Process for designing high frequency circuits in multiple domains
AssigneeQUALCOMM Incorporated
InventorsPaul J. Draxler, William Woodall
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Abstract
A process of designing a high frequency circuit in multiple domains, such as prototype and production domains, is described. The process begins by obtaining one or more parameters for each domain, such as physical parameters defining, for each layer of the substrate, the layer and the material in the layer, or electrical parameters defining, for each layer, transmission media on or within the layer. Once the parameters for the first and second domains have been obtained, the process proceeds to deriving, responsive to one or more of these parameters, interchangeable implementations in the first and second domains of the one or more circuit elements.
Claims75
A method of designing an electrical circuit, comprising:
- obtaining a parameter relating to said circuit to be implemented in a production domain including an integrated circuit element;
- obtaining said parameter relating to said circuit to be implemented in a prototype domain including a surface mounted circuit element;
- mapping said parameters between said production and prototype domain implementations;
- and using said mapping to select said integrated and surface mounted circuit elements to produce said electrical circuit, wherein said selected integrated and surface mounted circuit elements behave in substantially the same way in said production and prototype domain implementations with respect to said mapped parameters.
A computer program product, comprising:
- a computer usable storage medium having computer readable code for designing an electrical circuit, such computer readable code comprising:
- computer readable code for:
- obtaining a parameter relating to said circuit to be implemented in a production domain including an integrated circuit element;
- obtaining said parameter relating to said circuit to be implemented in a prototype domain including a surface mounted circuit element;
- mapping said parameters between said production and prototype domain implementations;
- and using said mapping to select said integrated and surface mounted circuit elements to produce said electrical circuit, wherein said selected integrated and surface mounted circuit elements behave in substantially the same way in said production and prototype domain implementations with respect to said mapped parameters.
A method of designing a circuit in production and prototype domains comprising:
- obtaining for said production domain at least one parameter relating to a production domain circuit substrate for supporting at least one circuit element;
- deriving, responsive to said at least one production domain parameters, at least one parameter relating to transmission media associated with the production domain circuit substrate;
- obtaining for said prototype domain said at least one parameter relating to a prototype domain circuit substrate for supporting at least one circuit element;
- deriving, responsive to said at least one production domain parameters, at least one parameter relating to transmission media associated the prototype domain circuit substrate;
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- deriving, responsive to said substrate and transmission media parameters for said production and prototype domains, interchangeable implementations in said production and prototype domains for said at least one circuit element, and models of the interchangeable implementations in said production and prototype domains, wherein a characteristic of one of the models matches a corresponding characteristic of another of said models over a desired frequency range.
A computer program product, comprising:
- a computer usable storage medium having computer readable code for designing a circuit in production and prototype domains, such computer readable code comprising:
- computer readable code for:
- obtaining for said production domain at least one parameter relating to a production domain circuit substrate for supporting at least one circuit element;
- deriving, responsive to said at least one production domain parameters, at least one parameter relating to transmission media associated with the production domain circuit substrate;
- obtaining for said prototype domain said at least one parameter relating to a prototype domain circuit substrate for supporting at least one circuit element;
- deriving, responsive to said at least one production domain parameters, at least one parameter relating to transmission media associated the prototype domain circuit substrate;
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- deriving, responsive to said substrate and transmission media parameters for said production and prototype domains, interchangeable implementations in said production and prototype domains for said at least one circuit element, and models of the interchangeable implementations in said production and prototype domains, wherein a characteristic of one of the models matches a corresponding characteristic of another of said models over a desired frequency range.
Interchangeable circuit implementations, comprising:
- a circuit implementation in a production domain, including a circuit element and a model of thereof;
- a circuit implementation in a prototype domain, including a circuit element and a model thereof;
- wherein a characteristic of one of said models matches a corresponding characteristic of another of said models over a desired frequency range.
A method for designing an electrical circuit, comprising:
- mapping parameters between production and prototype implementations of said electrical circuit in which said production implementation includes an integrated circuit element and said prototype implementation includes a surface mounted circuit element;
- and using results of said mapping to establish values of said integrated and surface mounted circuit elements so that said selected integrated and surface mounted circuit elements behave in substantially the same way in said production and prototype implementations with respect to said mapped parameters.
A production implantation of an electrical circuit having at least some integrated components having at least some parameters substantially the same as parameters of a prototype implementation of said electrical circuit having at least some surface mounted components, made by the process comprising:
- mapping said parameters between said production and prototype implementations;
- and using results of said mapping to establish values of said integrated and surface mounted circuit components whereby said selected integrated and surface mounted circuit components behave in substantially the same way in said production and prototype implementations with respect to said mapped parameters.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.