• DocumentCode
    2410697
  • Title

    Towards Global Optimization of Electronic Circuits for D.C. Operation

  • Author

    Durbin, Francois ; Heydemann, M. ; Montaron, J.

  • Author_Institution
    Centre de Bruyeres-Le-Chatel, C.E.A., Montrouge, France
  • fYear
    1980
  • fDate
    22-25 Sept. 1980
  • Firstpage
    133
  • Lastpage
    136
  • Abstract
    2 new and efficient methods of solution for the general non-linear programming problem: minimize F(x)=F(x1, x2,...xn) in the domain S:ai<;xi<;bi such that g(x)>;0, h(x)=0, have been implemented in the C.A.D. program ASTEC-3. As an illustration, we present the results we obtained in the D.C. operation optimization of a CMOS/SOS differential amplifier.
  • Keywords
    CAD; CMOS analogue integrated circuits; differential amplifiers; electronic engineering computing; networks (circuits); nonlinear programming; CAD program ASTEC-3; CMOS-SOS differential amplifier; DC operation; electronic circuits; general nonlinear programming problem; global optimization; Analog computers; Circuit analysis computing; Computer aided manufacturing; Computer aided software engineering; Constraint optimization; Design optimization; Differential amplifiers; Electronic circuits; MOSFETs; Solid modeling;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Solid State Circuits Conferene, 1980. ESSCIRC 80. 6th European
  • Conference_Location
    Grenoble
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ESSCIRC.1980.5468756
  • Filename
    5468756