An Integrated Tool for High Speed Circuit Design Including Substrate Effects

Abstract

An integrated environment for layout-oriented design of high speed circuits is the main target of this study. The simulation environment would include a full-wave electromagnetic simulator and a circuit simulator(fREEDA, with a front engine), which is the major emphasis in this document. fREEDA implements local reference node instead of a global ground and this is crucial for distributed circuits. The models are implemented in object-oriented fashion and uses automatic differentiation. The same model can be used for DC, transient and harmonic balance analysis.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2003
Accession Number
ADA460121

Entities

People

  • Rajesh Bollapragada

Organizations

  • North Carolina State University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Amplifiers
  • Circuit Analysis
  • Computer Programming
  • Dielectric Permittivity
  • Engineering
  • Environment
  • Frequency
  • Frequency Response
  • Geometry
  • Graphical User Interface
  • Programming Languages
  • Radio Frequency
  • Simulations
  • Simulators
  • Strip Transmission Lines
  • Three Dimensional
  • Transmission Lines

Fields of Study

  • Engineering
  • Physics

Readers

  • Integrated Circuit Design and Technology.
  • Software Engineering.