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FIGURE 12: The RF mixer.
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The relevant timescales and execution
models for processors executing
software- and transistor-level RF circuits
differ dramatically, making full
cosimulation over relevant execution
times impractical. The student designers
instead developed Verilog behavioral
models of the crucial analog
components, particularly capturing
their relevant interactions with the
digital subsystems. These models allowed
for select RTL-domain simulation
with the baseband and remaining
digital components.
Limitations
Berkeley's spring 2021 tape-out course
was an unmitigated success, described
by one faculty member as a " minor
miracle. " Should more students, both
at Berkeley and at other institutions,
take similar courses? While we find
this mode of hands-on, true-to-life
instruction highly effective, we must
note several factors that make it unlikely
to scale to all IC design students.
The course included three faculty
members, comprising expertise in
RF circuits, digital circuits, and robotics,
and two graduate teaching assistants
(TAs). This student-to-teacher
ratio is about as good as we can imagine
finding, particularly at large public
institutions.
The mix of students also proved
Student
Designed:
LDOs and Bias PLL
TX/
Pre-PA
FIGURE 13: The RF and analog subsystems layout.
VDD
Mixer
I/Q Analog Baseband
(Filters and VGAs)
Iref
Vout
Vref
VSS
FIGURE 14: The on-die supply voltage regulator.
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virtually ideal, both across experience
and interest. The course roster
included a roughly even mix of graduate
and undergraduate (four Ph.D.,
six M.S., and eight B.S. students). The
design experience of the graduate cohort
proved particularly invaluable
for tasks steeped in industry specialist
terms and tools, such as designing
and analyzing phase noise of the LO
VCO and generating adequate constraints
for digital back-end flows.
More experienced students served in
informal leadership and mentoring
roles to their younger counterparts.
We note that while omnipresent in
research and industry settings, this
form of teamwork is rare in coursebased
projects and, therefore, to students
exposed only to course-based
projects. Roughly half of the students

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