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RF Design Challenges
A main application of MunEDA´s WiCkeD design analysis, modeling and optimization tools and solutions is the specification-driven transistor-level sizing, modeling and design centering of RF circuits. Many of these blocks have non-trivial performance measures like noise figure, IP3, or linearity (harmonic distortion), which are difficult to optimize manually.
MunEDA Tools for RF Design
MunEDA WiCkeD contains a large toolbox of analysis, modeling and sizing tools that help the analog designer understand, check and improve RF circuits more reliably and systematically.
Typical application areas for MunEDA WiCkeD in RF Design are e.g.:
- RF blocks in wireless communication circuits
- Process Migration
- Optimization for noise, power, S-parameters, area
- Reduction of sensitivities to operating conditions and process variations
Typical Circuits for
RF Design |
Typical Performance Metrics for
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- Low noise amplifiers (LNA)
- Mixers
- Oscillators
- Detectors
- VCO Voltage Controlled Oscillators
- RF Transceiver
- RF Transmitter
- RF Receiver
- ...and more
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- Noise Figure
- IP3
- Linearity (harmonic distortion)
- Power
- ...or similar
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Customer Success RF Design
with MunEDA WiCkeD Tools
Tom Quan, Deputy Director of Design Methodology & Service Marketing, TSMC:
"MunEDA complements our RF RDK 2.0. We are happy to collaborate with MunEDA, the experts on statistical circuit analysis and specification-driven circuit design automation. WiCkeD delivers a substantial benefit to the designers using TSMC technology and was validated for TSMC’s 65nm RF RDK 2.0."
 ST-Ericsson - Circuit Design Optimization Cases for Wireless Cellular Communication
 STMicroelectronics - WiCkeDTM Application Case: Design and characterization of a dither VCO for mixed signal application at different levels of abstraction
 TSMC/MunEDA - Circuit Sizing & Design Centering with MunEDA WiCkeDTM in TSMC RF Reference Design Kit 2.0 (RF RDK 2.0)
 Fraunhofer - Analysis and Optimization of a CMOS Mixer Circuit
Dr. Manfred Dietrich, Head of Department Mixed-Signal Systems, Fraunhofer IIS EAS:
"With WiCkeD all selected performances have fulfilled the specifications. The yield of the analyzed and optimized CMOS mixer circuit could be increased up to 100%."
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