View source for Working towards FOSS RF IC design in SKY130

* Speakers: Jelle Verest
* email: j.n.g.w.verest@tue.nl


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==Abstract==
In this talk, the fully open source Skywater 130nm BiCMOS process design kit (PDK) is characterized for radio frequency integrated circuit (RFIC) design. The process design kit (PDK) has FETs with f<sub>T</sub>/f<sub>max</sub> of 63/121 GHz, but contains no noise in its models. The omission of noise modeling in devices in the PDK is mended via Hajimiri's impulse sensitivity function theory and the standard Skywater recommended tool-chain is appended with an open source EM solver. An X-Band LC-Voltage Controlled Oscillator (VCO) is presented as demonstration of these additions. The VCO has a center frequency of f<sub>0</sub> = 9.95 GHz, with a tuning range of 16% and a phase noise at f<sub>0</sub> of -112 dBc/Hz at an offset of 1 MHz and a figure-of-merit FoM = 183.