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A Guide to Simulation & Modeling for Analog & RF Circuit Designers

The Designer's Guide® Community website is a site where analog, mixed-signal and RF circuit designers come to learn about simulation, modeling and design. There are a number of very practical papers on simulation and modeling on the Analysis, Modeling, and Theory pages. A collection of useful example models can be found on the Verilog-AMS page. Papers on design methodology can be found on the Design page. A list of recommended reference books for analog & RF designers is given in Books. And finally, our most popular feature is the Forum, where designers gather to share information about the challenges they face.

The Designer's Guide Community is built around the contributions of its members. Most chose to contribute through discussions on the Forum, but some go so far as to write and contribute either papers or models. So if you have some special knowledge you would like to share, or if some useful and well-written models, please consider submitting them.

Featured Material
Chip Documentation
This document addresses the baasics of ASIC documentation requirements and provides some insight into how to reduce device time-to-market.
Engineering Calculator
The Designer's Guide Community is currently trying out an online calculator that is specifically designed for analog designers. It is an RPN calculator that provides operations and constants useful to circuit designers. In addition it has several unique features that serve to distinguish it from other scientific calculators available on the web:
1. Efficient command line entry.
2. Entry and display of numbers with SI scale factors.
3. Entry and display of integers in base 2, 8, 10, and 16 using Verilog format.
4. Multistep undo.
5. Compatibility with your computer's clipboard or copy & paste feature.
6. Observable memories.

Learn more about it by visiting its help page. Let me know what you think of it, or tell me of any ways you think it can be improved.

The Designer's Guide Bookshelf

The list of essential reference books for analog, RF, and mixed-signal designers as chosen by The Designer's Guide community. Visit the bookshelf to find what others feel are the best design books, to recommend your favorites, or to rate the books already included.

Upcoming Events
Workshop on Advances in Analogue Circuit Design (AACD). April, 8-10, 2008. Pavia, Italy.
Design, Automation and Test in Europe (DATE). 10-14 April, 2008. Munich, Germany.
International Symposium on VLSI Technology, Systems and Applications (VLSI-TSA). April 23-25, 2008. Hsinchu, Taiwan.
Design Automation Conference (DAC) . June 8-13, 2008. Anaheim, California.
International Microwave Symposium. June 15-20, 2008, Atlanta, Georgia.
IEEE Radio Frequency Integrated Circuits Symposium (RFIC). June 15-17, 2008, Atlanta, Georgia.
Symposium on VLSI Circuits. June 18-20, Honolulu, Hawaii.
International Symposium on Low Power Electronics and Design (ISLPED). August 11-13, Bangalore, India.
IEEE International Symposium on Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications (PIMRC). September 15-18, 2008. Cannes, France.
European Solid-State Circuits Conference (ESSCIRC). September 15-19. Edingburgh, Scotland.
Custom Integrated Circuits Conference (CICC). September 21-24, 2008. San Jose, California.
Behavioral Modeling and Simulation Conference (BMAS). September 24-25, 2008. San Jose, California.
Compound Semiconductor IC Symposium (CSICS). October 12-15, 2008. Monterey, California.
Bipolar/BiCMOS Circuits and Technology Meeting (BCTM). October 13-16, 2008. Monterey, California.
International Conference on Computer Aided Design (ICCAD). November 10-13, 2008. San Jose, California.
Asian Solid-State Circuits Conference (A-SSCC). Time and place not set.
International Conference on VLSI Design (VLSI-Design). Time and place not set.
IEEE Radio and Wireless Symposium. Time and place not set.
Asia and South Pacific Design Automation Conference (ASP-DAC). January 19-22, 2009. Yokohama, Japan.
International Solid-State Circuits Conference (ISSCC). February 8-12, 2009. San Francisco, California.
Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition (APEC). Time and place not set.
Come Back Often

You can see what has been added recently by visiting the What's New page. In addition, the existing material is routinely updated to correct any errors or nits found. For this reason, you should always check for an updated version before using any manuscripts previously downloaded from this site. Check the "Last updated" date on the bottom of the first page to see if the version you have is up-to-date.

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