Title :
Parallel symbolic sensitivity analysis of large-scale linear analogue circuits
Author :
Eberhardt, F. ; Tenten, W. ; Shepherd, P.R.
Author_Institution :
Bosch Microelectron., Reutlingen, Germany
Abstract :
This paper presents a new effective method for symbolic sensitivity analysis of large scale analogue circuits. Based on the “sequence of expressions” (SOE) approach the sensitivities with respect to all parameters are calculated in parallel. Experimental results show that a significant acceleration compared to previously described symbolic procedures is achieved and that the method can be faster than the numerical adjoint approach
Keywords :
analogue integrated circuits; circuit analysis computing; directed graphs; parallel algorithms; sensitivity analysis; symbol manipulation; directed acyclic graph; large-scale linear analogue circuits; parallel symbolic sensitivity analysis; sequence of expressions approach; Acceleration; Circuit optimization; Frequency; Iterative methods; Large-scale systems; Microelectronics; Process design; Sensitivity analysis; Tolerance analysis; Transfer functions;
Conference_Titel :
Circuits and Systems, 2000. Proceedings. ISCAS 2000 Geneva. The 2000 IEEE International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Geneva
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-5482-6
DOI :
10.1109/ISCAS.2000.856015
