An interactive program for automatic network function generation with insights

Author

Yanjie Gu ; Guoyong Shi

Author_Institution

Dept. of Micro/Nano-Electron., Shanghai Jiao Tong Univ., Shanghai, China

fYear

2015

fDate

24-27 May 2015

Firstpage

1810

Lastpage

1813

Abstract

This paper introduces an educational tool and its implementation for automatically generating symbolic network functions of analog small-signal circuits. This tool has the following features: graphical schematic input, automatic generation of transfer function formula in clean s-expanded form, and dynamic linkage between symbols in formula and the selected elements in circuit. The last feature is unique in this contribution in that it can help students easily receive design insights. The details on implementing these key features are presented together with an illustrative example.

Keywords

analogue integrated circuits; transfer functions; analog small-signal circuits; automatic network function generation; automatically generating symbolic network functions; clean s-expanded form; dynamic linkage; educational tool; graphical schematic input; interactive program; transfer function formula; Algorithm design and analysis; Boolean functions; Data structures; Graphical user interfaces; Polynomials; Software; Transfer functions; Education software; interactive design tool; symbolic analysis; transfer function;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Circuits and Systems (ISCAS), 2015 IEEE International Symposium on

Conference_Location

Lisbon

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ISCAS.2015.7169007

Filename

7169007