On the use of Compact modelling for RF/Analog Design Automation

This paper introduces theapplication of compact modeling for the automatic design of RF/analog wireless communications building blocks.The need for attaining ever more stringent specifications makes imperioustheuseofoptimization-based techniques. Market competiveness makes design ime a major concern, rendering analytical based optimization methodologies a preferable solution to be adopted. Thus accurate compact models for both active and reactive elements must be used as a way of obtaining RF building blocks' analytical characterizations to be integrated into the optimization design process.