Difference between analog and rf layout

[Han]

rf layout

Hi All,

Can anyone tell me what is the difference between analog and RF layout? Can analog layout designer do RF layout in bicmos process?

Thanks

 

[steer]

RF layout uses inductors, while common analog does not.
10-40GHz and beyond layouts have quite a specific routing sometimes.
For less than 10GHz I'd say there is no major differences between RF and analog.

 

[rongli]

rf need more knowledge about the parasitic ones

 

[ambreesh]

does some one have any guidlines on RF layout

 

[shrbht]

can you tell me books about RF layout?

 

[ezpcb]

for RF layout, you must concern about the dielectrical constant of the board, but not needed for analog design. and many thing else: impendence match, distributing capacitor, delaying, strip line... In RF designing, a track is not only a track, but a group of inductors and capacitors..

mike

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[Han]

I was talking about IC not board design
Anyway, I got to the conclusion that anyone who experience with multigigahertz analog designs will will be able to handle RF layout easiely. or not...