A knowledge based simulation environment

Author

Milzner, Klaus ; Krohm, Florian

Author_Institution

Dortmund Univ., Germany

fYear

1990

fDate

13-16 May 1990

Abstract

A knowledge-based shell for simulators has been developed as one part of a design environment for analog circuits. This shell offers circuit-specific simulation support exploiting expert knowledge for dealing with problems like test function generation and simulation clustering. Applications areas are all domains that require automated circuit characterization, such as synthesis or cell library maintenance. The prototype version has successfully been developed in the context of the OASE (operational amplifier and analog circuits synthesis expert system) analog circuit synthesis project. Currently it includes the BONSIM device-level simulator and opamp-specific circuit knowledge

Keywords

analogue circuits; circuit CAD; expert systems; knowledge engineering; BONSIM device-level simulator; OASE; analog circuits; circuit-specific simulation support; design environment; expert knowledge; expert system; knowledge based simulation environment; knowledge-based shell; opamp-specific circuit knowledge; simulation clustering; test function generation; Analog circuits; Circuit simulation; Circuit testing; Context modeling; Expert systems; Flexible printed circuits; Integrated circuit synthesis; Prototypes; Sequential analysis; System testing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Custom Integrated Circuits Conference, 1990., Proceedings of the IEEE 1990

Conference_Location

Boston, MA

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CICC.1990.124707

Filename

124707