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 circuit, and on the methodologies to estimate the circuit’s performance.
Nuno C.C. Lourenço is a Post-Doctoral Researcher in the Integrated Circuits group, within the Instituto de Telecomunicações in Lisbon, Portugal. Ricardo M. F. Martins is a Post-Doctoral Researcher in the Integrated Circuits group, within the Instituto de Telecomunicações in Lisbon, Portugal. Nuno C. G. Horta is Professor at Instituto Superior Técnico from University of Lisbon and Senior Researcher in the Integrated Circuits group, within the Instituto de Telecomunicações in Lisbon, Portugal.
Innehållsförteckning
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.