RF Passive components are used in the design of RF blocks as well as in system level integration. The efficient and accurate analysis of these components is required in order to meet the RF block or system level performances. I had studied the modeling of RF passive components for fast analysis approaches. I had studied and developed a prototype design to simulate RF circuits in Pspice. The aim was to develop a functionality to simulate a RF block in spice simulator. Following issues were considered in this simulation i. S-parameter file compatibility with spice simulator ii. Synthesis and analysis of matching circuits iii. Modeling of passive components S-parameter file compatibility with spice simulator: For the circuit design I had considered system level LNA block and made it compatible with spice format. The S-parameter file for LNA was not directly compatible with the spice format. An approach was investigated and a translator was developed to make it spice compatible. Hence a generalized code for Nport S-parameter file conversion to spice format was developed.

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