Paper Info
Title
Design Optimization of Radio Frequency Discrete Tuning Varactors
Abstract
This work presents a procedure to automate the design of Si-integrated radio frequency (RF) discrete tuning varactors (RFDTVs). The synthesis method, which is based on evolutionary algorithms, searches for optimum performance RF switched capacitor array circuits that fulfill the design restrictions. The design algorithm uses the *** -dominance concept and the maximin sorting scheme to provide a set of different solutions (circuits) well distributed along an optimal front in the parameter space (circuit size and component values). Since all the solutions present the same performance, the designer can select the circuit that is best suited to be implemented in a particular integration technology. To assess the performance of the synthesis procedure, several RFDTV circuits, provided by the algorithm, were designed and simulated using a $0.18\mu\textrm{m}$ CMOS technology and the Cadence Virtuoso Design Platform. The comparisons between the algorithm and circuit simulation results show that they are very close, pointing out that the proposed design procedure is a powerful design tool.
Year
DOI
Venue
2009
10.1007/978-3-642-01129-0_38
EvoWorkshops
Keywords
Field
DocType
analog circuits,design automation,evolutionary algorithm,design optimization,radio frequency integrated circuit,radio frequency
Computer science,Circuit extraction,Circuit design,Design tool,Electronic engineering,Integrated circuit design,Mixed-signal integrated circuit,Physical design,Electronic circuit,Equivalent circuit
Conference
Volume
ISSN
Citations 
5484
0302-9743
0
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.34
5
7
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Luís Mendes132.51
Eduardo José Solteiro Pires2284.97
Paulo B. de Moura Oliveira3309.66
José António Tenreiro Machado412014.92
N. M. Fonseca Ferreira5546.46
João Caldinhas Vaz663.66
Maria J. Rosário772.68