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Taiyun Chi

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arXiv2026

FoundaRF: A Physics-Informed Foundation Model Framework for Radio-Frequency Passive Components

Designing RF/mmWave passive components is a time-consuming process that relies heavily on expert knowledge and iterative EM simulations. Although recent ML surrogate models have shown great promise in accelerating passive design, they remain task-specific and lack generalization. This paper presents FoundaRF, a foundation model framework that unifies passive layout modeling across diverse layout structures and technologies. It combines a self-supervised encoder with adaptive layout processing and physics-aware decoders to enable few-shot transfer. Experiments across four semiconductor technologies show strong generalization to unseen structures, outperforming baselines with up to a 3.3x reduction in prediction error, reducing labeled-data requirements by up to fourfold, and substantially shortening design turnaround. FoundaRF establishes a scalable and data-efficient solution for RF/mmWave passive design automation.

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arXiv2026

RF-Agent: A Practical Framework for Building Language Agents for RFIC Design

Large language models (LLMs) have driven rapid progress in electronic design automation (EDA), yet their application to radio-frequency (RF) circuit design remains limited by the scarcity of domain-specific datasets and standardized benchmarks. We present RF-Agent, which addresses this gap through textbook-driven knowledge distillation. A multi-agent Question-Thinking-Solution-Answer (QTSA) pipeline converts a subsection-level corpus from seven canonical RF textbooks into the first-of-its-kind RF-domain reasoning dataset (over 11,000 samples) with a dedicated multiple-choice benchmark. On this benchmark we study two adaptation strategies: supervised fine-tuning (SFT) and three retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) configurations (semantic, keyword, hybrid). Across multiple LLM families, domain-specific SFT significantly improves RF reasoning, especially for small and medium-sized models; among RAG configurations, semantic retrieval performs best, indicating embedding-based context alignment suits RF reasoning better than naive fusion. The dataset and benchmark provide a reusable foundation for future work on LLM-aided RF circuit design.

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arXiv2025

MOTIF-RF: Multi-template On-chip Transformer Synthesis Incorporating Frequency-domain Self-transfer Learning for RFIC Design Automation

This paper presents a systematic study on developing multi-template machine learning (ML) surrogate models and applying them to the inverse design of transformers (XFMRs) in radio-frequency integrated circuits (RFICs). Our study starts with benchmarking four widely used ML architectures, including MLP-, CNN-, UNet-, and GT-based models, using the same datasets across different XFMR topologies. To improve modeling accuracy beyond these baselines, we then propose a new frequency-domain self-transfer learning technique that exploits correlations between adjacent frequency bands, leading to around 30%-50% accuracy improvement in the S-parameters prediction. Building on these models, we further develop an inverse design framework based on the covariance matrix adaptation evolutionary strategy (CMA-ES) algorithm. This framework is validated using multiple impedance-matching tasks, all demonstrating fast convergence and trustworthy performance. These results advance the goal of AI-assisted specs-to-GDS automation for RFICs and provide RFIC designers with actionable tools for integrating AI into their workflows.

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