Modeling Oscillators with Arbitrary Phase Noise Profiles
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Tawna Wilsey
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May 24, 2012
When you need to include noisy oscillators in SpectreRF transceiver simulations, you have at least 3 options: 1) Semi-autonomous simulation is the most accurate approach, recommended whenever the transistor-level model of the oscillator is available.
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Measuring 2-Tone Intermodulation Using Envelope-Following Analysis
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Tawna Wilsey
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May 16, 2012
From time to time, SpectreRF users simulate very large, extracted-view circuits in 2+ tone QPSS. In many of those cases, memory requirements exceed the available resources. When that happens and small-signal approximations aren’t applicable, the
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Guidelines for Maximizing Speed vs. Accuracy in SpectreRF simulations - Part 3
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Tawna Wilsey
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March 7, 2012
Several months ago, I started a 3 part series on Guidelines for Maximizing Speed vs Accuracy for Harmonic Balance simulations. Today, I'll discuss part 3 of the 3 part series consisting of: Which Engine: Spectre or APS? Oversample vs Number of Harmonics
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SpectreRF AppNotes and Tutorials....Still One of our Best Kept Secrets!
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Tawna Wilsey
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January 16, 2012
Some of you may remember the blog written several years ago " Shhhhh...SpectreRF Tutorials and AppNotes - One of Our Best Kept Secrets ". Well, the more things change...the more things stay the same! The location of these tutorials and appNotes
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Nport Application Note has been Updated and Re-Released
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Tawna Wilsey
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January 3, 2012
Happy New Year! After many requests, I set aside some time and updated the Using the nport in Spectre and SpectreRF Simulations appNote for MMSIM 11.1. You may download the appNote on Cadence Online Support . More nport enhancements are planned, so stay
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Guidelines for Maximizing Speed vs Accuracy for Harmonic Balance - Part 2
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Tawna Wilsey
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November 1, 2011
I am often asked for guidelines on maximizing speed vs. accuracy for SpectreRF harmonic balance simulations . Today, I'll discuss part 2 of the 3 part series consisting of: Which Engine: Spectre or APS? Oversample vs Number of Harmonics Harmonic Trimming
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Guidelines for Maximizing Speed vs Accuracy for Harmonic Balance - Part 1
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Tawna Wilsey
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October 7, 2011
Greetings, I am often asked for guidelines on maximizing speed vs. accuracy for SpectreRF harmonic balance simulations. In a series of 3 blogs, I'll discuss some of the "knobs" that you can tweak, those being: * Which Engine: Spectre or
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Guidelines for Setting Pnoise/HBnoise Sidebands to Get Accurate Results
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Tawna Wilsey
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August 5, 2011
I get quite a few questions from designers along the lines of "How do I set the number of pss/hb harmonics and pnoise/hbnoise sidebands in order to get accurate results?" Here are some general guidelines that I follow: The number of sidebands
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My Favorite nport Settings for Spectre and SpectreRF
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Tawna Wilsey
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March 23, 2011
The nport component located in analogLib can be used in circuits for Spectre and SpectreRF simulations. It is a scattering parameter (S-parameter) based distributed multi-port element. The nport truly is a "black box"… It can be used
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Tips for Simulating a Transmit Mixer in SpectreRF
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Tawna Wilsey
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March 10, 2011
Some typical questions that I receive from newer SpectreRF users are: How do I simulate a transmit mixer? How do I look at both upper and lower sidebands? How do I set up my simulation for PAC and Pnoise? When I plot my data, how do the indexes correspond
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