Development of analog circuit design automation tool

Author

Krishnamurthy, Vinitha ; Kim, Bruce

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL, USA

fYear

2009

fDate

5-8 March 2009

Firstpage

236

Lastpage

241

Abstract

In this paper, the performance of Genetic Algorithm (GA) and the key genetic operators are evaluated to identify the most suitable combination to be adopted for automating the design of analog circuits. The GA based design approach to select component values of an analog circuit to meet the desired specifications, is discussed and successfully demonstrated using a prototypical tool. A user friendly console provides an interactive simulation environment and Berkeley SPICE is the tool used for simulating analog circuits. Design of internals of the Complementary MOSFET (CMOS) Operational Amplifier for a specified bandwidth and design of a circuit using Bipolar Junction Transistor (BJT) Operational Amplifier for a specified closed loop gain are presented as applications. The methods used are generic and can be applied to all analog circuits.

Keywords

CMOS analogue integrated circuits; SPICE; bipolar analogue integrated circuits; electronic design automation; genetic algorithms; operational amplifiers; BJT operational amplifier; Berkeley SPICE; analog circuit design automation tool; bipolar junction transistor; closed loop gain; cmos operational amplifier; complementary MOSFET operational amplifier; genetic algorithm; genetic operators; interactive simulation environment; Algorithm design and analysis; Analog circuits; Bandwidth; Circuit simulation; Design automation; Genetic algorithms; MOSFET circuits; Operational amplifiers; Prototypes; SPICE;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Southeastcon, 2009. SOUTHEASTCON '09. IEEE

Conference_Location

Atlanta, GA

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-3976-8

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-3978-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/SECON.2009.5174083

Filename

5174083