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Designing a 30MHz to 1000MHz 10W GaN HEMT Power Amplifier

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Using RF Simulation Technology for Analog Applications

The particular nature of analog circuits puts restrictive requirements on circuit…

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RF Simulation , Analog Simulation , RF design , Analog Smart

Using The Composite Triple Beat Source to Speed up QPSS Analysis

Say you have a design with 4 input frequencies: 3164M (vco), 1449M (tone0), 1456M…

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RFIC , QPSS Analysis , CTB , Virtuoso Spectre , Spectre RF , MMSIM , RF Block Simulation , Virtuoso Spectre Simulator GXL , Virtuoso Spectre Simulator XL , spectreRF , RF design , harmonic balance , Composite Triple Beat

NPORT S-Parameter Model Enhancements

In MMSIM 7.2, two new parameters have been added to the Spectre nport primitive:…

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Circuit simulation , MMSIM71 , RFIC , Virtuoso Spectre , Spectre RF , MMSIM , RF Block Simulation , Virtuoso Spectre Simulator GXL , Virtuoso Spectre Simulator XL , spectreRF , Spectre , RF design , Circuit Design , harmonic balance

Analyzing Distortion With Spectre RF

Greetings, In the previous appends, we looked at using Shooting Newton Periodic Steady…

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Spectre RF , RF design , pss , FFT , Distortion

RF Measurement Library: Capturing Circuit Characterization Setups on the Schemat…

Another design approach that Cadence supports that may not be obvious to all users…

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Circuit simulation , RFIC , custom design , RF design , design framework , RF Measurement library

Periodic Steady-State Analysis for DC-to-DC Converters

In " Spectre RF by any other name ...", a non-RF application for Spectre RF's periodic…

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DAC , shooting newton , Spectre RF , THD , DC-to-DC converters , RF design , pss , SFDR

Join us at the Cadence booth at the International Microwave Symposium

If you listened to Tom's advice on this blog two months ago and registered for the…

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RFIC , Spectre RF , Virtuoso , RF design , International Microwave Symposium

Enhanced pnoise Algorithm to Compute Phase-Noise for VCOs with Bandgap Voltage R…

Accurate phase-noise characterization is critical in the design of RF and microwave…

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DC , MMSIM , IC Voltage , RF design , VCO

2009 RFIC Symposium in Boston - Are You Going?

If you are an RFIC designer then I hope you are planning on attending the 2009 RFIC…

• 2 min read
RFIC , Virtuoso Spectre Simulator XL , spectreRF , Spectre , RF design , Circuit Design , harmonic balance , wireless integrated circuit verification

Spectre RF By Any Other Name ...

It has been a while since I last appende d , hope you are well! It was a little…

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DAC , ADC , Spectre RF , RF design

Setting VIVA Waveform Color Defaults When Using ADE

I found myself getting a little bit frustrated with some of the default colors that…

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MMSIM71 , Virtuoso Spectre , spectreRF , Spectre , RF design

Setting Up Harmonic Balance - Part 1

This is the first of a series of Blogs to talk about how to fill out the forms for…

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SpectreRF Turbo: Parasitic Reduction

I wanted to share some experiences I had with SpectreRF-Turbo and Parasitic reduction…

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Virtuoso Spectre , Spectre RF , Parasitic Reduction , RF Block Simulation , Virtuoso Spectre Simulator GXL , Virtuoso Spectre Simulator XL , RF design , harmonic balance , Turbo

Noise and Jitter Analysis for PLL-Based Frequency Synthethiser Using SpectreRF

Cadence will present SpectreRF Noise aware PLL flow latest enhancements at the DesignCon…

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SpectreRF GUI Support for MMSIM 7.1

MMSIM 7.1 has just been released! The following IC release GUIs support the new MMSIM7…

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Virtuoso Spectre , Spectre RF , Virtuoso Spectre Simulator GXL , Virtuoso Spectre Simulator XL , Spectre , RF design

MMSIM 7.1 Enhancements Benefit RF Designers!

The 7.1 release of MMSIM is scheduled for mid-January. There are many exciting RF…

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Virtuoso Spectre , Spectre RF , Virtuoso Spectre Simulator GXL , Virtuoso Spectre Simulator XL , Spectre , RF design

Tip of the Week: Guidelines for getting accurate HB QPSS/QPNoise results

Two of the most important parameters for accuracy are: (1) maxharms (2) oversample…

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Virtuoso Spectre , Spectre RF , Virtuoso Spectre Simulator GXL , Virtuoso Spectre Simulator XL , Spectre , RF design , Circuit Design

How to Simulate a Subcircuit (Netlist) With Spectre in ADE

Many users ask, "How do I instantiate a netlist into my schematic and simulate with…

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Virtuoso Spectre , Spectre RF , Virtuoso Spectre Simulator GXL , Virtuoso Spectre Simulator XL , Spectre , Circuit Design

Going broadside with electromagnetic modeling of advanced processes

It has caught my attention that designs using fabrication processes such as 65nm…

• 2 min read
Virtuoso RF Designer , Electromagnetic analysis , Electromagnetic (EM) , RF design , Circuit Design , wireless integrated circuit verification

Tip of the Week: When should I use the pss/qpss Harmonic Balance vs. Shooting Newton…

Shooting Newton (shooting) and harmonic balance (HB) are complementary technologies…

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Virtuoso Spectre , Spectre RF , Virtuoso Spectre Simulator GXL , Virtuoso Spectre Simulator XL , Spectre , RF design , Circuit Design

Tip of the Week: Guidelines for simulating oscillators - phase noise simulations

When simulating oscillators, it is important to choose the correct simulator engine…

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Virtuoso Spectre , Spectre RF , Virtuoso Spectre Simulator XL , Spectre , RF design

Tip of the Week: New nport parameter ( dcextrap ) for modeling longer transmission…

There is a new nport parameter, dcextrap, available in MMSIM 6.2.1. The values are…

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Virtuoso Spectre , Spectre RF , Virtuoso Spectre Simulator GXL , Virtuoso Spectre Simulator XL , Spectre , RF design

Simulating MOS Transistor ft

One other question that you might ask is, this approach works for bipolars but what…

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Tip Of the Week: analogLib mtline now has a cross sectional viewer when Type of Input…

Many users have indicated that it is challenging to correctly enter complex transmission…

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Virtuoso Spectre , Spectre RF , Virtuoso Spectre Simulator GXL , Virtuoso Spectre Simulator XL , Spectre , RF design

Tip of the Week: Why Do Shooting and Harmonic Balance Phase Noise Results Differ…

Question: You are simulating your VCO in SpectreRF. You ran your PSS + Pnoise (noisetype…

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Virtuoso Spectre , Spectre RF , Virtuoso Spectre Simulator GXL , Virtuoso Spectre Simulator XL , Spectre , RF design

Tip of the Week: Please explain in more practical (less theoretical) terms the concept…

Question: From spectre -h pnoise. I find the definition for oscillator linewidth…

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Measuring Transistor ft

So let’s consider a practical example of creating test benches and performing measurements…

• 5 min read
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Inductors On Demand, at least one RF design task can be really automated!

Inductors, transformers and transmission lines are critical components in any high…

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Virtuoso Spectre , Spectre RF , Virtuoso PCD , RF Block Simulation , Virtuoso Spectre Simulator GXL , Virtuoso Spectre Simulator XL , Spectre , RF design , Circuit Design , Virtuoso Passive Component Designer , wireless integrated circuit verification
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