Simulation methods for RF integrated circuits

Abstract — The principles employed in the development of modern RF simulators are introduced and the various techniques currently in use, or expected to be in use in the next few years, are surveyed. Frequencyand time-domain techniques are presented and contrasted, as are steady-state and envelope techniques and large- and small-signal techniques. I. RF CIRCUITS The increasing demand for low-cost mobile communication systems has greatly expanded the need for simulation algorithms that are both efficient and accurate when applied to RF communication circuits. RF circuits have several unique characteristics that are barriers to the application of traditional circuit simulation techniques. Over the last decade, researchers have developed many special purpose algorithms that overcome these barriers to provide practical simulation for RF circuits, often by exploiting the very characteristic that represented the barrier to traditional methods. Despite dramatic progress, the average design ...

• Type: Conference
• Year: 1997
• Where: ICCAD
• Authors: Kenneth S. Kundert
• Keywords: Hardware, ICCAD 1997, Rf Circuits, RF Simulation, RF Simulation Methods