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Keysight ADS Reviews & Product Details

Keysight's Advanced Design System (ADS) is a premier electronic design automation (EDA) software suite tailored for RF, microwave, and high-speed digital applications. It offers a comprehensive environment that integrates schematic capture, layout, design rule checking, and both frequency-domain and time-domain circuit simulations. ADS is widely adopted in industries such as wireless communications, aerospace, and defense, enabling engineers to design and optimize complex electronic products efficiently. Key Features and Functionality: - Integrated Design Workflow: ADS provides a seamless workflow encompassing schematic capture, layout, and simulation, facilitating efficient design processes. - Advanced Simulation Capabilities: The software includes robust electromagnetic (EM) simulation tools, such as Momentum and FEM Element, allowing for accurate analysis of 3D structures and passive components. - Multi-Technology Support: ADS supports the integration of various technologies, including chips, packaging, interconnects, shielding, boards, and I/O connectors, enabling comprehensive multi-technology design. - AI-Powered Assistants: The latest versions of ADS incorporate AI-driven Chat and Copilot assistants, which automate repetitive tasks and streamline complex workflows, enhancing design productivity. - Electro-Thermal Simulation: ADS offers electro-thermal simulation capabilities to validate dynamic device operating temperatures under different conditions, ensuring reliability and performance. Primary Value and User Solutions: ADS addresses the challenges of designing high-frequency and high-speed digital components by providing an integrated platform that combines circuit, system, and EM simulation. This integration reduces the need for multiple tools, minimizes data translation errors, and accelerates the design iteration process. The inclusion of AI-powered assistants further enhances productivity by automating routine tasks and simplifying complex workflows. By offering comprehensive simulation and design capabilities, ADS enables engineers to develop innovative products with confidence, reducing time-to-market and improving overall design efficiency.

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Keysight ADS Reviews (16)

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Amin H.

Consultant

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

5/15/2025

"great"

5/5

What do you like best about Keysight ADS?

ADS offers a wide range of simulation tools, including circuit, electromagnetic (EM), and system-level simulations Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Keysight ADS?

New users may find the interface and extensive features overwhelming, requiring significant time and training to become proficient. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Hari P.

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

2/10/2023

"User friendly interface"

4.5/5

What do you like best about Keysight ADS?

Simple interface, best tool to learn the design of RF circuits. There were many inbuilt test benches are available which will help in the design of circuits like power amplifiers. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Keysight ADS?

Each and every time we need to select the type of simulator and we need to define the measurement equations, especially parameters of PA like PAE, drain efficiency and gain, etc. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Semiconductors

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

5/23/2023

"Great for design"

4.5/5

What do you like best about Keysight ADS?

Lots of templates that cover almost all design aspects in a modern system Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Keysight ADS?

the analog and digital parts are sometimes a bit confusing. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Max M.

Electronics Engineer / Information Technology and Communication Trainer / LabVIEW-MatLab Programmer

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

8/16/2021

"The most professional high frequency design software"

5/5

What do you like best about Keysight ADS?

Its easy integration with other electromagnetic simulators, comprehensive component libraries and capabilities of co-simulation in other platforms, including Hardware Description Language (VHDL & Verilog). It is a unique tool both for analysis and synthesis, specially for RF and Microwave designers. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Keysight ADS?

HDL co-simulation restricted to ModelSim; and Verilog XL no longer supported since 2014. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Keysight ADS:

I would recommend having a minimum (basic) knowledge of programming C. C++, VHDL, MatLab, Simulink and LabView (G-programming). Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Keysight ADS solving and how is that benefiting you?

I am doing research on clean renewable sources of energy, specially marine electrostatic energy conversion, where I am interested in process modeling within a plasma, with equivalent electrodynamic and electronic components, and control of processes by integration of hardware and software, all of which requires, if possible, a robust software with a maximum capability of simulation, co-simulation and integration of analog, digital and control systems. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

8/29/2021

"Great EDA Tool for RF/Microwave Designing"

4/5

What do you like best about Keysight ADS?

It has too many features, from implementing a design using layout to Smith-chart plots, it had everything required in one EDA Tool itself. I attended a workshop by Keysight where they gave a session on ADS. I also designed a directional coupler, microstrip LPF using this tool. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Keysight ADS?

It is not very user-friendly for beginners. If you don't know RF/Microwave, then you can not directly use this advanced software. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Keysight ADS solving and how is that benefiting you?

I used Keysight ADS during my college days. I used it in one of my projects which was the design and implementation of the directional coupler and microstrip LPF. Keysight ADS is so good that I completed the entire development phase in the same EDA tool itself and got the final Gerber file for fabrication using CNC machines. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Design

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

7/31/2021

"My experience with ADS is incredible as I am from RF Microwave domain. Recommended to all."

5/5

What do you like best about Keysight ADS?

I really like the way ADS have Schematic as well as EM simulation which is far better than any other softwares. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Keysight ADS?

Not much but i want to see some complex 3D structures like horn antennas to be simulated by this software in future. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Keysight ADS:

Totally recommended to all. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Keysight ADS solving and how is that benefiting you?

I am solving all problems related to RF Microwave domain. The benefits which i have realised while using this software is the Accuracy of simulated components when we fabricate it. It gives almost those results which we have simulated. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Neda N.

RF Engineer

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

8/4/2021

"Designing some harmonic tags with ADS,"

4/5

What do you like best about Keysight ADS?

Simplicity and manual are helpful. It could solve several RF problems easily Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Keysight ADS?

Installing the software was hard. Also, it is hard sometimes to follow the manual Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Wireless

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

10/18/2021

"Fast and intuitive"

5/5

What do you like best about Keysight ADS?

Its utility, its speed and how easy it is to use. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Keysight ADS?

There is nothing that I dislike for ADS. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Ramlal B.

Senior Lead Engineer

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

6/21/2021

"Powerful, Easier and Advanced level RF,MW and High-Speed Simulations"

5/5

What do you like best about Keysight ADS?

The best in ADS is Circuit Simulator,Optimizer and Momentum Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Keysight ADS?

Takes more time to simulate when structure is large. Should be linked with GPU Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Keysight ADS:

ADS has more advantages in finding the solutions for RF&MW. The optimizer in ADS helps to tune the circuit and component. The layout design in Momentum is incredible. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Keysight ADS solving and how is that benefiting you?

RF&MW

Circuit Based Simulations Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Consumer Electronics

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

7/17/2021

"Masterthesis Project fully accomplished on Keysight ADS"

5/5

What do you like best about Keysight ADS?

The logicness of the whole circuits drawn and analysed. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Keysight ADS?

The unexplicitness of some functions such as inductor and capacitor creation, the optimization tool is not perfect Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.