Comparison between PSO and ACO techniques for analog circuit performance optimization

Author

Kotti, M. ; Benhala, B. ; Fakhfakh, M. ; Ahaitouf, A. ; Benlahbib, B. ; Loulou, M. ; Mecheqrane, A.

Author_Institution

Univ. of Sfax, Sfax, Tunisia

fYear

2011

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

6

Abstract

This paper presents a comparison between swarm intelligence (SI) techniques; namely Particle Swarm Optimization and Ant Colony Optimization, to solve analog circuit sizing problems. Performances in terms of optimum quality and computing time of both algorithms are checked via two applications that consist of optimizing performances of a CMOS second generation current conveyor (CCII), and an operational amplifier (Op-Amp).

Keywords

CMOS analogue integrated circuits; ant colony optimisation; circuit optimisation; current conveyors; integrated circuit design; operational amplifiers; particle swarm optimisation; ACO technique; CMOS second-generation CCII; CMOS second-generation current conveyor; PSO technique; SI technique; analog circuit performance optimization; analog circuit sizing problems; ant colony optimization; computing time; op-amp; operational amplifier; optimum quality; particle swarm optimization; swarm intelligence technique; Ant colony optimization; CMOS integrated circuits; Operational amplifiers; Optimization; Particle swarm optimization; Robustness; Simulation; Analog Design; Ant Colony; Current Conveyor; Mono-objective Optimisation; Operational Amplifier; Particle Swarm; Swarm Intelligence;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Microelectronics (ICM), 2011 International Conference on

Conference_Location

Hammamet

Print_ISBN

978-1-4577-2207-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICM.2011.6177367

Filename

6177367