WATSON design space boundary exploration and model generation for analog and RFIC design.

WATSON design space boundary exploration and model generation for analog and RFIC design.

A new method is described which gives the designer access to the design space boundaries of a circuit topology, all with transistor-level accuracy. Using multiobjective genetic optimization, the hypersurface of Pareto-optimal design points is calculated. Tradeoff analysis of competing performances a...

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:IEEE Transactions on computer-aided design of integrated circuits and systems 22, 2 (2003).
Main Author: De Smedt, B.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
CAD.
EDA.
LC-tank VCO.
LC-tank voltage-controlled oscillator.
Miller-compensated OTA.
Pareto-optimal design points.
RFIC design.
WATSON.
Analog IC design.
Circuit synthesis.
Circuit topology.
Design automation.
Design space boundary exploration.
Hypersurface.
Model generation.
Multiobjective genetic optimization.
Multivariate regression techniques.
Operational transconductance amplifier.
Tradeoff analysis.
Transistor-level accuracy.