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Release Notes - 15.53

Enhancements and Bug Fixes in Release 15.53

The following is a brief description of enhancements and bug fixes for release 15. If you wish to know more details for a particular entry, please contact Sonnet Support. For a description of the major enhancements and new features, click here. Please note that the list provided below is a complete list of the enhancements and fixes in Sonnet release 15 and that some of these items apply to features which are not available in Sonnet Lite.

Fix # 2332 Patvu crashes when you click on center of polar plot for some projects.
Fix # 2948 Queued job on Windows platform never runs
Fix # 3193 Em can crash (out of memory, FFT) when the number of X and Y cells in the box is very large.
Fix # 3234 Em gives bd error code (instead of nl) when first cal standard is 180 degrees.
Fix # 3934 Xgeom misplaces the selected point of thick metal polygons after zooming.
Fix # 5074 Put buttons on side of cvbridge interface to simulate, look at results, etc.
Fix # 5137 Saving a new matl file may not have write and executable permissions.
Fix # 5172 User can enter a floating point number for number of sheets, number of points, metal color, etc.
Fix # 5446 If browsing from a bad directory, browser opens for son file under that directory in cvbridge
Fix # 5543 If you delete material then cancel substrate file, analysis box covers are not reset in cvbridge
Fix # 5757 Emvu displays extraneous port that isn't really present.
Fix # 5782 Enhance Touchstone S-parameter data file read to ignore noise data.
Fix # 5953 Sonnet windows programs give "Node lock" error when they shouldn't.
Fix # 6080 Add help menu to cvbridge to bring up Sonnet help.
Fix # 6125 Trace window edit controls are too short.
Fix # 6211 Thick Metal Conformal Mesh polygon touching lossless thin polygon results in an open circuit.
Fix # 6244 When added Al1um in cvbridge, the top and bottom metal covers in the analysis box were set to Al1um.
Fix # 6489 Em resimulates when project includes two overlapped ABS sweeps.
Fix # 6515 Support Touchstone 2.0 format
Fix # 6580 Enhance Components and Co-Calibrated ports (CCI) to work with metal traces on different metal levels.
Fix # 6591 Open circuit at thin-metal conformal mesh to thick-metal conformal mesh junction.
Fix # 6962 The solver requires a huge amount of memory when analyzing Netlist project with large datafiles.
Fix # 7036 Xgeom's output files dialog boxes do not contain "include comments" option.
Fix # 7246 Enhance em so that it can mesh (subsection) circuits without any ports.
Fix # 7334 Be able to read in an Agilent .tch file and write out to any file format supported.
Fix # 7394 Customer loses em license for no reason.
Fix # 7485 Some CPW and differential lines on lossy silicon give "bd" de-embedding error message.
Fix # 7603 Remove soncad_install.il from the data directory since it has been replaced with sonnet_virtuoso_install.il by V15 for cvbridge.
Fix # 7668 3D View => Export Picture does not work on Windows 7 64-bit machines.
Fix # 7948 Add RLGC model to the list of models that can be created in cvbridge.
Fix # 8166 Em fails to generate box resonance warning for calibration standards.
Fix # 8191 Look at supporting unused and tristate pin type directions in the future in cvbridge.
Fix # 8210 Remove old make_license files from resource folder.
Fix # 8213 Installation should create backup copy of threadcontrol.ini file.
Fix # 8258 Emvu fails to show via ports on ground.
Fix # 8313 Minor typo in installation script.
Fix # 8449 Enhance Sonnet to use a hierarchy when searching for sonnet.ini file (local, global sonnet.ini).
Fix # 8455 Consider enabling "Append" by default with DXF and GDSII Import.
Fix # 8503 Add auto margin set up in cvbridge to make it 100% at all times.
Fix # 8516 Add union geometry to the translators dialog (GDSII, dxf, gerber) in xgeom, similar to how we have it in the interfaces.
Fix # 8542 Patvu crashes on surface plot with parameterized balun example.
Fix # 8602 Em may incorrectly revert conformal polygons on box wall to staircase depending upon reference plane settings.
Fix # 8661 Implement via stop (auto height) in ebridge.
Fix # 8830 There are certain environment variables in cvbridge for Create SonnetEM form that need to be set in the form when it is opened.
Fix # 8865 Layout look-alike components in ebridge seem so much bigger now in total in ADS2011 than in ADS2009 when there are internal ports.
Fix # 8966 Unpacking files command does not remember the correct directory.
Fix # 9060 In cvbridge, if the pin name has an exclamation point in it, the read of the temp file crashes.
Fix # 9077 In sonmatl, if sheet resistance or resistivity is specified for Assura, we need to translate as is now.
Fix # 9078 In sonmatl, if sheet resistance or resistivity is specified for Helic, we need to translate as is now.
Fix # 9111 Xgeom crashes when dimension parameter controls a component.
Fix # 9187 Xgeom shouldn't allow user to set reference plane for floating co-cal port.
Fix # 9211 Requested updates to sondiag for v14.54.
Fix # 9213 Correct issues and crashes in the project editor related to applying dimension parameters to components.
Fix # 9214 Eliminate Help topic on em command line options because it is in the manual.
Fix # 9270 Sonnet task bar gives internal error when checking variable check box in environment settings.
Fix # 9295 Dividing a local polygon makes two inherit polygons.
Fix # 9303 Component physical size bug.
Fix # 9323 Browse window... has .zgr files in the filter when they should not be an option.
Fix # 9326 Need to create Inductor Model Help category.
Fix # 9350 Emstatus - Unusual context sensitive help message.
Fix # 9365 Update documentation for inductor model extraction (IME).
Fix # 9369 Xgeom crashes when deleting a dielectric layer.
Fix # 9372 Remove the conversion tab from preferences in xgeom.
Fix # 9389 Em may crash when circuit with components and output files is simulated using parameter sweep.
Fix # 9392 Ruler measurements are wrong when measuring between reference planes.
Fix # 9399 Quick Start Guide does not get updated in some cases.
Fix # 9401 Changes in ADS 2011.10 caused a invalid pin location within the layout look-alike.
Fix # 9412 Em may crash when multi-sheet thick metal diagonal feedline is de-embedded.
Fix # 9419 Changing cocal port. to floating is not remembered.
Fix # 9424 Cannot get emcluster license when solver licenses are node locked.
Fix # 9429 Em should give "dr" de-embedding code for diagonal co-calibrated ports.
Fix # 9431 Co-calibrated port error message is too wide and gets cut off in Estimate Memory window.
Fix # 9442 Improve conformal mesh for stacked metal octagonal spiral inductor.
Fix # 9445 Em may crash when de-embedding stacked thick metal feedlines.
Fix # 9448 Xgeom does not let you save after license is lost.
Fix # 9449 Editing tech layer's metal type does not set the needs saving flag.
Fix # 9475 Circuit for which section of CM polygon overlapping via polygon is not properly converted to staircase mesh.
Fix # 9476 There is small probability of em crash for circuits using symmetry.
Fix # 9481 Em gives internal error for stacked metal circuit using conformal mesh.
Fix # 9483 Uncommented N-coupled line models from Sonnet will hang Cadence Virtuoso.
Fix # 9485 Auto-grounded ports on box-wall are shorted out if they are connected to thick metal polygon.
Fix # 9489 Em may give nonsensical warning message while de-embedding co-calibrated port.
Fix # 9493 Em may incorrectly revert section of conformal polygon to staircase mesh due to reference plane.
Fix # 9498 Investigate circuit for which conformal mesh section reverts to staircase mesh when de-embedding is disabled.
Fix # 9501 Identify MAC addresses in Host ID window.
Fix # 9503 Inductor model extraction (IME) gives IMSL math function error for circuits not simulated to maximum differential Q.
Fix # 9507 Em may corrupt data when circuit with dependent component parameter is simulated a second time.
Fix # 9508 Em may resimulate unnecessarily when circuit includes dependent component parameter.
Fix # 9516 Change IME, Broadband spice, and PI Spice output format to use "REF" for the reference node (not GND or 0).
Fix # 9522 Xgeom auto create tech layers corrupts circuit subdivision sections.
Fix # 9524 Xgeom forces deletion of data while editing component when it is not necessary.
Fix # 9530 Conformal mesh leaves out all spiral metal on one level in some Stacked metal spiral inductor circuits.
Fix # 9539 Changing the "to" level of a via tech layer doesn't change the "to" level of its local polygons.
Fix # 9544 Editing material from the tech layer window allows users to change the name to a name already in use.
Fix # 9547 Single layer Gerber import ignores the layer mapping.
Fix # 9548 Emgraph's Copy button in IME's schematic window uses Linux carriage returns even on the PC.
Fix # 9549 Factory Defaults button does not change Via Options settings for DXF Export Options.
Fix # 9550 Xgeom's box resonance error message has misspelled word.
Fix # 9551 View => Toolbar and Status bar checks are not working.
Fix # 9552 Xgeom export to version 13.52 fails to remove MUC and voltage/current source elements.
Fix # 9554 Emgraph gives a Port Termination Notice when it shouldn't.
Fix # 9555 Emvu crashes after certain operations when 3D animation is stopped in Low Memory setting.
Fix # 9556 Xgeom terminates with internal error when tech layer level is changed simultaneously for planar metal and via.
Fix # 9558 Cvbridge without a license should close subsectioning dialog.
Fix # 9559 Xgeom gives warning message once number of cells is greater than 99,999 (scientific notation).
Fix # 9560 sonstackviewer uses an old file browse window.
Fix # 9561 sonstackviewer does not show the filename when loading a matl file.
Fix # 9562 Programs sometimes don't run because installation of libraries was not completed.
Fix # 9565 Lost Dielectric data when you have multiple dielectrics with the same name.
Fix # 9566 Emstatus progress bar may show 100% complete before simulation is actually done.
Fix # 9568 If there is no remote em license, local job cannot run, emstatus won't open.
Fix # 9569 Sonnet task bar can not set a license to an existing license file.
Fix # 9571 Gerber Single Layer Import does not appear to handle units properly with some files.
Fix # 9574 Circuit for which conformal mesh gives open-circuit s-parameters.
Fix # 9576 cvbridge's "Lossless Extensions" checkbox doesn't do anything.
Fix # 9581 Xgeom should display warning message when netlist data is deleted after component value is changed.
Fix # 9582 Gerber via tech layer name is not used during import.
Fix # 9583 Gerber import does not set the filename in tech layer's mapping name.
Fix # 9586 Change the warning message trigger and content when Mrel and Erel are less than 1.
Fix # 9587 Circuit for which total matrix fill time is greater than sum of fft, coupling, and loss times.
Fix # 9588 Model Yields Internal Error with the use of Manual GLG Ports.
Fix # 9589 Enhance the Co-Cal Port Auto-Grouping Algorithm to handle attached cases better.
Fix # 9590 cvbridge's error threshold for bbspice does not match xgeom and emgraph's.
Fix # 9593 Circuit for which CM reverts to staircase mesh when de-embedding is off and unused reference plane crosses over polygon.
Fix # 9596 Em gives nonsensical error message for circuit with co-calibrated port on diagonal polygon edge.
Fix # 9598 Em fails to delete ABS cache data when frequency sweep combinations is used with DC sweep.
Fix # 9599 Conformal mesh leaves out metal for one level of stacked metal spiral inductor.
Fix # 9600 Em fails with "incompatible" error message for circuit with conformal mesh polygon.
Fix # 9601 Modify criteria for generating "bd" de-embedding error code and associated warning message.
Fix # 9602 Em may give nonsensical warning message while de-embedding co-calibrated port.
Fix # 9604 Metal loss calculation time is slower than it needs to be for circuits without conformal mesh.
Fix # 9607 Em may crash when every subsection is also a port.
Fix # 9609 CM reversion to staircase mesh fails for circuit creating subsections where none should exist.
Fix # 9610 Improve warning message about reference plane extending beyond a discontinuity.
Fix # 9611 Enhance em to display memory in units other than just MB.
Fix # 9613 Em incorrectly gives "nd" de-embedding code for diagonal co-calibrated ports when it should instead give "dr" code.
Fix # 9614 Emclient gives internal error for combination of parameter sweep, current density data, and remoteem.
Fix # 9615 Copying a tech layer polygon with an attached parameter to a different level crashes xgeom.
Fix # 9621 Co-calibrated port can be shorted out when metal on adjacent level is midway between grid points.
Fix # 9622 em and emgraph's N-coupled line model is wrong for asymmetric coupled lines
Fix # 9625 IME uses wrong internal ground.
Fix # 9626 Linux file view filter does not ignore case.
Fix # 9629 Enhance ABS to use out-of-band cache data when it will result in faster convergence.
Fix # 9630 Emvu cannot display generic GLG polygons as GLG Metal because em fails to supply required information.
Fix # 9631 Interfaces cvbridge and ebridge sometimes running 32-bit instead of 64-bit em for large runs.
Fix # 9636 N-coupled line model may yield asymmetric L and R matrices.
Fix # 9638 Xgeom gives cryptic error and may crash if you click on local origin when adding a Dimension Parameter.
Fix # 9642 Xgeom (v14) print gives small printout and footer is written across the circuit.
Fix # 9643 Add feedline command.
Fix # 9646 Co-calibrated port reference planes may be corrupted during auto-grouping.
Fix # 9647 Co-calibrated port reference planes may be lost when two or more ports are manually grouped.
Fix # 9648 Circuit for which em incorrectly auto-groups two co-calibrated ports separated by other circuit metal.
Fix # 9649 Circuit for which em gives incorrect co-calibrated port group error message.
Fix # 9650 Fast solver Error Message Displaying the an invalid lvl number.
Fix # 9651 IME gives IMSL error for circuit not simulated to peak of differential Q-factor.
Fix # 9652 Em may resimulate DC frequency on subsequent runs.
Fix # 9654 Enhance EM Solver to check for Components outside of analysis box
Fix # 9656 Emgraph issues EH10405 error when copying Group Delay equation.
Fix # 9657 Cvbridge's Check License gives erroneous message: "Check IC Solvers license (icsolvers) FAILED"
Fix # 9664 Cvbridge load eff file does not work after first time when frequency list is modified.
Fix # 9666 Em gives misaligned co-calibrated ports error for circuit with very narrow stub polygons.
Fix # 9673 Xgeom crashes when hovering over port that used to have a linked reference plane.
Fix # 9680 Em may crash or terminate with error if port has negative number and independent reference plane.
Fix # 9684 Em stores dependent parameter values incorrectly in SID data when netlist project is optimized.
Fix # 9686 Emgraph autosave fails when Y Shunt is plotted.
Fix # 9689 Remove Example Browser's warning message when it sees an empty directory/folder.
Fix # 9690 If you check symmetry and immediately press the Estimate Memory button, the command fails.
Fix # 9697 Surface loss plot in emvu doesn't account for overlapped polygons with different loss parameters.
Fix # 9698 View => Components does not turn off components with subsection viewer.
Fix # 9699 Layout look-alike in ebridge works in older versions of ADS but in newer versions, the units have to match up.
Fix # 9701 Emvu's 3D options checkbox "remember options" gets checked when other checkboxes are checked.
Fix # 9707 Error and warning messages displayed in Estimated Memory window should not be indented.
Fix # 9708 Em may incorrectly terminate with port shorted error when co-calibrated port is attached to thick metal octagonal polygon.
Fix # 9712 Em may hang while meshing circuit with parallel subsection removal enabled.
Fix # 9713 Circuit for which RLGC model gives non-reciprocal s-parameters.
Fix # 9715 Cannot Install 64bit Ebridge from Sonnet Task Bar for ADS 2014.
Fix # 9719 Via loss model is wrong in both the fast and accurate solvers when sheet resistance is used in combination with solid volume model.
Fix # 9725 Response data for circuit shows significant noise due to area of influence algorithm.
Fix # 9726 Em may incorrectly treat vias as lossless if all planar metal in circuit happens to be lossless.
Fix # 9727 Enhance em to support pre-sweep at in-band box resonant frequencies.
Fix # 9730 Emgraph Axis Setup dialog box uses unintuitive order when user presses tab key.
Fix # 9734 Conformal mesh subsections are allowed to be 50% larger than subs/lambda setting.
Fix # 9737 Xgeom's load technology reads sheet resistance values as if they were conductivities.
Fix # 9738 Em incorrectly stops with conformal mesh small gap error for attached circuit.
Fix # 9742 Allow user to order presets as they show up in preset list in cvbridge.
Fix # 9746 soninstallservice does not work on Red Hat 7.
Fix # 9749 Xgeom crashes on Linux because Technology Layer dbox is not locked while editing meshing properties.
Fix # 9754 Remoteem fails to add dc frequency data to output files until very end of simulation.
Fix # 9755 Layout look-alike symbol will not work in ADS2011 and above when the units of the Sonnet project do not match the units of the ADS layout.
Fix # 9756 Creating lossless extensions does not work in cvbridge.
Fix # 9757 Emstatus sometimes displays actual DC simulation frequency rather than 0.0 GHz underneath progress bar.
Fix # 9758 Emstatus displays unusual calibration standard names while de-embedding co-calibrated ports.
Fix # 9759 Emstatus shows "Analysis Error" when simulation is stopped while em is de-embedding co-calibrated ports.
Fix # 9763 Em gives conformal mesh complex overlapping error message for octagonal inductor.
Fix # 9764 MWOINT: Add "Auto Height Vias" to Sonnet's Microwave Office Interface.
Fix # 9765 Cvbridge: enhance cvbridge by adding auto height vias to the interface.
Fix # 9766 Ebridge: enhance ebridge by adding auto height vias to the interface.
Fix # 9778 Zooming into region then exporting project crashes xgeom.
Fix # 9779 Em crashes during de-embedding when port is 1/2 cell above symmetry line and number of Y cells in box is odd.
Fix # 9784 Em warning message about ABS and box resonances has uncapitalized word at beginning of sentence.
Fix # 9874 Tools=> Add Feedline Mode on Linux.

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