SAUCES: a sensitivity analysis program for analog circuit design

Author

Cheng, Y. ; Fujii, R.

Author_Institution

Sch. of Electr. Eng., Purdue Univ., West Lafayette, IN, USA

Volume

3

fYear

1992

fDate

10-13 May 1992

Firstpage

1175

Abstract

The SAUCES (Sensitivity Analysis Using Circuit Elements in Symbolic format) program is described. SAUCES computes the sensitivity of an analog circuit either symbolically or numerically by utilizing the results from symbolic circuit analysis. A simple method to drive the sensitivity of a symbolic circuit transfer function with respect to each circuit element is presented. A method to derive the sensitivity of zeros and poles symbolically for the circuit transfer function is also presented. The advantages of the symbolic representation of the pole and zero sensitivity are discussed. An example is used to show how SAUCES can be used to improve circuit design

Keywords

analogue circuits; circuit CAD; circuit analysis computing; poles and zeros; sensitivity analysis; symbol manipulation; transfer functions; SAUCES; analog circuit design; poles; sensitivity analysis program; symbolic circuit analysis; transfer function; zeros; Analog circuits; Analog computers; Application software; Circuit analysis; Circuit analysis computing; Circuit synthesis; Equations; Poles and zeros; Sensitivity analysis; Transfer functions;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Circuits and Systems, 1992. ISCAS '92. Proceedings., 1992 IEEE International Symposium on

Conference_Location

San Diego, CA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-0593-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ISCAS.1992.230316

Filename

230316