Parasitic-aware synthesis of CMOS RF power amplifiers via simultaneous topology selection and device sizing

2002 International Conference on Communications, Circuits and Systems and West Sino Exposition, ICCCAS 2002 - Proceedings

Volumn 2, Issue , 2002, Pages 1243-1247

  Allstot, D J ^a   Choi, Kiyong ^a   Mar, M ^b   Rubeiz, M ^c   Shi, C J R ^a   Ward, R ^b  

^a University of Washington   (United States)

^b Orora Design Technologies Inc   (United States)

^c AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

CAD optimization; Parasitic aware synthesis; Power amplifiers

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFIERS (ELECTRONIC); COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; ELECTRIC INDUCTORS; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; GENETIC PROGRAMMING; GLOBAL OPTIMIZATION; INTEGRATED CIRCUIT DESIGN; OPTIMIZATION; POWER AMPLIFIERS; RECONFIGURABLE HARDWARE; SIMULATED ANNEALING; TOPOLOGY;

DEVICE SIZING; DRAIN EFFICIENCY; GLOBAL OPTIMIZATION TECHNIQUES; OPTIMIZATION TECHNIQUES; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; SIMULTANEOUS OPTIMIZATION; SOLUTION QUALITY; SPIRAL INDUCTOR;

RADIO FREQUENCY AMPLIFIERS;

EID: 84976516690     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICCCAS.2002.1179008     Document Type: Conference Paper

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