Title :
An effective method to find all solutions of piecewise-linear circuits by analyzing piecewise-linear equations step by step
Author :
Mizutani, Hikaru
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Shonan Inst. of Technol., Fujisawa, Japan
Abstract :
Recently, a lot of time has been required to analyze large VLSI transistor circuits and a faster algorithm was necessary. This paper describes a new system which obtains all solutions of a nonlinear circuit described by a piecewise linear function. It is expected that all solutions can be obtained in a practical time using the new method. In this paper, nonlinear circuits including Bipolar Junction Transistor (BJT) circuits are discussed, however, this method may be applied to any kind of nonlinear circuit described by a piecewise-linear function
Keywords :
VLSI; circuit analysis computing; nonlinear network analysis; piecewise-linear techniques; BJT circuits; Ebers-Moll model; bipolar junction transistor circuits; large VLSI transistor circuits; nonlinear circuits; piecewise linear function; piecewise-linear circuits; piecewise-linear equations; step by step analysis; Algorithm design and analysis; Circuit analysis; Circuit testing; Diodes; Ear; Linear circuits; Nonlinear equations; Piecewise linear techniques; Very large scale integration; Voltage;
Conference_Titel :
Circuits and Systems, 1996., IEEE Asia Pacific Conference on
Conference_Location :
Seoul
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-3702-6
DOI :
10.1109/APCAS.1996.569221
