Implementation of 2D SPICE models for finding periodic steady state of strongly nonlinear RF-IC

Author

Constantinescu, Florin ; Nitescu, Miruna ; Marin, Constantin Viorel ; Iordache, Marius ; Dumitriu, Lucia

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., "Politehnica" Univ., Bucharest, Romania

Volume

1

fYear

2002

fDate

2002

Firstpage

273

Abstract

A very important step in the design of radio-frequency integrated circuits (RF-IC) is circuit simulation. Because the prototyping is very costly, the validity of an RF-IC design is tested only by simulation. Some new efficient methods for finding the steady state of strongly nonlinear RF-ICs are reviewed. The results of 2D time domain analysis using SPICE models are discussed in comparison with 2D analysis using a dedicated software package.

Keywords

Fourier analysis; SPICE; circuit CAD; circuit simulation; extrapolation; integrated circuit design; integrated circuit modelling; nonlinear network analysis; radiofrequency integrated circuits; time-domain analysis; transient analysis; 2D SPICE models; 2D time domain analysis; Fourier envelope methods; circuit simulation; design validation; exponential extrapolation; linear extrapolation; mixed frequency-time methods; nonlinear element evaluation; radio-frequency integrated circuits; strongly nonlinear RF-IC periodic steady state determination; transient analysis; transient envelope methods; Circuit simulation; Extrapolation; Nonlinear equations; Radio frequency; Radiofrequency integrated circuits; SPICE; Steady-state; Time domain analysis; Transient analysis; Virtual prototyping;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Electronics, Circuits and Systems, 2002. 9th International Conference on

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7596-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICECS.2002.1045386

Filename

1045386