• DocumentCode
    2756828
  • Title

    Automating the sizing of analog CMOS circuits by consideration of structural constraints

  • Author

    Schwencker, R. ; Eckmueller, J. ; Graeb, H. ; Antreich, K.

  • Author_Institution
    Inst. of Electron. Design Autom., Tech. Univ. of Munich, Germany
  • fYear
    1999
  • fDate
    9-12 March 1999
  • Firstpage
    323
  • Lastpage
    327
  • Abstract
    In this paper a method for the automatic sizing of analog integrated circuits is presented. Basic sizing rules, representing circuit knowledge, are set up before the sizing and are introduced as structural constraints into the sizing process. Systematic consideration of these structural constraints during the automatic sizing prevents pathologically sized circuits and speeds up the automatic sizing. The sizing is done with a sensitivity-based, iterative trust region method.
  • Keywords
    CMOS analogue integrated circuits; circuit CAD; integrated circuit design; iterative methods; minimisation; operational amplifiers; analog CMOS circuits; automatic sizing; iterative trust region method; sensitivity-based method; structural constraints; Analog circuits; CMOS analog integrated circuits; Circuit simulation; Computational modeling; Design automation; Electronic design automation and methodology; Iterative algorithms; Mirrors; Numerical simulation; Signal design;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Design, Automation and Test in Europe Conference and Exhibition 1999. Proceedings
  • Conference_Location
    Munich, Germany
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7695-0078-1
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/DATE.1999.761141
  • Filename
    761141