Title :
Piecewise linear asymptotic waveform evaluation for transient simulation of electronic circuits
Author :
Dikmen, C.T. ; Alaybeyi, M.M. ; Topcu, S. ; Atalar, A. ; Sezer, E. ; Tan, M.A. ; Rohrer, R.A.
Author_Institution :
Bilkent Univ., Ankara, Turkey
Abstract :
A general purpose circuit simulation program, PL-AWE (piecewise linear asymptotic waveform evaluator) is developed especially for the analysis of VLSI circuits. PL-AWE uses the asymptotic waveform evaluation (AWE) technique, which is a new method to analyze linear(ized) circuits, and piecewise-linear (PL) models to represent nonlinear elements. AWE employs a form of Pade approximation rather than numerical integration to approximate the behavior of linear(ized) circuits in either the time or the frequency domain. The authors discuss the internal workings of the program, and indicate its effectiveness in terms of several illustrative examples
Keywords :
VLSI; circuit analysis computing; frequency-domain analysis; piecewise-linear techniques; time-domain analysis; PL-AWE; Pade approximation; VLSI circuits; asymptotic waveform evaluation; circuit simulation program; effectiveness; electronic circuit evaluation; internal workings; piecewise linear asymptotic waveform evaluation; piecewise linear asymptotic waveform evaluator; piecewise linear models; transient simulation; Analytical models; Circuit analysis; Circuit simulation; Electronic circuits; Iterative algorithms; Nonlinear circuits; Nonlinear equations; Piecewise linear approximation; Piecewise linear techniques; Transient analysis;
Conference_Titel :
Circuits and Systems, 1991., IEEE International Sympoisum on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-0050-5
DOI :
10.1109/ISCAS.1991.176497
