Estimating the Impact of Methodology on Analog Integrated Circuit Design Time

Jalas, Panu; Rahkonen, Timo

doi:10.1109/mdat.2015.2497331

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“…Analog integrated circuits are key hardware components for building new multi-media system applications including internet-of-things (IoT), 5G communication, and selfdriving cars [1]. To comply with the emerging trends, new design methodologies for analog integrated circuits that can improve the circuit performance while maintaining good cost and power efficiency are in high demand [2]. Design automation is an ultimate goal for analog integrated circuits, since this can significantly improve the design time and productivity.…”

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Brief Paper: Linearized Transistor Model Based Automated Biasing Scheme for Analog Integrated Circuits

Lacek¹,

Nahra²,

Roter³

et al. 2021

J Multimed Inf Syst

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This work presents an automated transistor biasing scheme for analog integrated circuits. In order to effectively bias the transistor at a desired operating point, the proposed method uses a linearized transistor circuit model along with the curve fitted expressions obtained from the pre-simulated I-V characteristics of the actual transistor. As a result, the transistor size that leads to the desired operating point can be easily determined without heavily relying on the circuit simulator, which will lead to significant design time reduction. Furthermore, the proposed method is applied to an actual amplifier circuit where the design time based on the proposed biasing method showed 10× faster than the conventional design approach using the circuit simulator.

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confidence: 99%