Project Info
Inverse design of passive and active microwave circuits
Gabriel Santamaria Botello
gabriel.santamariabotello@mines.edu
Project Goals and Description:
Today, every microwave circuit (e.g., the radios in your phone or in the base stations) is designed by experienced microwave and RF engineers with the aid of CAD simulation tools. This is an iterative, time consuming and therefore expensive process requiring design companies to invest substantial resources for the development of any new RF analog component.
In this project we will advance in the automation of the design process of RF and microwave circuits, by leveraging optimization algorithms and inverse design approaches. A similar approach has been recently developed for photonic integrated circuits, but remains largely unexplored in the RF domain. We expect to develop a framework in Matlab that is linked with commercial circuit and electromagnetic solvers to inverse design passive and active devices, such as, matching networks, filters, and power amplifiers.
More Information:
Grand Challenge: Not applicable.
https://arxiv.org/abs/1910.04829
https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10136184
Primary Contacts:
Gabriel Santamaria Botello, gabriel.santamariabotello@mines.edu| Peter Aaen, paaen@mines.edu.
Student Preparation
Qualifications
Experience or willingness to learn to code in Matlab and/or Python
Willingness to learn about microwave circuits
TIME COMMITMENT (HRS/WK)
5
SKILLS/TECHNIQUES GAINED
<ul>
<li>Use of commercial CAD tools for microwave design, such as Keysight ADS, Sonnet, Cadence AWR</li>
<li>Implementation of different optimization algorithms</li>
</ul>
MENTORING PLAN
Weekly meetings with the advisors typically once or twice per week.
Preferred Student Status
Sophomore
Junior
Senior