Automatic synthesis of CMOS RF front-ends

An automatic synthesis tool for RFIC design is demonstrated. The tool incorporates built-in numerical simulators for fast evaluation of the performance metrics. Nonlinearity is modeled using Volterra series method. The tool additionally provides the dimensions of the on-chip inductors along with their values. To validate this approach, a low noise amplifier (LNA) at 900MHz is synthesized using a 0.35mum CMOS process. The synthesis results are verified with the simulation data, obtained from Cadence SPECTRE circuit simulator