A high-level design and optimization tool for analog RF receiver front-ends

Authors:
Jan Crols;Stéphane Donnay;Michiel Steyaert;Georges Gielen
Affiliations:
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, ESAT-MICAS, Kardinaal Mercierlaan 94, B-3001 Heverlee, Belgium;Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, ESAT-MICAS, Kardinaal Mercierlaan 94, B-3001 Heverlee, Belgium;Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, ESAT-MICAS, Kardinaal Mercierlaan 94, B-3001 Heverlee, Belgium;Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, ESAT-MICAS, Kardinaal Mercierlaan 94, B-3001 Heverlee, Belgium
Venue:
ICCAD '95 Proceedings of the 1995 IEEE/ACM international conference on Computer-aided design
Year:
1995

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Abstract

This paper presents a high-level analysis and optimization tool for the design of analog RF receiver front-ends, which takes all design parameters and all aspects of performance degradation (noise, distortion, self-mixing...) into account. The simulations are performed in the spectral domain with a behavioral model library for the RF building blocks. The tool allows to explore alternative RF receiver topologies as well as to investigate design trade-offs within each topology. By having integrated the performance analysis routine within a simulated annealing optimization loop, the tool can also perform an optimal high-level synthesis of a given topology towards a specific application. It then determines the optimal specifications for the RF building blocks such that the required receiver signal quality is met while the overall power and/or area consumption is minimized.