An advanced symbolic analyzer for the automatic generation of analog circuit design equations

Author

Fernández, F.V. ; Rodriguez-Vázquez, A. ; Huertas, J.L.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Design of Analog Circuits, Centro Nacional de Microelectronica, Sevilla, Spain

fYear

1991

fDate

11-14 Jun 1991

Firstpage

810

Abstract

A tool for symbolic analysis of analog integrated circuits is presented featuring accurate simplification, pole/zero extraction, and tools for parametric AC circuit characterization. The program, called ASAP, uses signal flowgraph methods and has been written in C for portability. In its current version, ASAP is able to deal with the complexity levels arising in typical analog building blocks when described by device-level models. The ASAP inputs and outputs, the architecture, and the graphical interface are discussed

Keywords

circuit CAD; graphical user interfaces; linear integrated circuits; symbol manipulation; ASAP; accurate simplification; advanced symbolic analyzer; analog building blocks; analog circuit design equations; analog integrated circuits; design equations automate generation; device-level models; graphical interface; parametric AC circuit characterization; poles extraction; signal flowgraph methods; symbolic analysis; zeros extraction; Analog circuits; Analog integrated circuits; Circuit simulation; Equations; Integrated circuit modeling; Libraries; MOSFETs; Numerical simulation; Poles and zeros; Signal analysis;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Circuits and Systems, 1991., IEEE International Sympoisum on

Print_ISBN

0-7803-0050-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ISCAS.1991.176486

Filename

176486