Title :
Deterministic approaches to analog performance space exploration (PSE)
Author :
Mueller, Daniel ; Stehr, Guido ; Graeb, Helmut ; Schlichtmann, Ulf
Author_Institution :
Inst. for Electron. Design Autom., Tech. Univ. Munchen, Munich, Germany
Abstract :
Performance space exploration (PSE) determines the range of feasible performance values of a circuit block for a given topology and technology. In this paper, we present two deterministic approaches for PSE. One approximates the feasible performance space based on linearized circuit models and is suitable for investigating a large number of performances. The other one computes discretizations of the Pareto front of competing performances. In addition, a motivation and application of PSE using a hierarchical design example is presented.
Keywords :
Pareto optimisation; analogue integrated circuits; circuit optimisation; integrated circuit design; network topology; Fourier Motzkin elimination; Pareto optimization; analog integrated circuits; analog performance space exploration; deterministic approaches; linearized circuit models; Analog integrated circuits; Circuit simulation; Circuit synthesis; Computational modeling; Constraint optimization; Design optimization; Electronic design automation and methodology; Permission; Space exploration; Space technology;
Conference_Titel :
Design Automation Conference, 2005. Proceedings. 42nd
Print_ISBN :
1-59593-058-2
DOI :
10.1109/DAC.2005.193937
