A new symbolic program package for the interactive design of analog circuits

Author

Liberatore, A. ; Luchetta, A. ; Manetti, S. ; Piccirilli, M.C.

Author_Institution

Florence Univ., Italy

Volume

3

fYear

1995

fDate

30 Apr-3 May 1995

Firstpage

2209

Abstract

A new program package which constitutes an environment for the interactive exploration and improvement of analog circuit topologies is presented in this paper. The environment is provided with functionalities which permit the graphical schematic entry of the circuit, the symbolic analysis, the approximation of the symbolic results, the use of an external numerical simulator and the graphical postprocessing of both the symbolic and numerical simulation results. These functionalities allow us to immediately evaluate the influence of both topology and component value changes on the circuit behavior. The result is useful for educational/training purposes and for the interactive synthesis of new high-performance analog circuits

Keywords

analogue circuits; circuit CAD; circuit analysis computing; digital simulation; network topology; software packages; analog circuits; circuit topologies; component value changes; external numerical simulator; functionalities; graphical postprocessing; graphical schematic entry; interactive design; symbolic analysis; symbolic program package; training purposes; Analog circuits; Analytical models; Circuit analysis; Circuit simulation; Circuit topology; Network topology; Numerical simulation; Packaging; Performance analysis; Transfer functions;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Circuits and Systems, 1995. ISCAS '95., 1995 IEEE International Symposium on

Conference_Location

Seattle, WA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-2570-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ISCAS.1995.523866

Filename

523866