A genetic approach to simultaneous parameter space exploration and constraint transformation in analog synthesis

Author

Dhanwada, Nagu R. ; Nunez-Aldana, Adrian ; Vemuri, Ranga

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Comput. &Eng. Comput. Sci., Cincinnati Univ., OH, USA

Volume

6

fYear

1999

fDate

36342

Firstpage

362

Abstract

In this paper, we present a genetic algorithm based constraint transformation method. A unique feature of this is performing system level parameter space exploration to generate component design parameter ranges. We discuss a theoretical formulation and also show the method´s application in pruning the search space of an analog circuit synthesis tool. Finally experimental results showing the impact of parameter space exploration on circuit synthesis are presented

Keywords

analogue integrated circuits; circuit CAD; circuit optimisation; genetic algorithms; integrated circuit design; analog circuit synthesis tool; circuit optimisation; component design parameter ranges; constraint transformation; genetic approach; search space; simultaneous parameter space exploration; Algorithm design and analysis; Analog circuits; Analog-digital conversion; Circuit synthesis; DH-HEMTs; Design automation; Genetic algorithms; Process design; Space exploration; System performance;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Circuits and Systems, 1999. ISCAS '99. Proceedings of the 1999 IEEE International Symposium on

Conference_Location

Orlando, FL

Print_ISBN

0-7803-5471-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ISCAS.1999.780170

Filename

780170