Version 2.0 (R2007a) RF Blockset™ Software Release Notes

Version 2.0 (R2007a) RF Blockset™ Software

This table summarizes what's new in V2.0 (R2007a):

New features and changes introduced in this version are

• Agilent^® P2D and S2D System-Level Verification Model Support Added

• Dialog Boxes for Physical Blocks Reorganized

• Data File Import Improved

• Noise Specification Options Added

• Nonlinearity Specification Options Added

• Plotting Options Added

• Connection Port Block Added

• Demos Added

Agilent^® P2D and S2D System-Level Verification Model Support Added

The General Amplifier and General Mixer blocks now let you import system-level verification models of amplifiers and mixers, respectively, using data from Agilent^® P2D and S2D files.

Use P2D files to specify the following data for multiple operating conditions, such as temperature and bias values:

• Small-signal network parameters

• Power-dependent network parameters

• Noise data

• Intermodulation tables

Use S2D files to specify the following data for multiple operating conditions:

• Small-signal network parameters

• Gain compression (1 dB)

• Third-order intercept point (IP3)

• Power-dependent S₂₁ parameters

• Noise data

• Intermodulation tables

For more information on specifying operating conditions, see Specifying Operating Conditions.

Dialog Boxes for Physical Blocks Reorganized

The block dialog boxes of the Physical blocks are now organized by tab. All physical block dialog boxes now contain the following tabs:

• Main — Specify basic block parameters.

• Visualization — Specify plot parameters.

In addition, all physical amplifier and mixer blocks contain the following tabs:

• Noise data — Specify thermal noise data.

• Nonlinearity Data — Specify third-order intercept or power data.

The General Amplfier and General Mixer block dialog boxes also contain an Operating Conditions tab for specifying operating condition information after you import a P2D or S2D file into a block.

For information about the parameters available for a particular block, see the reference page for that block.

Data File Import Improved

For blocks that accept data from a file, the new Data file parameter lets you specify the name of the file to import. A new Browse button helps you find the file. Previous versions required you to use the RF Toolbox™ read function to import the file into the RFCKT object parameter.

Noise Specification Options Added

For physical amplifier and mixer blocks, the following noise specification options are now available:

• Spot noise data imported into the block

• Spot noise data in the block dialog box

• Noise figure, noise factor, or noise temperature value in the block dialog box

For more information on the new noise specification options, see Modeling Noise.

Nonlinearity Specification Options Added

For physical amplifier and mixer blocks, the following nonlinearity specification options are now available:

• Power data, which consists of output power as a function of input power, imported into the block.

• Third-order intercept data, with or without one or more power parameters, in the block dialog box. The power parameters are gain compression power and output saturation power.

For more information on the new nonlinearity specification options, see Modeling Nonlinearity.

Plotting Options Added

For the X-Y plane plot, the following options are now available in the Visualization tab:

• You can specify the scale of the x- and y-axes. The scale of each axis can be linear or logarithmic.

• You can create a plot that contains data on both the left and right y-axes.

For more information on the new plotting options, see Plotting Model Data.

Connection Port Block Added

Use the Connection Port block in a subsystem composed of RF Blockset™ blocks to add an RF Blockset physical modeling connector port to the subsystem.

Demos Added

Power in Simulink^® Sources and Signals uses several Simulink and RF Blockset models to show how to set the amplitude of a source to achieve the desired power level and how to display the power and power spectrum of a Simulink signal.

An Executable Specification for System Design shows how to use the Model-Based Design methodology with the blockset to build an executable specification that helps to tightly couple interactions between the various design teams that are involved in the system-level design.

Version 2.1 (R2007b) RF Blockset™ Software

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