Full-chip harmonic balance

Author

Long, David ; Melville, Robert ; Ashby, Kirk ; Horton, Brian

Author_Institution

Bell Labs., Lucent Technol., Murray Hill, NJ, USA

fYear

1997

fDate

5-8 May 1997

Firstpage

379

Lastpage

382

Abstract

Fast and accurate computation of the steady-state response of large nonlinear networks under periodic and quasi-periodic drive is a key simulation problem for integrated RF designs. In this paper we describe recent work which extends the method of Harmonic Balance to networks containing several million unknowns. A new implementation is described, which includes new methods of preconditioning linear solves and an efficient method of storing derivative information. Then we report simulation and bench measurement results for several large designs, including a complete dual-conversion transmitter chip with extracted layout parasitics

Keywords

Jacobian matrices; UHF integrated circuits; circuit analysis computing; nonlinear network analysis; derivative information storage; dual-conversion transmitter chip; extracted layout parasitics; full-chip harmonic balance; integrated RF circuits; large nonlinear networks; preconditioning linear solves; steady-state response; Application software; Computational modeling; Differential equations; Dynamic range; Frequency domain analysis; Integrated circuit modeling; Jacobian matrices; Kirk field collapse effect; Nonlinear equations; Radio frequency;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Custom Integrated Circuits Conference, 1997., Proceedings of the IEEE 1997

Conference_Location

Santa Clara, CA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-3669-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CICC.1997.606651

Filename

606651