Title :
An interactive program for automatic network function generation with insights
Author :
Yanjie Gu ; Guoyong Shi
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Micro/Nano-Electron., Shanghai Jiao Tong Univ., Shanghai, China
Abstract :
This paper introduces an educational tool and its implementation for automatically generating symbolic network functions of analog small-signal circuits. This tool has the following features: graphical schematic input, automatic generation of transfer function formula in clean s-expanded form, and dynamic linkage between symbols in formula and the selected elements in circuit. The last feature is unique in this contribution in that it can help students easily receive design insights. The details on implementing these key features are presented together with an illustrative example.
Keywords :
analogue integrated circuits; transfer functions; analog small-signal circuits; automatic network function generation; automatically generating symbolic network functions; clean s-expanded form; dynamic linkage; educational tool; graphical schematic input; interactive program; transfer function formula; Algorithm design and analysis; Boolean functions; Data structures; Graphical user interfaces; Polynomials; Software; Transfer functions; Education software; interactive design tool; symbolic analysis; transfer function;
Conference_Titel :
Circuits and Systems (ISCAS), 2015 IEEE International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Lisbon
DOI :
10.1109/ISCAS.2015.7169007
