Tutorial III: RF hardware abstraction for design automation of intelligent RF modules award

Unlike digital designs where very complex circuits can be designed with minimal designer worries about the details of the physical technology, RF circuit and systems designs and techniques have seen very little evolution over the years and remain largely manual requiring extensive user intervention and considerable expertise. While digital hardware circuitry can be intelligently reconfigured and programed to implement multiple functions, RF circuits and modules typically have limited to no reconfigurabitly nor programmability. In this talk, RF hardware abstraction concepts are discussed and a framework for their integration in a revised design cycle that enables higher levels of automation is presented. The future application of these concepts and techniques to the automated design of intelligent RF modules is also highlighted.