Title :
Enablingy the DC solutions characterization using a fuzzy approach
Author :
Lahiouel, Ons ; Aridhi, Henda ; Zaki, Mohamed H. ; Tahar, Sofiene
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Concordia Univ., Montreal, QC, Canada
Abstract :
This paper presents a method for characterizing the DC operating points of analog circuits. We construct fuzzy DC equations that model circuit parameter variations and apply a global optimization algorithm to estimate the location of DC points. We applied our method to analyze the stability of a ring oscillator and the influence of the input voltage offset on the DC characteristic of a differential pair. Our results prove the effectiveness of our method in describing circuits DC performance parameters and predicting possibilities of undesired circuit operations.
Keywords :
circuit optimisation; circuit stability; fuzzy set theory; oscillators; DC characteristic; DC operating point characterization; DC solution characterization; analog circuits; circuit DC performance parameters; differential pair; fuzzy DC equation approach; global optimization algorithm; input voltage offset; model circuit parameter variations; ring oscillator stability; Analog circuits; Circuit stability; Equations; Mathematical model; Optimization; Ring oscillators; Stability analysis;
Conference_Titel :
New Circuits and Systems Conference (NEWCAS), 2014 IEEE 12th International
Conference_Location :
Trois-Rivieres, QC
DOI :
10.1109/NEWCAS.2014.6934008
