An Efficient Transistor-Model-Assisted Layout Synthesis Approach Using Improved Implicit Space Mapping for High-Performance MMIC PAs

Jingyuan Zhang; Xu Yan; Haorui Luo; Yongxin Guo

doi:10.1109/TCSII.2024.3352187

An Efficient Transistor-Model-Assisted Layout Synthesis Approach Using Improved Implicit Space Mapping for High-Performance MMIC PAs

Jingyuan Zhang, Xu Yan^*, Haorui Luo, Yongxin Guo^*

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In this brief, a novel design approach for monolithic microwave integrated circuit (MMIC) power amplifiers (PAs) using improved implicit space mapping (IISM) and transistor modeling is proposed. By utilizing partial parameters of the matching networks and the transistor models as auxiliary parameters for parameter extraction, the proposed method effectively resolves the issue of significant performance discrepancy between ideal schematics and initial layouts; greatly reduces the time consumption for layout performance recovery and optimizations; and leads to promising convergence. To verify the proposed method, the design process of a 16/24 GHz concurrent dual-band MMIC PA is illustrated using the proposed method while the total number of electromagnetic simulations is reduced to 5. Based on the measurement results, over 23.6/23.9 dBm P_satand 36.2%/31.5% power-added efficiency can be achieved at both frequencies.

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Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	2639-2643
Journal	IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems II: Express Briefs
Volume	71
Issue number	5
Online published	10 Jan 2024
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/TCSII.2024.3352187
Publication status	Published - May 2024
Externally published	Yes

Research Keywords

Computational modeling
implicit space mapping (ISM)
Integrated circuit modeling
Layout
millimeter wave (mm-Wave)
monolithic microwave integrated circuit (MMIC)
Optimization
Parameter extraction
Power amplifier (PA)
Space mapping
transistor modeling
Transistors

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In: IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems II: Express Briefs, Vol. 71, No. 5, 05.2024, p. 2639-2643.

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