Title :
Formal verification of analog circuits in the presence of noise and process variation
Author :
Narayanan, Rajeev ; Akbarpour, Behzad ; Zaki, Mohamed H. ; Tahar, Sofiène ; Paulson, Lawrence C.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Concordia Univ., Montreal, QC, Canada
Abstract :
We model and verify analog designs in the presence of noise and process variation using an automated theorem prover, MetiTarski. Due to the statistical nature of noise, we propose to use stochastic differential equations (SDE) to model the designs. We find a closed form solution for the SDEs, then integrate the device variation due to the 0.18??m fabrication process and verify properties using MetiTarski. We illustrate the proposed approach on an inverting Op-Amp Integrator and a Band-Gap reference bias circuit.
Keywords :
analogue circuits; differential equations; formal verification; operational amplifiers; reference circuits; MetiTarski; analog circuits; analog designs; automated theorem prover; band-gap reference bias circuit; formal verification; inverting op-amp integrator; noise variation; process variation; size 0.18 mum; stochastic differential equations; Analog circuits; Analog computers; Circuit noise; Circuit simulation; Closed-form solution; Computational modeling; Formal verification; Mathematical model; Operational amplifiers; Working environment noise;
Conference_Titel :
Design, Automation & Test in Europe Conference & Exhibition (DATE), 2010
Conference_Location :
Dresden
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-7054-9
DOI :
10.1109/DATE.2010.5457009