System Simulation

ANSYS DesignerRF is equipped with comprehensive system simulation (time, frequency, and mixed domains) capabilities making it ideal for a variety of complex DSP, RF and microwave wireless communication designs applications.


DesignerRF system simulation of 802.11g transceiver system showing the system schematic, constellation plot, SNR vs. channel noise and transmitter spectrum.

  • Dynamic parametric circuit links
    • Transient, linear and non-linear modeling
  • Frequency domain analysis for single and multi-tone systems
    • Inter-modulation and harmonic distortion
    • Budget analysis
      • Nonlinear distortion, noise, mismatch
    • RF Systems responses
      • S/Y/Z, GD, Power, IP3, NF
  • Discrete time domain analysis for end-to-end communication systems
    • Baseband and envelope simulation
    • Multi-rate system capability
    • Mixed mode techniques
      • Convolution and impulse invariance
    • Communication responses
      • Transient, spectrum
      • ACPR, EVM, CCDF, Eye
  • System library support:
    • Extensive RF and DSP component libraries
    • Communication standards
    • IEEE 802.11, GSM, EDGE, UWB
    • Compiled C/C++ user-defined modeling
  • MATLAB® co-simulation
  • WinIQSIM™ links for latest standards
    • WCDMA, TD-SCDMA, CDMA2000®
    • Bit and frame accurate waveforms