TY - GEN
T1 - Coupled circuit/EM simulation for radio frequency circuits
AU - Bittner, Kai
AU - Brachtendorf, H. G.
AU - Schoenmaker, Wim
AU - Reynier, Pascal
PY - 2017/6/18
Y1 - 2017/6/18
N2 - In radio frequency (RF) circuits the lumped model assumptions are often not valid anymore. To circumvent this problem, mixed-level circuit/electro-magnetic/device simulation allows the use of Maxwell's and semiconductor equations for the critical devices and lumped models for the ambient circuitry. Besides AC, DC, periodic steady state and transient analysis, the multirate partial differential equation technique is employed for RF circuitry, based on a spline/wavelet expansion of the waveforms. The novel technique is demonstrated for RF circuits with on-chip inductors, transmission lines and baluns, modeled as 3D devices.
AB - In radio frequency (RF) circuits the lumped model assumptions are often not valid anymore. To circumvent this problem, mixed-level circuit/electro-magnetic/device simulation allows the use of Maxwell's and semiconductor equations for the critical devices and lumped models for the ambient circuitry. Besides AC, DC, periodic steady state and transient analysis, the multirate partial differential equation technique is employed for RF circuitry, based on a spline/wavelet expansion of the waveforms. The novel technique is demonstrated for RF circuits with on-chip inductors, transmission lines and baluns, modeled as 3D devices.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85023608748&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1145/3061639.3062219
DO - 10.1145/3061639.3062219
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85023608748
T3 - Proceedings - Design Automation Conference
BT - Proceedings of the 54th Annual Design Automation Conference 2017, DAC 2017
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
T2 - 54th Annual Design Automation Conference, DAC 2017
Y2 - 18 June 2017 through 22 June 2017
ER -