Getting Started with Sonnet
Sonnet Suites produces precise RF models (S-, Y-, Z-parameters or extracted SPICE models) for predominantly planar (3D planar) circuits and antennas. The software requires a physical description of your circuit (arbitrary layout and material properties for conductors and dielectrics), and employs a rigorous method of moments EM analysis based on Maxwell's equations that includes all parasitic, cross-coupling, enclosure and package resonance effects (see Sonnet References for published papers).
Applications
Sonnet's suites of high-frequency electromagnetic (EM) Software are aimed at a range of planar processes and circuit types including:
- RFIC circuits
- MMIC circuits
- PCB circuits
- Ceramic circuits (thin film, thick film, LTCC, etc.)
- Superconductor circuits (MKID, LEKID, etc.)
- Arbitrary microstrip, stripline, and coplanar waveguide circuits
- Spiral inductors
- Capacitors (single layer, multilayer, interdigitated)
- Filters (transmission line and lumped element)
- Antennas (patch, PIFA, dipole, monopole, etc.)
- High Speed Digital Interconnects
- Circuits with vias, vertical metal sheets (z-directed strips), and any number of layers of metal traces embedded in stratified dielectric material
For more information on Sonnet’s applications, see our website at:
https://www.sonnetsoftware.com/applications.
Where to Go Next
If you are unfamiliar with Sonnet, we suggest reading the topics listed below, in order, to get you started. The information in these topics will help you save time and avoid common mistakes. An easy way to navigate these pages is to use the Table of Contents displayed on the left part of this page or use the "Next" button at the bottom of each page.
Once you are finished with these topics, we suggest going through the Sonnet Tutorial. This tutorial has been specially designed for first-time Sonnet users or for those who have not recently used Sonnet.