Baseband Modeling of a GNSS Receiver Front-end using SystemC/-AMS
Conference: PRIME 2012 - 8th Conference on Ph.D. Research in Microelectronics & Electronics
06/12/2012 - 06/15/2012 at Aachen, Germany
Proceedings: PRIME 2012
Pages: 4Language: englishTyp: PDF
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Authors:
Chen, Zhimiao; Wang, Yifan; Heinen, Stefan (Chair of Integrated Analog Circuits and RF Systems, RWTH Aachen, 52074, Aachen, Germany)
Abstract:
The functionality verification of a mixed-signal sys- tem on chip requires the model for RF front-end with high simulation efficiency. The pure passband model cannot meet this requirement when a long system time simulation is run. The equivalent baseband model is an alternative. In this work, a new baseband modeling method based on a self-defined signal type is realized on the platform of SystemC/-AMS. This method can more accurately describe the block nonlinearity than the traditional equivalent baseband model. For the application in the design of a global navigation satellite system (GNSS) receiver front-end, the baseband simulation based on this method has much faster simulation speed than passband simulation. Index Terms — baseband modeling, GNSS, SystemC/-AMS, RF front-end