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This survey presents an overview of recent advances in the state of the art for computer-aided design (CAD) tools for analog and mixed-signal integrated circuits (ICs

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4.2. Overview of symbolic analysis techniques 4.3. The set-up of the linear circuit equations 4.4. The symbolic solution of sets of linear equations 4.5. Symbolic expression approximation 4.6. Performance of the ISAAC program 4.7. Conclusions TABLI!OFCONTENTS CHAPI'ER S. SYMBOLIC DISTORTION ANALYSIS 5.1. Introduction 5.2. Symbolic noise analysis 5.3. Symbolic analysis of harmonic distortion in weakly nonlinear analog circuits202 5.4. Symbolic sensitivity analysis and zero/pole extraction 5.5. Techniques for the hierarchical symbolic analysis of large circuits 5.6. Conclusions CHAPI'ER 6. ANALOG DESIGN OPI'IMIZA TION BASED ON ANALYTIC MODELS 6.1. Introduction 6.2. Circuit sizing based on an optimization of analytic models 6.3. The analog design formulation in OPTIMAN 6.4. Practical design examples 6.5. Automated layout generation of analog integrated circuits 6.6. Conclusions