Presentation
GPU Accelerated Harmonic Balance SPICE Simulation
DescriptionHarmonic balance (HB) simulation is a method to calculate frequency domain steady-state response in non-linear circuits. For multiple tones, high speed circuits in advanced Finfet process, the runtime of HB analysis becomes particularly challenging. And may often encounter convergence issues for large netlists. In this paper, we proposed a new method to accelerate the HB analysis by GPU acceleration. The runtime can be reduced from 20 days down to 2 hours in a high speed LCVCO design in Finfet process while still meeting the accuracy requirements. It gives the circuit designer more flexibility to either run more circuit simulation before tape-out or reduce the total SPICE simulation time.
Event Type
Engineering Track Poster
TimeTuesday, June 255:11pm - 5:12pm PDT
LocationLevel 2 Exhibit Hall
Back-End Design
Embedded Systems
Front-End Design
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