MAFET thrust 1 program to develop MW/MMW design tools

Author

Barton, Donny C.

Author_Institution

MAFET Design Environ. Consortium, Raytheon TI Syst., Dallas, TX, USA

Volume

1

fYear

1998

fDate

21-28 Mar 1998

Firstpage

239

Abstract

The MDE Consortium, under a cost-shared program with DARPA, is developing design tools, methodology, and models to support virtual prototyping of microwave and millimeter-wave multi-chip assembly (MCA) modules. The goal of this effort is to replace the design-build-test methodology used to develop MCAs by a simulation-based design methodology to achieve a 3X reduction in design cycle-time and cost and improved-performance designs. This paper provides an overview of the program and its four development areas: Design Environment (design capture and interchange), Circuit and Behavioral Simulation, EM Simulation, and Models/Modeling tools. The program is ongoing and key accomplishments to-date are discussed

Keywords

MIMIC; MMIC; circuit CAD; circuit analysis computing; integrated circuit design; multichip modules; research initiatives; DARPA; EM simulation; MAFET thrust 1 program; MDE Consortium; behavioral simulation; circuit simulation; cost reduction; cost-shared program; design capture; design cycle-time reduction; design interchange; design models; design tools; microwave MCM; millimeter-wave MCM; multi-chip assembly modules; simulation-based design methodology; virtual prototyping; Assembly; Circuit simulation; Costs; Design methodology; Electronic design automation and methodology; Government; MMICs; Microwave theory and techniques; Prototypes; Virtual prototyping;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Aerospace Conference, 1998 IEEE

Conference_Location

Snowmass at Aspen, CO

ISSN

1095-323X

Print_ISBN

0-7803-4311-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/AERO.1998.686823

Filename

686823