An approach to integrated numerical and symbolic circuit analysis

Author

Zuberek, W.M. ; Konczykowska, A. ; Martin, D.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Comput. Sci., Memorial Univ. of Newfoundland, St. John´´s, Nfld., Canada

Volume

1

fYear

1994

fDate

30 May-2 Jun 1994

Firstpage

33

Abstract

An interface to symbolic circuit analysis has been developed for a SPICE-like circuit simulator in order to integrate numerical simulation with an existing program for symbolic circuit analysis. In effect, both numerical and symbolic analyses use the same internal representation of circuits which makes the two approaches truly complementary. This integrated simulation capability is used in simulation-based parameter extraction where all AC small-signal parameters are fitted through the symbolic analysis rather than numerical one, significantly reducing the execution time of the extraction process

Keywords

SPICE; circuit analysis computing; numerical analysis; symbolic substitution; AC small-signal parameters; SPICE-like circuit simulator; integrated numerical/symbolic circuit analysis; numerical simulation; parameter extraction; symbolic analysis; Analytical models; Circuit analysis; Circuit analysis computing; Circuit simulation; Data mining; Distortion measurement; Numerical simulation; Packaging; Parameter extraction; Voltage;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Circuits and Systems, 1994. ISCAS '94., 1994 IEEE International Symposium on

Conference_Location

London

Print_ISBN

0-7803-1915-X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ISCAS.1994.408748

Filename

408748