A Web Tool for Interactive Exploration of Analog Design Tradeoffs

Financial concerns, design efficiency needs, and new and complex phenomena in submicron technologies have created a need for up-front (pre-schematic) analog design work. Analog designers need tools that allow them to be proactive and evaluate topology tradeoffs and promising approaches before lengthy and laborious simulation work begins. This paper presents a Web-based, automated method where a designer can interactively explore analog design tradeoffs, such as mismatch, gain, noise and other design parameters, across key circuit blocks and devices