A mixed-integer nonlinear programming approach to analog circuit synthesis

Author

Maulik, Prabir C. ; Carley, L. Richard ; Rutenbar, Rob A.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Carnegie Mellon Univ., Pittsburgh, PA, USA

fYear

1992

fDate

8-12 Jun 1992

Firstpage

698

Lastpage

703

Abstract

A mixed-integer nonlinear programming (MINLP) approach to cell-level analog circuit synthesis, allowing simultaneous topology selection and parameter selection, is presented. The problem formulation uses integer variables to model topology choices and continuous variables for the design parameters such as device sizes and bias voltages. Examples using a branch and bound approach to efficiently solve the MINLP problem for CMOS two-stage operational amplifiers are given

Keywords

CMOS integrated circuits; analogue circuits; circuit CAD; integer programming; network topology; nonlinear programming; operational amplifiers; CMOS; MINLP; analog circuit synthesis; bias voltages; branch and bound approach; cell-level analog circuit synthesis; continuous variables; device sizes; integer variables; mixed-integer nonlinear programming; parameter selection; topology choices; topology selection; two-stage operational amplifiers; Analog circuits; Circuit simulation; Circuit synthesis; Circuit topology; Design automation; Equations; Humans; Integrated circuit interconnections; Operational amplifiers; Voltage;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Design Automation Conference, 1992. Proceedings., 29th ACM/IEEE

Conference_Location

Anaheim, CA

ISSN

0738-100X

Print_ISBN

0-8186-2822-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/DAC.1992.227796

Filename

227796