Title :
Analog RF model development with Verilog-A
Author :
Troyanovsky, Boris ; O´Halloran, Patrick ; Mierzwinski, Marek
Author_Institution :
Tiburon Design Autom., Santa Rosa, CA, USA
Abstract :
Over the past several years, analog hardware description languages (AHDLs) have gained increasing acceptance in the areas of analog and RF circuit simulation. The widespread adoption of these standardized languages promises to bring substantial benefits to analog model developers and to the users of analog simulation tools. In this paper, we examine the applicability of the Verilog-A hardware description language for analog RF modeling tasks, with an emphasis on issues of importance to circuit designers, device modeling specialists, and simulation tool developers. The current capabilities and limitations, as well as future directions, are discussed.
Keywords :
analogue integrated circuits; circuit simulation; integrated circuit modelling; radiofrequency integrated circuits; semiconductor device models; software tools; AHDL; RF circuit simulation; Verilog-A; analog RF model development; analog circuit simulation; analog hardware description languages; analog model developers; analog simulation tools; circuit design; device modeling; semiconductor device modeling; simulation tool developers; Analog circuits; CMOS technology; Circuit simulation; Computational modeling; Computer aided engineering; Design automation; Hardware design languages; Radio frequency; Semiconductor device modeling; Semiconductor devices;
Conference_Titel :
Radio Frequency integrated Circuits (RFIC) Symposium, 2005. Digest of Papers. 2005 IEEE
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8983-2
DOI :
10.1109/RFIC.2005.1489787