Automatic Analog IC Sizing and Optimization Constrained with PVT Corners and Layout Effects

• Main Authors: Lourenço, Nuno (Author), Martins, Ricardo (Author), Horta, Nuno (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
• Subjects: Engineering.; Microprocessors.; Electronics.; Microelectronics.; Electronic circuits.; Circuits and Systems.; Processor Architectures.; Electronics and Microelectronics, Instrumentation.

This book introduces readers to a variety of tools for automatic analog integrated circuit (IC) sizing and optimization. The authors provide a historical perspective on the early methods proposed to tackle automatic analog circuit sizing, with emphasis on the methodologies to size and optimize the c...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Previous Works on Automatic Analog IC Sizing
• AIDA-C Architecture
• Multi-Objective Optimization Kernel
• AIDA-C Circuit Sizing Results
• Layout-Aware Circuit Sizing
• AIDA-C Layout-aware Circuit Sizing Results
• Conclusions.