White Paper: IC Design And Verification In Flow For RF Analog And Digital Integration

Applications such as WLAN, Bluetooth, 3G, Gigabit Ethernet, and portable communications devices are fueling the demand for advanced Mixed Signal/RFCMOS semiconductors. Requirements for lower cost, lighter weight and longer battery life drive greater functional integration leading to sophisticated single-chip solutions. Modern portable consumer electronic systems, for example, combine high digital content for advanced user experience with high analog and radio frequency (RF) resources for connectivity to remote systems and services. This results in complex System on Chip (SoC) solutions that combine mixed-signal circuits, embedded high-performance analog and sensitive RF front-end blocks together with complex digital circuitry on the same chip