PSS not converge in a receiver simulation.

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Hi there,

Ive built a LNA + Mixer + Lo direct down-conversion receiver. flo = frf = 5.2G. However I met lots of trouble when trying to get IP3 and Noise Figure of total circuit.

Cadence cannot perform pss simulation due to non-convergence. At first it's because we have both driving source and autonomous in one circuit. So I add a small source current into LO so that the entire circuit is not autonomous, and add long tstab (30n). But it still doesn't work.:-(

Any comments?
 

You can not simulate whole receiver chain with PSS. At least, there is a VCO and its frequency is not know therefore PSS common beat can not be defined.Since the common beat is not defined, PSS will never converge.
 

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