CAD techniques for microwave circuits

Author

Robertson, I.D. ; Karacaoglu, U. ; Sanchez-Hernandez, D.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electron. & Electr. Eng., King´´s Coll., London, UK

Volume

8

Issue

6

fYear

1996

fDate

12/1/1996 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

245

Lastpage

256

Abstract

In little more than 10 years computer-aided design (CAD) of microwave circuits has moved from dumb terminals on mainframe computers to PCs, and now to powerful RISC workstations. Commercial CAD software now integrates the various stages of microwave circuit design: schematic capture, simulation and layout. This paper reviews the different CAD packages that are available for microwave circuit design. The basic principles employed in the modelling of microstrip circuits are introduced and the reasons for the extensive use of frequency-domain simulations are explored. The developments in nonlinear, electromagnetic and system-level simulation methods are described

Keywords

circuit CAD; circuit layout CAD; digital simulation; frequency-domain analysis; microstrip circuits; microwave circuits; CAD packages; CAD techniques; PC; computer-aided design; dumb terminals; electromagnetic system; frequency-domain simulations; mainframe computers; microstrip circuits; microwave circuit design; microwave circuits; nonlinear system; powerful RISC workstations; schematic capture; system-level simulation methods;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Electronics & Communication Engineering Journal

Publisher

iet

ISSN

0954-0695

Type

jour

DOI

10.1049/ecej:19960601

Filename

555120