momentum and two terminal Modelithics models you either set up a single port spanning across the device Figure 2a denoted as the differential configu ration or set up two ports one on each pad each referenced to the nearest ground plane Figure 2c denoted as the single ended configuration PZ 03 Keysight Recommendations for Port Setup When Using ADS Momentum and Modelithics Models Application Note pin pin Pl P2 41 P1 Gnd as a2 P2 Gnd Figure 2 Location of and pins for a differential port configuration and c single ended configuration Pin assignments for b differential and d single ended ports in the EM Setup window However one should use caution wi
14. ing is thought to be an important first order effect to model for a particular design Note that since SMD ports are differential they carry the same implications as uncalibrated differential ports with respect to the treatment of internal shunt impedances in the model The TML zero length calibration should not be used to connect Modelithics models to Momentum simulated pads If the pads are not simulated in Momentum but are instead included in the Modelithics model it may be suitable to use TML zero length calibration to connect the Modelithics model including the pad to the adjacent transmission lines vias etc simulated by Momentum However this was not tested for this application note since all simulations per formed herein used Momentum to simulate the pads 11 Keysight Recommendations for Port Setup When Using ADS Momentum and Modelithics Models Application Note Conclusion Recommendations for performing Momentum co simulations with Modelithics models were presented When using Modelithics models in co simulation the Momentum port calibration should typically be set to None uncalibrated The pins should typically be placed in the middle of the pads where the ends of component will land as opposed to on the edges of the pads Either single ended or differential port setups may be used However one should first understand the implications of using differential configurations Point pins can be used instead o
15. lated data circles measured data 07 Keysight Recommendations for Port Setup When Using ADS Momentum and Modelithics Models Application Note Results from a final experiment using the Toko inductor are shown below in Figure 10 Here TML zero length calibrated ports were used and placed on the edge of the pads the same placement as SMD calibration Note that the simulation deviates further from measurement than uncalibrated point ports This is the expected result since placing TML zero length ports on the edges of the pads does not reflect the placement of the real part The actual placement of the part is in the middle of the pads resulting in some pad length before the part and some pad length after the part In addition TML zero length removes fringing capacitance from the edge of the pad which should be included to best emu late the physical configuration TMLZL cal dB S 1 1 L Z s ap freq GHz Measured vs Simulated Figure 10 Comparing TML zero length calibration vs measured data for Toko 0603 inductor LEGEND solid lines simulated data circles measured data Similar experiments were performed on a structure with two shunt capacitors The parts used were ATC 0603 capacitors on a 30 mil Rogers 4003C substrate The schematic with the Modelithics mod els and the layout look alike symbol is shown in Figure 11 Figure 11 Schematic for co simulation between Modelithics models and Momen tum
16. lled None Uncalibrated ports can be placed anywhere within the circuit not limited to boundaries between dielectrics and conductors and may excite a single point edge or area Uncalibrated ports may be defined using a single pin referenced to implicit ground Gnd or by using multiple positive pins and or multiple negative pins Sometimes uncalibrated ports are the best choice for modeling how devices are connected to a circuit For further information concerning calibration types please refer to the ADS documentation 05 Keysight Recommendations for Port Setup When Using ADS Momentum and Modelithics Models Application Note Options for Including Pads in Simulations Modelithics models include a feature that allows for the removal of the pad effects from the model Simulation mode 2 Sim_mode 2 provides the designer with the flexibility of using custom pad geometries by including the pads in the EM simulation while disabling the pads in the Modelithics model When enabled this feature effectively shifts the reference planes from the outer pad edge to the component input The entire pad is removed includ ing any portion that extends under the component It should be noted that the default Sim_mode setting is O zero In this mode all parasitics including pad effects are included in the model s performance A second feature that affects pad handling is Pad_mode Pad_ mode in conjunction with Sim_mode determines whether t
17. msung 01005 capacitor The results of all three co simulations are shown in Figure 16 The black circles represent the measured data the solid red line is the simulated differential port arrangement the solid blue line Is the simulated single ended port configuration and the solid magenta line is the simulated SMD calibrated performance It is apparent that the single ended and differential port setups yielded similar results to the measured data while SMD calibration yielded less accurate results Single Ended Differential and SMD cal vs Measured dB S 1 1 dB S 2 1 freq GHz Figure 16 Co simulation results vs measured data using uncalibrated single end ed and differential ports and SML cal for a 82 pF Samsung 01005 capacitor on 20 mil Rogers 4003C substrate Modelithics model CAP SAM 01005 001 LEGEND RED differential BLUE single ended MAGENTA SMD calibration and BLACK circles measured data The results of another experiment testing for differences between single ended and differential port configurations are shown in Figure 17 It is a simulation of a Coilcraft O805CS inductor on Rogers 4 mil substrate The results show how the improper treat ment of shunt impedance by the differential ports can result ina deviation from measured data dB S 2 1 dB S 1 1 I T T T T T T T T T T T T T T 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 freq GHz freq GHz
18. out pin is placed on the edge of a metal polygon then by default the entire edge will be used to excite the structure Therefore the edge should be smaller than 10 of the wavelength at the high est simulation frequency Because of this special care is needed when placing edge pins on large pieces of metal such as finite ground planes Finally if an area pin is defined as a polygon the largest dimension of the polygon should not exceed 10 of the wavelength of the highest simulation frequency These guidelines were not critical for the simulations performed for this application note because of the sizes of the parts and frequencies of interest 04 Keysight Recommendations for Port Setup When Using ADS Momentum and Modelithics Models Application Note Momentum Port Calibration Types TML The TML port calibration known as Single Mode in earlier ver sions of ADS is used when a transmission line will be connected to the port For this port calibration type Momentum extends the transmission line or any edge of the layout in contact with the port A calibration standard a transmission line of twice the length is simulated to de embed the effect introduced by the transmission line This calibration technique reduces the impact of higher order modes around the source and adds the mutual coupling effect of the transmission line current with the circuit It is recommended when the circuit is fed through a long transmis sion line s
19. rove the results over point pins Edge ports and small area ports tended to yield similar results as point ports while area ports covering the whole pad tended to yield results that deviated from measured data This is because whole pad area ports cause the voltage potential to be constant over the pad which eliminates the inductance of the pads The new Delta Gap calibration should not be used since Modelithics models already include parasitics Delta Gap modeling of parasitics will typically be less accurate than the measurement based methods Modelithics uses for parasitic modeling SMD calibration may possibly be used in conjunction with Modelithics models to model the interactions between the part and any neighboring parts or traces However the test cases performed for this application note did not show that SMD calibration consistently improved the results over using None In fact in some cases SMD calibration provided less satisfactory comparisons to measurement results in contrast to the None setting The fact that SMD calibration did not improve the match to measured data was not that surprising considering that this calibration method is meant to model the coupling between nearby parts or from parts to nearby traces The test layouts considered in this application note did not have parts closely spaced together or traces routed along parts SMD calibration should only be used if part to part coupling or part to trace coupl
20. rt setups for the whole pad area pins and SMD calibration Note that SMD calibration requires the pins be placed on the edges of the pads The layout pins defining any SMD calibrated ports must be placed on a boundary between a dielectric and conductor Whole pad pins SMD cal Figure 8 Layouts for whole pad area excitation and SMD calibration Figure 9 shows the results Both of these experiments led to slightly worse results when compared to uncalibrated point ports Using a whole pad area pin as a port forces the entire pad to be at the same voltage potential This effectively removes the series inductance from the pad causing a slight shift in resonant fre quency SMD calibration for this case caused a Sself resonance in the magnitude of S 1 1 to appear within the observed frequency range Area Pin over whole pad SMD calibration Figure 7 Simulation results using Momentum edge left column and area right column ports LEGEND solid lines simulated data circles measured data Measured vs Simulated Measured vs Simulated o dB S 1 1 N o z s ap dB S 1 1 N o L Zs ap freq GHz Measured vs Simulated freq GHz phase S 1 1 L z s aseyd phase S 1 1 L z s eseud 100 freq GHz freq GHz Figure 9 Comparing whole pad area pins vs SMD calibration for a Toko 0603 inductor LEGEND solid lines simu
21. th a differential port configuration across a two terminal device Treating the device as an equivalent pi network with shunt impedances to ground on either side Zg1 and Zg2 the differential port will effectively put Zgl Zg2 in parallel with the series impedance of the pi network This occurs with the Modelithics library because the shunt components in the models are assumed to be connected to the reference ground If Zg1 2 are relatively large as is the case with many small parts models in the low microwave frequency range then the errors from the differential ports can be negligible This is the scenario for the majority of the measurement examples described in this application note While the most rigorous approach is to use single ended port configurations it may be more convenient to use differential port configurations For example if a design has a finite ground plane in the layout and a large surface mount device count using differential ports eliminates the need to place numerous explicit ground reference pins in the layout Note that simulations including finite ground planes were not performed for this application note Other important port considerations involve the pin size and separation distance of the positive and negative pins A good rule of thumb is to keep the distance between the plus and minus pins smaller than 10 of the wavelength at the highest simulation frequency Additionally it is important to know that if a lay
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23. ure in ADS presents multiple co simulations between Momentum and Modelithics models shows the impact of the various port shapes and calibration types and provides recom mendations based on comparisons to measured data The application note content is organized into three main areas The first area provides detailed information concerning Momen tum port types and calibration definitions Next is the results section which includes examples that provide insight into port and calibration performance The final section contains the rec ommended calibration type and port configurations Figure 1 Momentum layout pin types point edge and area Edge Pin Pins and Ports in ADS ADS 2011 introduced new port calibration types and nomencla ture to Momentum Before discussing port calibration types It helps to understand the difference between a pin and a port A layout pin or simply pin refers to a specific location in the lay out and Is defined as a single point an edge or an area as shown in Figure 1 The blue color denotes a pin in all three cases it may be difficult to see the point pin in Figure 1 since the blue color is just a dot at the tip of the arrow In a Momentum simulation the user may combine pins together in various configurations to create S parameter ports For exam ple a user could define one positive pin and two negative pins combined together into a single port yielding a Ground Signal Ground GSG conf
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