Surrogate Modeling of RF Circuit Blocks

Surrogate models are a cost-effective replacement for expensive computer simulations in design space exploration. Literature has already demonstrated the feasibility of accurate surrogate models for single radio frequency (RF) and microwave devices. Within the European Marie Curie project O-MOORE-NICE! (Operational Model Order Reduction for Nanoscale IC Electronics) we aim to investigate the feasibility of the surrogate modeling approach for entire RF circuit blocks. This paper presents an overview about the surrogate model type selection problem for low noise amplifier modeling.

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