5G mmWave Handset System Design – S1: RFIC (Transceiver) Design

Length: 1 Day (8 hours)

Digital Badge Available

Course Description

This course is part of a series of classes on RF mmWave System Design. The intent of the complete series of classes is to successfully enable customers to use the Cadence^® tools and recommended flows in a co-design environment. A co-design here refers to using the Virtuoso^® multi-technology framework that encapsulates RFIC/PCB/Package flows in a single combined environment to enable faster design. 

This first course shows you how to implement an RFIC transceiver for a 5G mmWave mobile handset working at 28GHz. This is done using the Virtuoso ICADVM tool in conjunction with the Spectre^® RF simulator to design and run simulations. 

Along with a walkthrough of the simulation techniques at different stages of the transceiver, the design complexity and proposed architecture are also discussed.

The labs contain block-wise setup and simulation of the complete RFIC design.

Learning Objectives

After completing this course, you will be able to:

• Compare the RFIC design challenges at 28GHz with that of 4G design
• Review the Cadence VRF (Virtuoso RF) flows for co-design and EM simulation
• Implement the RFIC transceiver portion of a mmWave 5G mobile handset design working at 28GHz
• Analyze the output of different transmitter blocks using the Spectre RF simulations within the Virtuoso environment
• Analyze the output of different receiver blocks using the Spectre RF simulations within the Virtuoso environment

Software Used in This Course

• 95022 Virtuoso MultiTech Framework
• 95800 Virtuoso Layout Suite EXL
• 95560 Virtuoso RF Option
• 38500 Spectre Classic Simulator
• 38520 Spectre RF Option for 38500

Software Release(s)

ICADVM20.1, SPECTRE21.1

Modules in this Course

• Overview of the 5G mmWave Reference Design
• Proposed Flows for the Overall System Design
• Receiver: LNA, RTPS, QVCO, Down Mixer, and Baseband Filter Design and Simulation
• Transmitter: Up Mixer, Splitter, Attenuator, and PA Design and Simulation

Audience

• Analog/RF IC Designers
• RFIC Board and Package Designers

Prerequisites

You must have experience with or knowledge of the following:

• RFIC design methodologies
• Spectre RF analyses
• Virtuoso ADE Explorer
• Virtuoso Hierarchy Editor

Or you must have completed one of the following courses:

• Spectre RF Analysis Using Harmonic Balance
• Spectre RF Analysis Using Shooting Newton Method

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