SCERNE, an efficient CAD tool for the modeling of RF and Mixed blocks

Author

Mons, S. ; Ngoya, E. ; Quere, R. ; Mazeau, J. ; Decaesteke, T. ; Martinaud, JP ; Layec, A. ; Phelion, O. ; Dallet, D. ; Reptin, F. ; Douhkan, F. ; Lacombe, P. ; Lesage, JM

Author_Institution

Xlim, Univ. of Limoges, Limoges, France

fYear

2011

fDate

18-19 April 2011

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

This paper gives an overview of the SCERNE project, started in February 2008 for a duration of 3 years. The main objective is to allow significant advances in the CAD tools dedicated to RxTx radar chains. From circuit to system, a CAD platform gives a unified solution for efficient bottom-up analysis, allowing to extract advanced behavioral models of RF blocks, to use them in accurate DataFlow or ControlFlow subsystem simulations and finally to generate a compatible code with high level existing Radar tools (SAFAR / ASTRAD). This collaborative research project federates Xlim and Ims Labs (behavioral modeling of RF and Mixed blocks), Inria (ScicosLab tool and code generation process), Thales (radar design) and IPSIS (software & hardware development).

Keywords

CAD; radar receivers; radar transmitters; telecommunication computing; ASTRAD; CAD tool; ControlFlow subsystem; DataFlow subsystem; IPSIS; Ims Labs; Inria; RF blocks; RxTx radar chains; SAFAR; SCERNE project; ScicosLab tool; Thales; Xlim; behavioral models; bottom-up analysis; mixed blocks; radar design; Computational modeling; Data models; Design automation; Integrated circuit modeling; Radar; Radio frequency; Solid modeling; AESA; ControlFlow; Modelica; Scicos; behavioral modeling; system simulation DataFlow;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Integrated Nonlinear Microwave and Millimetre-Wave Circuits (INMMIC), 2011 Workshop on

Conference_Location

Vienna

Print_ISBN

978-1-4577-0650-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/INMMIC.2011.5773318

Filename

5773318