Automated topology synthesis of analog and RF integrated circuits: A survey

Sorkhabi, Samin Ebrahim; Zhang, Lihong

doi:10.1016/j.vlsi.2016.10.017

Cited by 23 publications

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“…The complex topology and a large number of component values for circuits makes its automated analog design a challenge. Considering different strategies to implement automated analog circuit design, researchers specified several ways to tackle the challenge, including domain knowledge-based and evolutionary algorithm (EA)based approaches [29]. Table 1 gives a brief comparison of automated circuit design methodologies based on domain knowledge and EA.…”

Section: Automated Analog Circuit Design Algorithmsmentioning

confidence: 99%

A novel tree-based representation for evolving analog circuits and its application to memristor-based pulse generation circuit

Shi

Minku

Yao

2022

Genet Program Evolvable Mach

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When applying evolutionary algorithms to circuit design automation, circuit representation is the first consideration. There have been several studies applying different circuit representations. However, they still have some problems, such as lack of design ability, which means the diversity of evolved circuits was limited by the circuit representation, and inefficient transformation from circuit representation into SPICE (Simulation Program with Integrated Circuit Emphasis) netlist. In this paper, a novel tree-based circuit representation for analog circuits is proposed, which is equipped with an intuitive and three-terminal devices friendly mapping rule between circuit representation and SPICE netlist, as well as a suitable crossover operator. Based on the proposed representation, a framework for automated analog circuit design using genetic programming is proposed to evolve both the circuit topology and device values. Three benchmark circuits are applied to evaluate the proposed approach, showing that the proposed method is feasible and evolves analog circuits with better fitness and number of components while using less fitness evaluations than existing approaches. Furthermore, considering physical scalability limits of conventional circuit elements and the increased interest in emerging technologies, a memristor-based pulse generation circuit is also evolved based on the proposed method. The feasibility of the evolved circuits is verified by circuit simulation successfully. The experiment results show that the evolved memristive circuit is more compact and has better energy efficiency compared with existing manually-designed circuits.

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Section: Automated Analog Circuit Design Algorithmsmentioning

confidence: 99%

A novel tree-based representation for evolving analog circuits and its application to memristor-based pulse generation circuit

Shi

Minku

Yao

2022

Genet Program Evolvable Mach

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“…Recently, automated circuit designs [34][35][36][37] have attracted more attention as manual attempts become increasingly hard due to the scaling of IC technology. Machine learning (ML) is a subset of artificial intelligence that learns from experiences and builds a mathematical model through sampling data and provides an automated optimization platform.…”

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“…Circuit topology [36] can be synthesized by using ordered node clustering representations (ONCR) method, as described in [115]. This method is like a manual design and decides suitable features among available designs.…”

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confidence: 99%

Optimization techniques for analog and RF circuit designs: an overview

Kouhalvandi

Ceylan²,

Özoğuz

2020

Analog Integr Circ Sig Process

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Optimizations have gained much consideration from the researchers working in the domains of analog and radio frequency (RF), recently. Dealing with highly nonlinear behavior of active components and aiming to meet design specifications are common issues in all nonlinear circuit designs. As a consequence and accordingly, many studies have been conducted on diverse optimization methods and algorithms for tackling the design problems and meeting optimal solutions with high accuracy. The main purpose of this article is to provide a comprehensive and systematic literature review for the optimization approaches applied by the researchers for designing various analog and microwave circuits. We focus on considering the existing optimization methods from the newly published optimization methods in the last decade. Thus, this study can guide and enlighten complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor analog and RF microwave circuit designers to consider optimization methods commonly used in both areas and to expand conventional performance figures used in their area.

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“…A few examples of such intricacy are found in circuits such as tenth generation Intel Core i9 processors, with more than 3 billion transistors, or the Virtex UltraScale+ series solutions of XILINX, with up to 40 billion transistors. The realization of this kind of technology is possible thanks to the use of Electronic Design Automation (EDA) tools, which are software solutions for the design and verification of the functionality of the devices that constitute an electronic system [21,16,19,26]. EDA tools come in many flavors, from high-level design tools such as VHDL to low-level layout managers such as L-EDIT.…”

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confidence: 99%

EI‐SCAM as a teaching tool in an undergraduate course in analog and high‐frequency circuits

Sánchez-Gaspariano

Vivaldo‐de‐la‐Cruz

Muñoz‐Pacheco

et al. 2022

Comp Applic In Engineering

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EI-SCAM is a very useful tool capable of carrying out symbolic, semi-symbolic, and numerical solutions for the electrical variables of a circuit under analysis. The goal of the research reported herein is to assess the effectiveness of the program as a teaching tool for circuit analysis of Automotive System Engineering students. To this aim, EI-SCAM has been used for at least 5 years, from 2017 to 2021, in the undergraduate course Interfaces, Communications,

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Automated topology synthesis of analog and RF integrated circuits: A survey

Cited by 23 publications

References 77 publications

A novel tree-based representation for evolving analog circuits and its application to memristor-based pulse generation circuit

A novel tree-based representation for evolving analog circuits and its application to memristor-based pulse generation circuit

Optimization techniques for analog and RF circuit designs: an overview

EI‐SCAM as a teaching tool in an undergraduate course in analog and high‐frequency circuits

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