• DocumentCode
    3304788
  • Title

    MMIC layout verification using electromagnetic simulation

  • Author

    Xuebang, Gao ; Shaodong, Wang ; Wu Hongjiang

  • Author_Institution
    Nat. Key GaAs IC Lab., Hebei Semicond. Res. Inst., Shijiazhuang, China
  • fYear
    2002
  • fDate
    17-19 Aug. 2002
  • Firstpage
    255
  • Lastpage
    258
  • Abstract
    This paper indicates the importance of EM-based layout simulation, and presents a combined circuit (CKT) and electromagnetic (EM) simulation method to analyze circuit performance in full layout level. A Ka-band MMIC power amplifier (PA) and wideband MMIC PA are used as examples, and simulations are confirmed by experiments.
  • Keywords
    MMIC power amplifiers; circuit layout CAD; circuit simulation; integrated circuit layout; wideband amplifiers; Ka-band MMIC power amplifier; MMIC layout verification; circuit simulation; electromagnetic simulation; wideband MMIC power amplifier; Analytical models; Circuit analysis; Circuit simulation; Electronic design automation and methodology; Frequency; MMICs; Message-oriented middleware; Power amplifiers; Process design; Scattering parameters;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Microwave and Millimeter Wave Technology, 2002. Proceedings. ICMMT 2002. 2002 3rd International Conference on
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-7486-X
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ICMMT.2002.1187684
  • Filename
    1187684