RF Blockset™ 2.2

Product Description

• Introduction and Key Features
• Defining RF Components
• Designing Cascades
• Mitigating RF Impairments
• Visualizing Component and Cascade Behavior

“RF Blockset’s validation and verification capabilities allow me to locate design flaws earlier, when they are less costly to fix, and use signal processing algorithms to mitigate impairments when using low-cost RF components. Now, I can rapidly simulate RF behavior in the Simulink environment—rather than manually code it in C—and use it as a golden reference throughout the project, which saves time and money in the long run.”

-- Les Smith, Artimi Limited

Introduction

RF Blockset extends Simulink with a library of blocks to model the behavior of radio frequency (RF) filters, transmission lines, amplifiers, and mixers. It helps you implement commercial and defense wireless communication systems and their semiconductors. You validate your working model in Simulink, and then use the model as an executable specification for RF circuit design using third-party EDA tools. After circuit design, you can use RF Blockset to read industry-standard system-level models and verify that the design meets specification.

The blockset lets you specify components by their network parameters, noise properties, non-linear properties, mathematical behavior, and physical properties. RF Blockset works with RF Toolbox to manipulate network parameters in the MATLAB workspace or to read in data from industry-standard file formats. You specify blocks with passband frequency-domain parameters, and RF Blockset uses these parameters to create a time-domain baseband-equivalent model for fast simulation and compatibility with other Simulink blocks.

Key Features

• Defines and simulates the behavior of RF components, including filters, transmission lines, amplifiers, and mixers
• Specifies components based on network parameters, mathematical behavior, or physical properties
• Cascades components to model the RF architecture
• Integrates with RF Toolbox to manage file and verification model import
• Converts passband network parameters to a baseband-equivalent time-domain model for fast simulation and compatibility with other Simulink blocks
• Includes visualization tools for examining the properties of individual components and RF systems

Model of a communication system. RF Blockset integrates with RF Toolbox and Communications Blockset to simulate the effect of RF impairments and architectures on system performance. Click on image to see larger view.

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