A prototype framework for conceptual design of novel analog circuits

This paper presents a reasoning-based synthesis method to design novel analog circuits. In addition to producing circuit topologies and constraints characterizing the topologies, the method finds alternative signal processing flows which represent different conceptual designs that can meet the specification requirements. Each synthesis step aims to remove a design bottleneck by changing the trade-off expressions that link the variables of the trade-off. The main steps of the synthesis method are also illustrated in the paper.