Inverse Design of Transmission Lines with Deep Learning

Design of microwave structures and tuning parameters have mostly relied on the domain expertise of circuit designers by doing many simulations, which can be prohibitively time consuming. An inverse problem approach suggests going in the opposite direction to determine design parameters from characteristics of the desired output. In this work, we propose a novel machine learning architecture that circumvents usual design method for given quality of eye characteristics by means of a Lifelong Learning Architecture. Our proposed machine learning architecture is a large-scale coupled training system in which multiple predictions and classifications are done jointly for inverse mapping of transmission line geometry from eye characteristics. Our model is trained in a guided manner by using intra-tasks results, common Knowledge Base (KB), and coupling constraints. Our method of inverse design is general and can be applied to other applications.

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