Challenges for RF SOC in nanometer technology

This paper discusses the challenges, and issues that RF SOC facing regarding architecture, manufacture and design. To meet the challenge, silicon foundries have to provide more beyond design kits and manufacture services. The close cooperative of advanced semiconductor technology, design service, and advances in electronic design automation (EDA) becomes the solution for the new era. It is shown that novel improvements to the foundry design kits and utilization of advanced electromagnetic and circuit simulation is the key to first-pass silicon success