Getting Started
This PDF provides you with information about the Sonnet Design suite.
The full manual for the Sonnet Design suite.
Find out what's new in release 12.
Features
This document discusses efficient meshing in Sonnet, based on a wide variety of application examples. It will be shown how manual changes to the mesh can be applied that save memory and analysis time.
Sonnet's radical Conformal Mesh technique forms large subsections that follow the arbitrarily curving edges of a complicated circuit while still inherently including the high edge current.
How cluster computers can greatly reduce the processing time of an electromagnetic simulation by combining the processing power of multiple CPUs in a single computing platform.
This presentation shows Sonnet's benchmark performance for an exact theoretical result for a very thick stripline.
The ABS technique combines minimal adaptive EM frequency simulation with a highly accurate proprietary interpolation technique to provide 200-400 data points.
Technical Resource Documents
The Sonnet Project File format is a simple ASCII document, and is easy to edit or build. This document describes the file format and structure.
This paper describes and rigorously validates single- and multi-layer models of microstrip conductor loss appropriate for high-accuracy application in electromagnetic analysis software.
The foundational theory for the Sonnet 3D planar EM simulator. This paper summarizes the underlying theory used by Sonnet's electromagnetic analysis engine.
This paper suggests a TEM Equivalent characteristic impedance, which is unique for any given transmission line geometry and appropriate for use in circuit theory applications. A foundational work for port calibration.
This paper describes a "double delay" de-embedding algorithm appropriate for electromagnetic analysis.
As first appeared in International Journal of Microwave and Millimeter-wave Computer-Aided Eng., vol.1, no.3, pp.282-287, Jul 1991.
See the technology behind Sonnet's revolutionary Co-Calibrated™ Ports. Co-Calibrated Ports provide accurately de-embedded port connections on the interior of your circuits.
Applications
Examples of how you can use our free Sonnet Lite to analyze arbitrary spiral inductors on lossy silicon.
This article addresses a specific case of a spiral inductor on silicon.
Interfaces
Full documentation for the Sonnet Interfaces.
Learn how to use the Sonnet's Cadence Virtuoso interface.
Learn how to use the DXF translator which allows you to convert a DXF file to a Sonnet project compatible file.
Eagleware-Elanix GENESYS™ 2004 introduces an easy to use interface to the Sonnet® Suites Professional™ (Release 9.52 or later).
Sonnet ADS Interface in Sonnet® Suites Professional™ Release 11 is all new and totally re-designed such that it can be completely driven within the ADS design environment.
Manuals
The basics, pitfalls to avoid, and tutorials to get you going.The things you really need to know.
The theory behind the features and how to best use them. Includes tutorials.
All the translators and interfaces available in Sonnet (Agilent ADS, Cadence Virtuoso, AWR MWO, DXF and GDSII). Includes tutorials.
How to run your analysis on another computer on your network.
How to run your analysis on a cluster of computers using Platform LSF.
How to run your analysis on a cluster of computers without any third party cluster software.
For users of Microsoft Windows.
For UNIX and Linux users.
The user's manual for your licensing software.
External Web Sites
A technology partner of Sonnet Software, who provides sales and technical solutions for CAD and EM Analysis of Planar RF and Microwave circuits.
Anokiwave provides world class design services in the area of RF, microwave and mm-wave circuits.
Offering everything from the most useful and practical microwave engineering knowledge to assorted bits of useless humor.
A premier provider of high-precision measurements and models for microwave/RF design simulation.
