From analog design description to layout: a new approach to analog silicon compilation

A novel approach is presented to the silicon compilation of analog functional blocks. An algorithmic approach is adopted for the compiler and its structural components, including the synthesis, analog physical assembly, analog module generation, and device compilation. The approach is motivated by the need to aid the designer in assembling analog subsystems from a description of the design and parameterized leaf cells/operators. The results from an implementation that is being developed to compile high-performance, medium-speed sampled-data systems in BiCMOS technology are presented