Title :
A novel design assistant for analog circuits
Author :
Wolf, Markus ; Kleine, Ulrich ; Schafer, Frédéric
Author_Institution :
Inst. for Meas. Technol. & Electron., Otto-von-Guericke Univ. of Magdeburg, Germany
Abstract :
This paper presents a new design assistant for analog integrated circuits. The interactive tool is implemented in the Design Framework II of Cadence and supports the designer during circuit design. With the help of this new assistant analog designers can create ad hoc layouts of their circuits. These layouts are automatically extracted, and the updated netlist of the circuit is used for further simulation and optimization steps. Thus the optimization is speeded up and the reliability of the design is improved due to the more accurate modeling of the parasitic circuit elements. The use of the design assistant will be demonstrated by various examples
Keywords :
analogue integrated circuits; circuit CAD; circuit layout CAD; Cadence; Design Framework II; analog circuits; design assistant; interactive tool; layouts; optimization; reliability; simulation; updated netlist; Analog circuits; Analog integrated circuits; Circuit simulation; Circuit synthesis; Circuit topology; Design optimization; Integrated circuit measurements; Integrated circuit technology; MOSFETs; Phase estimation;
Conference_Titel :
Design Automation Conference 1998. Proceedings of the ASP-DAC '98. Asia and South Pacific
Conference_Location :
Yokohama
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-4425-1
DOI :
10.1109/ASPDAC.1998.669533
