• DocumentCode
    1684929
  • Title

    Automatic differentiation in circuit simulation and device modeling

  • Author

    Feldmann, P. ; Melville, R. ; Moinian, S.

  • Author_Institution
    AT&T Bell Lab., Murray Hill, NJ, USA
  • fYear
    1992
  • Firstpage
    248
  • Lastpage
    253
  • Abstract
    Automatic differentiation as a technique for accurate and reliable computation of partial derivatives in device models used by circuit simulation is introduced. The requirements for derivative computations in several simulation algorithms are reviewed, and two automatic differentiation methods are discussed. The application of automatic differentiation to circuit simulation and device modeling is demonstrated through several circuit analysis examples.<>
  • Keywords
    circuit analysis computing; automatic differentiation; circuit simulation; derivative computations; device modeling; partial derivatives; Circuit simulation;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Computer-Aided Design, 1992. ICCAD-92. Digest of Technical Papers., 1992 IEEE/ACM International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Santa Clara, CA, USA
  • Print_ISBN
    0-8186-3010-8
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ICCAD.1992.279380
  • Filename
    279380