深度学习使多端口无线电频率和亚特拉赫兹被动和集成电路的通用反向设计成为可能
Emir Ali Karahan1, Zheng Liu2, Aggraj Gupta3
1Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, USA. karahan@princeton.edu.
Nature communications
|December 31, 2024
概括
本研究引入了一种通用深度学习方法,用于设计复杂的毫米波 (mmWave) 和太赫兹集成电路. 该方法使任意形状的电磁结构和电路的快速反向设计成为可能,大大扩大了设计可能性.
科学领域:
- 电气工程 电气工程
- 电磁学 电磁学 电磁学 电磁学
- 集成电路设计 集成电路设计
背景情况:
- 毫米波 (mmWave) 和太赫兹 (THz) 集成电路对于下一代无线网络和传感至关重要.
- 当前的设计方法很复杂,依赖于人类的专业知识,并受预先选择的拓局限,限制了设计空间.
研究的目的:
- 为任意形状的复杂多端口电磁结构开发通用反向设计方法.
- 为了使这些结构与活性电路的共同设计,实现设计辐射和散射特性.
- 克服传统的自下而上的设计方法的局限性.
主要方法:
- 采用基于深度学习的模型来实现通用反向设计方法.
- 证明了复杂的毫米波被动结构的合成.
- 展示了端到端集成的毫米波宽带电路.
主要成果:
- 成功合成了任意形状的复杂多端口电磁结构,具有所需的特性.
- 实现了被动结构和主动电路的共同设计.
- 在几分钟内生成设计,大大减少了设计时间.
结论:
- 提出的反向设计方法为设计毫米波和THz集成电路提供了一种变革性的方法.
- 这种基于深度学习的技术为电磁结构和电路开辟了新的,以前无法访问的设计空间.
- 该方法加速了设计过程,使高频应用中的创新成为可能.
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