Synergetic Algorithm for Power-Down Synthesis

Abstract

This paper presents a new approach to describe the analog power-down synthesis problem by combining two state-of-the art constraint programs to a unified, homogeneous constraint optimization problem that, in contrast to the previous approach, allows trade-offs between the two design goals "matching" and "area". Furthermore, enhanced symmetry constraints are incorporated by the new method. Experimental results show the efficacy of the proposed method.