Paper Info
Title
A Multilevel Bottom-Up Optimization Methodology for the Automated Synthesis of RF Systems
Abstract
In recent years there has been a growing interest in electronic design automation methodologies for the optimization-based design of radio frequency (RF) circuits and systems. While for simple circuits several successful methodologies have been proposed, these very same methodologies exhibit significant deficiencies when the complexity of the circuit is increased. The majority of the published methodologies that can tackle RF systems are either based on high-level system specification tools or use models to estimate the system performances. Hence, such approaches do not usually provide the desired accuracy for RF systems. In this paper, a methodology based on hierarchical multilevel bottom-up design approaches is presented, where multiobjective optimization algorithms are used to design an entire RF system from the passive component level up to the system level. Furthermore, each level of the hierarchy is simulated with the highest accuracy possible: electromagnetic simulation accuracy at device-level and electrical simulations at circuit/system-level.
Year
DOI
Venue
2020
10.1109/TCAD.2018.2890528
IEEE Transactions on Computer-Aided Design of Integrated Circuits and Systems
Keywords
Field
DocType
Radio frequency,Integrated circuit modeling,Optimization,Mathematical model,Design methodology,Tools,Performance evaluation
Computer science,Top-down and bottom-up design,Electronic engineering
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
39
3
0278-0070
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
3
0.43
0
Authors
7
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Fábio Passos1197.41
Elisenda Roca212926.84
Javier J. Sieiro3244.73
Rafaella Fiorelli45711.24
R. Castro-López57918.20
José María Lopez-Villegas6204.19
Francisco V. Fernández723440.82