Starting with Advanced Design System (ADS) 2021, Verification Test Bench (VTB) is called Virtual Test Bench (VTB) and also supports multiple System Design (SystemVue) VTB release versions.

System Design (SystemVue) Virtual Test Bench (VTB) is an add-on that provides preconfigured test benches to ADS circuit designers. It helps them, during all the design phases (sizing/design/verification), to ensure that the key figures of merits of their designs such as EVM or BER, meet the specifications of modern wireless communications.

System Design (SystemVue) VTBs boast a wide variety of standards:

  • 3G/4G/5G/5GNR
  • NBIoT
  • Radar
  • WLAN11ac/ad/ax
  • Application-driven testbenches like Digital Pre-Distortion.

The VTB components provide signal generation terminals (where the DUT input needs to be connected) and signal analysis terminals (where the DUT output needs to be connected). The generated signals are real world complex modulated waveforms that are wireless standard compliant. Signal generation and analysis is done by the System Design (SystemVue) Data Flow simulation engine.

Note: System Design (SystemVue) VTBs includes virtual test benches from all previously released ADS versions.

System Requirements

Advanced Design System (ADS) and System Design (SystemVue) Compatibility

The following table lists the compatible versions of ADS and SystemVue.

Advanced Design System (ADS) Version System Design (SystemVue) Version
- 2023
 - 2022 Update 0.2
- 2023 Update 1.0 - 2022 Update 0.2
- 2023 Update 2.0 - 2023
- 2024 - 2023 Update 0.1
- 2024 Update 1.0 - 2023 Update 0.1
- 2024 Update 2.0 - 2023 Update 0.1
- 2025 - 2024 Update 1.0
- 2025 Update 1.0 - 2024 Update 1.0

VTB Installer

Download the System Design (SystemVue) 2024 Update 1.0 VTB
Platform
 Filename Downloads Size
Windows 64-bit systemvueVTB_2024_update1_shp_win_x64.exe Download 1,283,507,600 bytes (1.19 GB)
Linux 64-bit systemvueVTB_2024_update1_shp_linux_x64.tar.gz Download 547,608,262 bytes (522 MB)

Documentation

Install VTB

From Advanced Design System (ADS) 2021, VTB functionality is available as a separate add-on. You need to download the installation package and install it along with your ADS instance.

On Windows

After the download, run the VTB installer, and follow the instructions.

On Linux

  1. After the download, unzip or untar the installer file using the command tar -xvf to any folder (for example, XYZ)
  2. Set the environment variable SYSTEMVUE_INSTALLATION_DIRS to "XYZ/SystemVueVTB/version "
    Where, version is the supported VTB release version. For example, 2024 Update 1.0

Return to the Advanced Design System (ADS) Software downloads page.