Title :
Performance estimator for an analog design automation system using EKV-modeled analog circuits
Author :
Deniz, Engin ; Dündar, Günhan
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Bogazici Univ., Istanbul, Turkey
fDate :
28 Aug.-2 Sept. 2005
Abstract :
Design automation is an attractive solution for improving efficiency and productivity in the analog domain. This paper describes a novel method for designing a performance estimator (PE) tool to increase the speed of an analog design automation flow presented by Balkir et al. (2003). The method is based on using the analytical equations of the EKV transistor model to estimate the behavior of some basic analog blocks and later on utilizing the block estimations to arrive at the final circuit performance estimation. Finally, we apply the PE to various basic analog blocks and circuits to observe the effectiveness of the method.
Keywords :
analogue circuits; circuit CAD; transistor circuits; EKV transistor model; analog block behavior; analog circuit design; analog design automation system; block estimation; circuit performance estimation; performance estimator tool; Analog circuits; Circuit synthesis; Design automation; Design engineering; Design methodology; Equations; MOSFETs; Performance analysis; Productivity; Table lookup;
Conference_Titel :
Circuit Theory and Design, 2005. Proceedings of the 2005 European Conference on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-9066-0
DOI :
10.1109/ECCTD.2005.1523007
