Automated topological generation and analysis of voltage multiplier circuits

Author

Tam, Kwa-Sur ; Bloodworth, Eric

Author_Institution

Bradley Dept. of Electr. Eng., Virginia Polytech. Inst. & State Univ., Blacksburg, VA, USA

Volume

37

Issue

3

fYear

1990

fDate

3/1/1990 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

432

Lastpage

436

Abstract

The feasibility of using computers to perform the generation of alternative circuits (that have different topologies), the evaluation of these alternatives, and the selection of the best solution according to a given set of criteria is demonstrated. Based on this idea, an expert system VMD (voltage multiplier designer) has been developed for the design of voltage multiplier circuits. Some unconventional circuits that have better performance than the conventional circuits for some applications have been generated by VMD. A description is given of the underlying theory and the implementation of VMD, and presents some of the circuits that VMD provides are presented

Keywords

circuit CAD; circuit analysis computing; convertors; expert systems; network topology; voltage multipliers; VMD; automated analysis; automated topological generation; expert system; voltage multiplier circuits; voltage multiplier designer; Circuit synthesis; Circuits and systems; Design automation; Humans; Integrated circuit synthesis; Network synthesis; Performance analysis; Performance evaluation; Process design; Voltage;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Circuits and Systems, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0098-4094

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/31.52738

Filename

52738