ICESTARS : integrated circuit/EM simulation and design technologies for advanced radio systems-on-chip

H.G. Brachtendorf, T. Tinttunen, W. Schoenmaker, C. Tischendorf, H.H.J.M. Janssen, K. Bittner, E. Dautbegovic, M. Günther, R. Winkler, R. Pulch, A. Schranner, V. Karanko, J.E. Virtanen, T. Rahkonen, J. Aikio, M. Matthes, S. Baumanns, E.J.W. Maten, ter, M. Kole, A. BouffiouxD. Hresko

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Abstract

ICESTARS solved a series of critical issues in the currently available infrastructure for the design and simulation of new and highly-complex Radio Frequency (RF) front ends operating beyond 10 and up to 100 GHz. Future RF designs demand an increasing blend of analog and digital functionalities. The super and extremely high frequency (SHF, 3-30GHz, and EHF, 30-300GHz) ranges will be used to accomplish future demands for higher capacity channels. With todays frequency bands of approximately 1 to 3 GHz it is impossible to realize extremely high data transfer rates. Only a new generation of CAD and EDA tools will ensure the realization of complex nanoscale designs. It necessitates both new modeling approaches and new mathematical solution procedures for differential equations with largely differing time scales, analysis of coupled systems of DAEs (circuit equations) and PDEs (Maxwell equations for electromagnetic couplings) plus numerical simulations with mixed analog and digital signals. In ICESTARS new techniques and mathematical models working in highly integrated environments were developed to resolve this dilemma. The ICESTARS research area covered the three domains of RF design: (1) time-domain techniques, (2) frequency-domain techniques, and (3) EM analysis and coupled EM circuit analysis. The ICESTARS consortium comprised two industrial partners (NXP Semiconductors, Infineon Technologies AG), two SMEs (Magwel, AWR-APLAC) and five universities (Upper Austria, Cologne, Oulu, Wuppertal, Aalto), involving mathematicians, electronic engineers, and software engineers.
Original languageEnglish
Place of PublicationEindhoven
PublisherTechnische Universiteit Eindhoven
Number of pages6
Publication statusPublished - 2011

Publication series

NameCASA-report
Volume1119
ISSN (Print)0926-4507

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