A programming environment for the design of complex high speed ASICs
DAC '98 Proceedings of the 35th annual Design Automation Conference
High-level simulation of substrate noise generation including power supply noise coupling
Proceedings of the 37th Annual Design Automation Conference
Compact modeling of nonlinear distortion in analog communication circuits
DATE '00 Proceedings of the conference on Design, automation and test in Europe
CMOS Cellular Receiver Front-Ends from Specification to Realization
CMOS Cellular Receiver Front-Ends from Specification to Realization
DATE '03 Proceedings of the conference on Design, Automation and Test in Europe - Volume 1
An analytic Volterra-series-based model for a MEMS variable capacitor
IEEE Transactions on Computer-Aided Design of Integrated Circuits and Systems
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Fourth-generation wireless communication systems (4G) will have totally different requirements than what front-end designers have been coping with up to now. Designs must be targeted to multi-mode and reconfigurability, leading to the concept of a "software-defined radio". A large part of such a radio will be integrated into a complex SoC, where the substrate noise coupling problem must be solved.However, for an optimal implementation of the complete system, including e.g. PA, RF filters and antenna, different technologies must be combined in a single package, merging the worlds of microwave 's-parameter' designers and IC 'spice' designers. Design and simulation environments efficiently combining the assets of both are needed.At the same time, optimized mixed-signal radio architectures including digital compensation techniques that overcome the limitations and inaccuracies of the analog front-end must be developed. Again, efficiently designing and simulating such mixed analog/digital architectures requires an optimized tool capable of combining RF simulation techniques with digital system model simulation.