Fast calculation of analog circuits´ feasibility regions by low level functional measures

Author

Zizala, Stephan ; Eckmuller, Josef ; Grab, Helmut

Volume

2

fYear

1998

fDate

1998

Firstpage

85

Abstract

In this paper we present a new approach for fast calculation of analog circuits´ feasibility regions. We use low level functional measures to assure the basic functionality of the considered circuit. These are approximated to give a fast estimate of the region, in which non-pathological behavior of the circuit is guaranteed. As this approximation can be complex, a method to reduce this complexity is proposed. With an example it is shown that this method reduces the originally specified definition region by 70%. Furthermore we show that using the feasibility region as a definition region for circuit-modeling significantly increases the accuracy

Keywords

analogue integrated circuits; circuit analysis computing; circuit optimisation; integrated circuit design; integrated circuit modelling; network parameters; IC design; IC modelling; analog circuit; circuit optimisation; circuit-modeling; definition region; feasibility regions; low level functional measures; nonpathological behavior; Analog circuits; Capacitance; Circuit optimization; Electronic design automation and methodology; Mirrors; Optimization methods; Pathology; Performance evaluation; Resistors; Upper bound;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Electronics, Circuits and Systems, 1998 IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

Lisboa

Print_ISBN

0-7803-5008-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICECS.1998.814836

Filename

814836