Data Display

The project opens and displays a "Filter Performance" graph.

1. Double-click the x-axis value 2400 MHz and type 1950, then press Enter.
2. Double-click the x-axis value 1500 MHz and type 1850, then press Enter.
3. Double-click the y-axis value -400 and type -100, then press Enter.
4. Double-click the y-axis value 0 and type 20, then press Enter.
5. Axis limits are easily modifiable inline.

The project opens and displays a "Filter Performance" graph.

1. Right-click on the "Filter Performance" graph and choose Options to display the Rectangular Plot Options dialog box.
2. On the Axes tab, select the Left 1 axis and then clear the Auto limits check box.
3. Independent control of the axis limits is now available.
4. Clear the Auto check box for the Max axis and change the Max value to 20.
5. Choose Simulate > Tune to open the Tuner and tune on the variable.
6. The minimum value scales automatically, but the maximum now stays at a constant value that makes the graph more legible.

The project opens and displays a graph showing passband and stopband.

1. Right-click on the "Passband and Stopband" graph and choose Options to display the Rectangular Plot Options dialog box.
2. On the Markers tab, select select the Match text color to trace check box and then click OK.
3. Markers now match their trace colors for easy identification.

The project opens and displays an "Output Power and Efficiency Contours Rectangular" graph.

1. The graph contains both horizontal and vertical line markers.
2. Note the line marker values displayed at the edge of the graph data.
3. Select the horizontal line marker, and with the marker selected, press the Shift key while pressing the Up/Down arrow keys.
4. The line marker moves one tenth of a graph division for easy and accurate placement.
5. Right-click the horizontal line marker and choose Move Line Marker, then enter a New value to place the line marker.

The project opens and displays an "S Parameters" graph.

1. Choose Options > Environment Options to open the Environment Options dialog box.
2. On the Project tab, clear the Disabled measurements in legends and Disabled goals draw on graph check boxes, then click OK.
• NOTE: Environment options are saved per user, not per project, so at the end of this demo reset them to your preference.
3. Simulate again by clicking the Analyze button on the toolbar or by pressing the F8 key.
   • Disabled measurements and optimization goals no longer display on graphs.
4. Open the "Return Loss" graph and maximize the window.
5. Right-click on the graph and choose Options to display the Smith Chart Options dialog box.
6. On the Format tab, clear the Sweep min/max check box, then click OK.
   • The minimum and maximum sweep values no longer display.

The project opens and displays a graph set up to add offset markers.

1. Right-click on the graph and choose Add Offset Marker.
2. In the Add Offset Marker dialog box, set the Reference Marker to m2, the x offset to 0, and then click Select Trace.
3. Click the red RL curve to add the offset marker to this curve.
4. Repeat the above steps for markers m1 and m3.
5. Open the Tuner by pressing the F9 key or by clicking the Tune button on the toolbar.
6. Tune on the structure. The offset markers on the RL curve track the markers on the IL curve.

The project opens and displays the "PAE at 4 dB Compressed From Max Gain" graph.

1. In previous AWR Design Environment versions this type of data visualization was not possible to graph; x-axis designations in measurements were required.
2. Double-click the measurement in the "PAE at 4 dB Compressed From Max Gain" graph to open the Measurement Editor.
• NOTE: There is no x-axis designation for any of the measurement parameters.
3. In this example the power added efficiency (PAE) is plotted for all gammas at a specified compression level.
4. Click on the traces and view the tooltip. You can easily see the gamma at which the highest efficiency occurs.
5. The ability to plot x-axis-less data allows many more graphing and visualization opportunities.

The project opens and displays the "Passband and Stopband" graph.

1. Right-click on the IRL measurement in the graph legend and choose Add Optimization Goal.
2. Draw the optimization goal from 100 Mhz to 500 Mhz at a y-value of -20.
   • Note the snapping grid for optimization goal placement. To ignore this grid, press the Shift key while drawing the optimization goal.
3. Repeat this process for the ORL measurement at a y-value of -30.
4. Select the ORL optimization goal; drag handles display.
5. Select the left drag handle and drag the left endpoint of the optimization goal up to -20.
   • Note the snapping grid for modifying the placement of the optimization goal. To ignore the snapping grid, press the Shift key while moving the drag handles.

Use the Insert Windows Command to generate pre-sized, pre-arranged Window in Window reports

The demo opens the project and opens a blank Output Equations page

1. Choose Draw > Insert Windows to launch the Insert Windows command.
2. Use the CTRL key for mutli-select and only choose all the Graphs and the Schematic and press OK.
3. Note that a preview of the window placement is shown in the Output Equation Window.
4. Change Fill the array to vertical, press the Preview button, and note that the Schematic is now the upper right window.
5. Note that the array format is changeable and that the windows reordering is supported using the arrow keys.
6. Push the OK button, and, if desired, drag the Schematic view such that it's lower edge is aligned with the lower edge of the Graphs in the lower row (i.e. make the display symmetrical).

Plotting vs. Output Power with X_SWP

The demo opens the project, maximizes an Output Equations page, simulates

License requirements: Nonlinear simulator (MWO-2XX)

1. Note the X_SWP blocks on the Schematic that allow the user to specify what to plot (power, voltage, current), how to measure it (spectrum analyser style, power meter style, etc.) and where to measure it.
2. Double click one of the Graphs to activate the view.
3. Right click on the blue trace measurement in the legend, choose "Modify Measurement," and note that it uses the old PlotVs measurement that requires one measurement definition for the x-axis and one measurement definition for the y-axis.
4. Right click on the red trace measurement in the legend, choose "Modify Measurement," and note that it is a "normal" measurement to plots vs. output power in the PORT_1 drop down by choosing the appropriate X_SWP ID..
5. If desired, inspect all the graphs in the Report One Tone and Report Two Tone Output Equation pages to explore different X_SWP configurations.

See Simulation Results While Simulation Runs

The demo opens the project and maximizes a graph to show the waveforms as they are available from the simulator after the simulation starts.

1. Simulate to watch the traces populate while the simulation runs.

Intelligent Markers Based on Performance Specifications

The demo opens the project, tiles graphs for each new marker type, simulates and opens the tuner.

1. Slide the tuners to change the circuit response and notice the markers stay on the specific feature of the trace they were attached to.