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Applied Computational Sciences (ACS) designs, develops and sells Electronic Design Automation (EDA) software tools for RF and microwave engineering applications.  ACS's main product is the LINC2TM linear circuit simulator and RF Tools products.  LINC2 will run on all versions of MS Windows for the PC and compatibles, including Windows 95/98/2000, Windows NT/ME/XP and Windows Vista.

MicroLINCTM is the name of the professional edition of LINC2, referred to in the rest of this site as "LINC2 Pro" or "LINC2 Professional Edition".

        LINC2 (New version 2.72 released!)

Featuring:

bulletExact Circuit Synthesis
bulletAccurate Simulation
bulletPowerful Optimization
bulletStatistical Yield Analysis
bulletLarge Component Library- More than 30,000 Device Files!
bulletFree Tech Support

LINC2 - Powerful... Accurate... Affordable.

***All products include FREE technical support!***

LINC2 version 2.72 includes user defined equations and swept variables!
V2.72 adds new optimizer control via user defined equations.
V2.72 also includes new snap-to-grid schematic entry.

New! October 2008 Microwave Product Digest (MPD) Magazine Article on Successful First-Pass Circuit Design Using LINC2 (Part 1 of 2): Click here to view the original white paper.  Or, click here to go to the MPD October issue.

New! December 2008 Microwave Product Digest (MPD) Magazine Article on Successful First-Pass Circuit Design Using LINC2 (Part 2 of 2): Click here to view the original white paper.  Or, click here to go to the MPD December issue.

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For about the same price as an engineering textbook on the subject, with FAST you can be producing circuit designs immediately instead of reading about them!
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New limited time offer:  Order LINC2 Pro now and get LINC2 Filter Pro and LINC2 Amp Pro FREE (save $1590.00)!

New!  LINC2 Filter Pro advanced filter synthesis software provides physical layout and EM (electromagnetic) simulation capability using Sonnet® EM analysis software (Sonnet-Lite is included FREE with purchase).

New Layout Capability!  Automatically create LINC2 Filter Pro layouts and save as DXF files.  Convert DXF layout files to Gerber (with free DXF-Gerber translator) for PCB fabrication.

bulletLINC2 Filter Pro seamlessly integrates a physical layout view with Sonnet® EM analysis.  Starting EM simulation from LINC2 Filter Pro is as easy as a single menu click.
bulletEasily generate 2-D and 3-D layout views.
bulletProduce DXF layout files for filters designed with LINC2 Filter Pro.
bulletGenerate Gerber files for PCB fabrication using the free Sonnet® DXF-Gerber translator.

Click here for detailed design flow examples  ==> LINC2 Filter Pro Examples

LINC2 Filter design software.  From traditional single-ended filter design to new differential (balanced) filters. LINC2 FILTER synthesizes all the classic topologies in differential and single-ended configurations.  Pricing starts at only $375 for LINC2 FILTER.

Click here for more details ==> FILTER (Differential), FILTER (Single-ended) or Distributed FILTER

LINC2 now features advanced optimization.  Set measurement goals and then invoke the new, easy to use, LINC2 optimizer to quickly realize the desired circuit responses.  A single menu click updates the circuit schematic with the optimized element values!  - RF circuit simulation software has never been easier to use!

LINC2 Circuit Design and Synthesis- Click on the topic links below to see examples of how quick and easy LINC2 can design the following types of RF and microwave circuits.

bullet Low Noise Amplifier (LNA) Design Using LINC2
bullet Single-stage and Multi-stage Linear Amplifier Design
bullet LINC2 FILTER Synthesis
bullet Neutralizing a Transistor to Facilitate Unilateral Amplifier Design

Check out these links to magazine articles about LINC2:

July 2008 Microwave Product Digest (MPD) Magazine Article Highlights LINC2 Design and Analysis Capabilities for Designing VCOs and Other Tunable RF and Microwave Circuits: Click here to view the original white paper.  Or, click here to go to the MPD July issue.

July 2008 High Frequency Electronics Magazine Article Highlights LINC2 Design and Analysis Capabilities for Tunable Filters: Click here to view the original white paper.  Or, click here to go to the HFE July issue.

February 2007 High Frequency Electronics Magazine Article Highlights LINC2 LNA Design and Synthesis Capabilities: Click here to view the original white paper.  Or, click here to go to the HFE February issue.

NEW Feature Article: Microwave Product Digest (MPD), LINC2 Software Enhances the Design and Analysis of VCOs and Other Tunable RF and Microwave Circuits.
bullet Microwave Product Digest (MPD) - Design Software Integrates Synthesis, Simulation and Optimization for Complete Design Automation.
bullet Microwave Product Digest - New Filter Synthesis Software Designs Space Efficient Interdigital Filters.
bullet Microwave Product Digest - Using LINC2 with Sonnet(R) EM Software Enhances Simulation Accuracy.
Featured Article Highlights LINC2 Enhanced Design and Simulation Capabilities with the LINC2 - Sonnet(R) EM Interface.
bullet High Frequency Electronics - A Design Tool for Improving the Input Match of Low Noise Amplifiers.
bullet Microwave Product Digest - LNA Design Article: Unique Software Automates the Design of Low Noise Amplifiers.
bullet Microwaves & RF - Synthesis Plus Simulation Equals Enhanced Design Process.
The combination of circuit synthesis and simulation functions within a common CAE design tool can greatly improve the RF/microwave design process.
bullet Microwave Product Digest - RF Design Software Combines Synthesis and Simulation.
bullet Microwave Product Digest - RF Design Tool.
bullet High Frequency Electronics - Tools for Measurement, Analysis and Design of Differential Networks and Balanced circuits.
bullet Microwaves & RF - Designing Short High Q Resonators.
Shrinking a transmission line resonator’s length can improve its quality factor while saving valuable circuit board real estate.

 

Microwave Journal Feature Article: New Synthesis and Simulation Software...

FAST, a unique software package created by ACS and available from Artech House, Inc.

NEW Circuit Design Software from Artech House Publishers-

FAST: Fast Amplifier Synthesis Tool, software and 165 page user's manual.

This unique design tool incorporates circuit synthesis, schematic capture, and a powerful circuit simulation engine into an easy to use integrated design environment.  FAST RF/microwave circuit design and analysis in just three clicks...

Click Design- The circuit design is automatically captured on a schematic page.

Click Analyze- A powerful circuit simulator renders a detailed performance analysis.

Click View | Results- Results can be displayed in graphs, charts and tabular numerical lists, printed, or saved to disk for later editing and further analysis.

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ACS delivers high performance state-of-the-art RF and microwave circuit design and simulation software for the Electronic Design Automation (EDA) marketplace.  In addition to circuit simulation and analysis, LINC2 Pro provides schematic capture and an integrated design environment that includes a suite of synthesis tools for automating the design of circuits from audio and HF (high frequency) to microwave and beyond.  Physical models for stripline and microstrip transmission line extend the accuracy to millimeter waves.  And now LINC2 has recently been upgraded to include a new set of circuit simulation models for coplanar waveguide circuit design. 

A wide range of applications are supported, from analog sub-circuit design to RF circuit design for complex wireless communications systems.  ACS offers circuit design, synthesis, simulation and optimization programs for the advanced engineering professional and first time CAE (Computer Aided Engineering) user alike.

LINC2 from ACS offers a high degree of connectivity to the leading RF/microwave CAD/CAE, EDA and EM simulation software.  LINC2 directly interfaces to leading RF and Microwave design suites, allowing it to be used stand-alone or by leveraging its capabilities with those of other major packages.  Schematics and circuit designs created in LINC2 can be automatically exported to AWR's Microwave Office and Sonnet Software's Sonnet EM simulation software.  Click on the links below to learn more:

     Applied Wave Research (AWR)

ACS is an AWR Alliance Partner

 

The LINC2/Sonnet interface uses a single button click to automatically transfer the LINC2 layout geometry into Sonnet for world-class EM analysis.

(See Interfaces and Translators - Third Party Supported)

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Last modified:  January 02, 2009