fREEDA: An Open Source Circuit Simulator

Author

Steer, Michael B. ; Kriplani, Nikhil M. ; Luniya, Sonali ; Hart, Frank ; Lowry, Justin ; Christoffersen, Carlos E.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., North Carolina State Univ., Raleigh, NC

fYear

2006

fDate

30-31 Jan. 2006

Firstpage

112

Lastpage

115

Abstract

fREEDAtrade is capable of transient, wavelet, harmonic balance, DC and AC analysis of circuits. Of these it is transient analysis has the greatest capability of revolutionizing the ability to design of RF circuits. fREEDAtrade uses a number of new strategies to achieve a dynamic range in transient simulation exceeding 160 dB, large signal noise analysis, modeling of oscillator phase noise, handling arbitrarily long time delays, and capturing mixed-physics. For the first time the overall philosophy behind fREEDAtrade is outlined with particular attention to topology

Keywords

circuit simulation; phase noise; public domain software; transient analysis; AC analysis; DC analysis; MMIC amplifier; RF circuits simulation; fREEDA; harmonic balance anamysis; large signal noise analysis; noise modelling; open source circuit simulator; stochastic integration; transient analysis; transient circuit simulation; wavelet analysis; Analytical models; Circuit analysis; Circuit simulation; Dynamic range; Harmonic analysis; Phase noise; Radio frequency; Signal design; Transient analysis; Wavelet analysis; MMIC amplifier; large-signal noise; noise modeling; stochastic integration; transient circuit simulation;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Integrated Nonlinear Microwave and Millimeter-Wave Circuits, 2006 International Workshop on

Conference_Location

Aveiro

Print_ISBN

0-7803-9723-1

Electronic_ISBN

0-7803-9723-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/INMMIC.2006.283523

Filename

4062274