Introduction to RF simulation and its application

Kundert, Ken

doi:10.1109/4.782091

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“…The LPTV noise analysis, also referred to as the periodic noise (PNOISE) analysis offered by RF circuit simulators such as SpectreRF and ADS, provides a more efficient way of simulating the effects of these pseudo-noise sources [12]- [17]. First, the initial settling transient is simulated only once and the final steady-state response is found by an iterative search such as shooting Newton or harmonic balance algorithms [12], rather than by a brute-force, long transient simulation.…”

Section: Lptv Cyclostationary Noise Simulationmentioning

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Fast, Non-Monte-Carlo Estimation of Transient Performance Variation Due to Device Mismatch

Kim

Jones

Horowitz

2010

IEEE Trans. Circuits Syst. I

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Section: Lptv Cyclostationary Noise Simulationmentioning

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Fast, Non-Monte-Carlo Estimation of Transient Performance Variation Due to Device Mismatch

Kim

Jones

Horowitz

2010

IEEE Trans. Circuits Syst. I

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“…Hence it is far less efficient in obtaining the equivalent transfer function. 1 Some circuits are linear by intent in a periodically time-varying (PTV) sense and their linear responses can be efficiently characterized by periodic AC (PAC) analysis available in RF circuit simulators, such as ADS, SpectreRF, and HSPICE-RF [19,[24][25][26]. Instead of linearizing the circuit at a DC operating point, PAC analysis linearizes the circuit over its periodic steadystate (PSS) response.…”

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Variable domain transformation for linear PAC analysis of mixed-signal systems

Kim

Jones

Horowitz

2007

2007 IEEE/ACM International Conference on Computer-Aided Design

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This is the unspecified version of the paper.This version of the publication may differ from the final published version. Permanent repository link ABSTRACTThis paper describes a method to perform linear AC analysis on mixed-signal systems which appear strongly nonlinear in the voltage domain but are linear in other variable domains. Common circuits like phase/delay-locked loops and duty-cycle correctors fall into this category, since they are designed to be linear with respect to phases, delays, and duty-cycles of the input and output clocks, respectively. The method uses variable domain translators to change the variables to which the AC perturbation is applied and from which the AC response is measured. By utilizing the efficient periodic AC (PAC) analysis available in commercial RF simulators, the circuit's linear transfer function in the desired variable domain can be characterized without relying on extensive transient simulations. Furthermore, the variable domain translators enable the circuits to be macromodeled as weakly-nonlinear systems in the chosen domain and then converted to voltagedomain models, instead of being modeled as strongly-nonlinear systems directly.

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“…There were several problems with using Spice for microwave circuits [35]. It is a time-domain simulator and so has difficulty including models of distributed components such as transmission line structures, particularly if they include loss or dispersion.…”

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Highlights in Physical Simulation and Analysis at ICCAD

Kundert

White

2003

The Best of ICCAD

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Six papers were chosen to represent twenty years of research in physical simulation and analysis, three papers addressing the problem of extracting and simulating interconnect effects and three papers describing techniques for simulating steady-state and noise behavior in RF circuits. In this commentary paper we will try to describe the contribution of each paper and place that contribution in some historical context.

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Introduction to RF simulation and its application

Cited by 227 publications

References 52 publications

Fast, Non-Monte-Carlo Estimation of Transient Performance Variation Due to Device Mismatch

Fast, Non-Monte-Carlo Estimation of Transient Performance Variation Due to Device Mismatch

Variable domain transformation for linear PAC analysis of mixed-signal systems

Highlights in Physical Simulation and Analysis at ICCAD

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