Recent trends in the integration of circuit optimization and full-wave electromagnetic analysis

Author

De Zutter, Daniël ; Sercu, Jeannick ; Dhaene, Tom ; De Geest, Jan ; Demuynck, Filip J. ; Hammadi, Samir ; Paul, C.-W.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Inf. Technol., Ghent Univ., Gent, Belgium

Volume

52

Issue

1

fYear

2004

Firstpage

245

Lastpage

256

Abstract

In this paper, we provide an overview of some recent trends for the general electromagnetic (EM) circuit co-optimization approach based on an electromagnetic database (EMDB). This study is the result of long-standing efforts toward the development of an efficient planar EM simulator and its seamless integration in and combination with a circuit design environment. Two complementary techniques are put forward to build an EMDB model. Flexibility, accuracy, and computational efficiency of both techniques are validated by several examples.

Keywords

S-parameters; circuit CAD; circuit optimisation; circuit simulation; computational complexity; computational electromagnetics; equivalent circuits; interpolation; method of moments; EM CAD; adaptive parameter sampling; circuit design environment; computational efficiency; efficient planar EM simulator; electromagnetic database; equivalent circuits; general electromagnetic circuit cooptimization; generalized layout components; method of moments; multidimensional linear interpolation; seamless integration; Circuit optimization; Circuit simulation; Circuit synthesis; DH-HEMTs; Databases; Electromagnetic analysis; Electronic design automation and methodology; Microwave circuits; Millimeter wave circuits; Radio frequency;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Microwave Theory and Techniques, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9480

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TMTT.2003.820896

Filename

1262717