Analog design automation: Where are we? Where are we going?

Author

Rutenbar, Rob

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Carnegie Mellon Univ., Pittsburgh, PA

fYear

1993

fDate

9-12 May 1993

Abstract

A high-level survey of the state of CAD (computer-aided design) for analog and mixed-signal ICs is presented, focusing on synthesis-related work (cell-level and system-level synthesis). Both circuit synthesis and layout and system synthesis and layout are considered. Experimental results from some of the Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) tools in each niche of the analog CAD spectrum are used as concrete examples of what the author does (and does not yet) believe can be automated. It is noted that the growing presence of analog functions on chip and the market pressure to decrease design time for new mixed-signal ASICs (application-specific integrated circuits) have forced industry and academia to confront a range of challenging analog design automation problems. The author offers some opinions on how well he is doing and where he appears to be heading

Keywords

analogue integrated circuits; analog IC; analog design automation; analog simulation tools; cell-level synthesis; circuit layout; circuit synthesis; mixed-signal ASIC; mixed-signal ICs; synthesis-related work; system layout; system-level synthesis; tutorial; Application specific integrated circuits; Circuit synthesis; Design automation; Digital signal processing; Filters; Logic design; Radio access networks; Silicon; Software libraries; Tides;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Custom Integrated Circuits Conference, 1993., Proceedings of the IEEE 1993

Conference_Location

San Diego, CA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-0826-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CICC.1993.590704

Filename

590704