Title :
Sizing analog circuits using an SQP and Branch and Bound based approach
Author :
Pehl, M. ; Zwerger, M. ; Graeb, H.
Author_Institution :
Inst. for Electron. Design Autom., Tech. Univ. Munchen, Munich, Germany
Abstract :
Sizing of analog circuits is one important step in the analog design flow. State-of-the art sizing tasks frequently require discrete parameters to consider manufacturing grids, multipliers, or technologies with exclusively discretely scalable design parameters. This paper presents a new SQP and Branch and Bound based approach to tackle this problem. Experimental results show the efficacy and effectiveness of the approach.
Keywords :
analogue circuits; network synthesis; quadratic programming; tree searching; SQP; analog circuit sizing; analog design flow; branch-and-bound-based approach; discrete parameters; manufacturing grids; scalable design parameters; sequential quadratic programming; Neodymium; Prognostics and health management; Strontium; Analog circuits; Design automation;
Conference_Titel :
Electronics, Circuits, and Systems (ICECS), 2010 17th IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Athens
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-8155-2
DOI :
10.1109/ICECS.2010.5724448
