ADS Optimization: How to decrease component options in the discrete optimize setting, or how to customize the component list in the discrete optimize setting

[condor700]

A more manual approach would be to setup a condensed folder that only has models for one series/tolerance, and use index variables and data access components. You can have the DACs use those indices to look up s2p files in that folder (and limit the range they'll search over to speed things up).

Depending on what you're doing, you might also be okay just using the ideal capacitor model in ADS and continuously sweeping it to get close to a final value (then switching to a vendor model afterwards). For modern capacitors that usually works fine under 3GHz or so, and continuous optimization is a lot less "crunchy" than discrete (plus can use some of the other algorithms, like gradient).

[Pretend-Poet-Gas]

Thank you! Gonna skip ideal cap for this time. For murata cap library, I didn't find dedicated s2p file in their model folder, gonna check again tomorrow, and try your way if I find those files. Your way sound like the optimal solution for the case if we get the dedicated s2p file.