Analog synthesis from behavioral descriptions

Author

Somanchi, Subbarao ; Manwaring, Mark L.

Author_Institution

Sch. of Electr. Eng. & Comput. Sci., Washington State Univ., Pullman, WA, USA

fYear

1993

fDate

3-6 May 1993

Firstpage

2079

Abstract

An automated synthesis system is described for the design of high-level analog circuits and systems. A circuit is specified by its dynamic behavior-described using a class of time-differential equations or state-space equations. The desired performance requirements and the imposed constraints are specified. A synthesis procedure is described to perform structural synthesis of a circuit in terms of analog functions which result in dynamic behavior equivalent to the specified equations. The design system then proceeds in a hierarchical top-down fashion to develop the circuits and the layouts for the individual functional blocks in order to achieve the desired performance. This culminates in an integrated circuit layout whose behavior and performance correspond to input specifications

Keywords

analogue integrated circuits; circuit analysis computing; circuit layout CAD; integrated circuit layout; state-space methods; automated synthesis system; behavioral descriptions; dynamic behavior; functional blocks; hierarchical top-down fashion; high-level analog circuits; integrated circuit layout; performance requirements; state-space equations; structural synthesis; time-differential equations; Analog circuits; Circuit simulation; Circuit synthesis; Design automation; Equations; Integrated circuit layout; Integrated circuit modeling; Integrated circuit synthesis; Operational amplifiers; State-space methods;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Circuits and Systems, 1993., ISCAS '93, 1993 IEEE International Symposium on

Conference_Location

Chicago, IL

Print_ISBN

0-7803-1281-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ISCAS.1993.394165

Filename

394165