Tools and methodology for RF IC design

Proceedings - Design Automation Conference

Volumn , Issue , 1998, Pages 414-420

  Dunlop, Al ^a   Demir, Alper ^a   Feldmann, Peter ^a   Kapur, Sharad ^a   Long, David ^a   Melville, Robert ^a   Roychowdhury, Jaijeet ^a  

^a LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTEGRATED CIRCUIT DESIGN; INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; TIMING CIRCUITS; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER AIDED NETWORK ANALYSIS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ITERATIVE METHODS;

CAD TOOL; DESIGN ITERATION; RF-CIRCUITS; RFIC DESIGN;

COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; INTEGRATED CIRCUIT LAYOUT;

RADIO FREQUENCY INTEGRATED CIRCUITS;

EID: 0031635920     PISSN: 0738100X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/277044.277155     Document Type: Conference Paper

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