Integer programming based topology selection of cell-level analog circuits

Author

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

Author_Institution

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

Volume

14

Issue

4

fYear

1995

fDate

4/1/1995 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

401

Lastpage

412

Abstract

A new approach to cell-level analog circuit synthesis is presented. This approach formulates analog synthesis as a Mixed-Integer Nonlinear Programming (MINLP) problem in order to allow simultaneous topology and parameter selection. Topology choices are represented as binary integer variables and design parameters (e.g., device sizes and bias voltages) as continuous variables. Examples using a Branch and Bound method to efficiently solve the MINLP problem for CMOS two-stage op amps are given

Keywords

analogue integrated circuits; circuit CAD; integer programming; integrated circuit design; network parameters; network topology; nonlinear programming; operational amplifiers; CMOS two-stage op amps; analog circuit synthesis; bias voltages; binary integer variables; branch and bound method; cell-level analog circuits; design parameters; device sizes; mixed-integer nonlinear programming problem; parameter selection; topology selection; Analog circuits; Application specific integrated circuits; Circuit synthesis; Circuit topology; Design automation; Integrated circuit interconnections; Integrated circuit synthesis; Linear programming; Operational amplifiers; Voltage;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Computer-Aided Design of Integrated Circuits and Systems, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0278-0070

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/43.372366

Filename

372366