Ken Kundert
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Kenneth S. Kundert is an engineer that is notable for his work in the area of Electronic Design Automation
(EDA). He studied electrical engineering at the University of California, Berkeley
under professors Alberto Sangiovanni-Vincentelli
and Robert Meyer and received his doctorate in 1989. During this time he created the Spectre circuit simulator
. He was elevated to the status of IEEE Fellow in 2007 for contributions to simulation and modeling of analog, RF, and mixed-signal circuits.
Kundert co-founded Designer’s Guide Consulting and created the Designer's Guide Community. From 1989 to 2005 he was a Fellow at Cadence Design Systems
during which time he was the principal architect of the Spectre circuit simulation family. As such, he has led the development of Spectre, SpectreHDL, and SpectreRF
. He also made substantial contributions to both the Verilog-AMS
and VHDL-AMS
languages. He has written three books on circuit simulation: The Designer's Guide to Verilog-AMS, The Designer's Guide to SPICE and Spectre, and Steady-State Methods for Simulating Analog and Microwave Circuits.
Since 2005 Kundert, along with Henry Chang, has worked to develop the field of analog verification
.
Electronic design automation
Electronic design automation is a category of software tools for designing electronic systems such as printed circuit boards and integrated circuits...
(EDA). He studied electrical engineering at the University of California, Berkeley
University of California, Berkeley
The University of California, Berkeley , is a teaching and research university established in 1868 and located in Berkeley, California, USA...
under professors Alberto Sangiovanni-Vincentelli
Alberto Sangiovanni-Vincentelli
Alberto Sangiovanni-Vincentelli is an academic researcher, teacher, entrepreneur, technical advisor and business man. He is a co-founder of the two largest EDA companies: Cadence Design Systems and Synopsys, Inc....
and Robert Meyer and received his doctorate in 1989. During this time he created the Spectre circuit simulator
Spectre Circuit Simulator
Spectre is a SPICE-class circuit simulator. It provides the basic SPICE analyses and component models. It also supports the Verilog-A modeling language...
. He was elevated to the status of IEEE Fellow in 2007 for contributions to simulation and modeling of analog, RF, and mixed-signal circuits.
Kundert co-founded Designer’s Guide Consulting and created the Designer's Guide Community. From 1989 to 2005 he was a Fellow at Cadence Design Systems
Cadence Design Systems
Cadence Design Systems, Inc is an electronic design automation software and engineering services company, founded in 1988 by the merger of SDA Systems and ECAD, Inc...
during which time he was the principal architect of the Spectre circuit simulation family. As such, he has led the development of Spectre, SpectreHDL, and SpectreRF
SpectreRF
SpectreRF is an option to the Spectre Circuit Simulator from Cadence Design Systems. It adds a series of analyses that are particularly useful for RF circuits to the basic capabilities of Spectre. SpectreRF was first released in 1996 and was notable for three reasons...
. He also made substantial contributions to both the Verilog-AMS
Verilog-AMS
Verilog-AMS is a derivative of the Verilog hardware description language. It includes analog and mixed-signal extensions in order to define the behavior of analog and mixed-signal systems. It extends the event-based simulator loops of Verilog/SystemVerilog/VHDL, by a continuous-time simulator,...
and VHDL-AMS
VHDL-AMS
VHDL-AMS is a derivative of the hardware description language VHDL . It includes analog and mixed-signal extensions in order to define the behavior of analog and mixed-signal systems ....
languages. He has written three books on circuit simulation: The Designer's Guide to Verilog-AMS, The Designer's Guide to SPICE and Spectre, and Steady-State Methods for Simulating Analog and Microwave Circuits.
Since 2005 Kundert, along with Henry Chang, has worked to develop the field of analog verification
Analog Verification
Analog verification is a methodology for performing functional verification on analog, mixed-signal and RF integrated circuits and systems on chip...
.