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
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