Title :
Analog design optimization by means of a Tabu Search approach
Author :
Aguirre, M.A. ; Chávez, J. ; Torralba, A. ; Franquelo, L.G.
Author_Institution :
Dept. de Ingenieria Electronica, Escuela Superior de Ingenieros, Sevilla, Spain
fDate :
30 May-2 Jun 1994
Abstract :
Although many design tools have been developed for digital design, analog design tools are just being introduced. This paper deals with device sizing of analog cells. A new method using the Tabu Search heuristic is proposed. It minimizes a given cost function, which depends on a set of designer specifications. The results obtained show that this method can approach very close the global minimum of the cost function with only a few number of iterations. Hence, an analog simulation program, such as SPICE, can be used for the evaluation of the cost function at each iteration
Keywords :
SPICE; analogue integrated circuits; circuit CAD; circuit optimisation; integrated circuit design; SPICE; Tabu Search heuristic; analog design optimization; analog simulation program; cost function; designer specifications; device sizing; global minimum; iterations; Circuit simulation; Circuit topology; Computational modeling; Cost function; Design optimization; IEEE members; Minimization; Process design; SPICE; Simulated annealing;
Conference_Titel :
Circuits and Systems, 1994. ISCAS '94., 1994 IEEE International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
London
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-1915-X
DOI :
10.1109/ISCAS.1994.408875
