{"title":"Statistically-aided electronic design environment","authors":"Carlos Gil-Soriano, P. Ituero","doi":"10.1109/SMACD.2016.7520734","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/SMACD.2016.7520734","url":null,"abstract":"This work presents SAEDE (Statistically-Aided Electronic Design Environment), a framework targeted to perform advanced statistical analysis within an ASIC design workflow, linking together circuit performance with technological parameters. A driving example, the design of a 10-stage delay line, is conducted. The study goals are two-fold: extract a circuit performance metric, the spread of the stage-delay, and determine its most sensitive BSIM4 transistor parameters. To achieve these goals, two statistical tools, new to ASIC design work-flow, have been used: Skew-Normal inference and BAHSIC feature selection. Consistent results are obtained, relating BSIM4 parameters to circuit performance impossible to grasp by analytical terms.","PeriodicalId":441203,"journal":{"name":"2016 13th International Conference on Synthesis, Modeling, Analysis and Simulation Methods and Applications to Circuit Design (SMACD)","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-06-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129751374","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Analog layout placement exploiting sub-block shape functions","authors":"Khaled El-Kenawy, Inas Mohammed, M. Dessouky","doi":"10.1109/SMACD.2016.7520735","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/SMACD.2016.7520735","url":null,"abstract":"This paper presents an analog layout placement flow based on Satisfiability Modulo Theories (SMT). For each building sub-block, different layout realizations are generated with different aspect ratio. The flow exploits the sub-block shape functions to explore placements that fulfill the given placement constraints attached to the building sub-blocks, as well as the top-level layout aspect ratio. For placement optimization, different variants are generated for each valid placement consisting of a group of sub-block aspect ratios. Solutions are chosen based on minimum area and verified by post-layout simulations. Using SMT algorithms guarantees generating a solution if one exists while maintaining a very rapid run time. A two stage single ended OTA design using a 65nm process is used to demonstrate the flow with post-layout results.","PeriodicalId":441203,"journal":{"name":"2016 13th International Conference on Synthesis, Modeling, Analysis and Simulation Methods and Applications to Circuit Design (SMACD)","volume":"90 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-06-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126070780","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Automated analog IC design constraints generation for a layout-aware sizing approach","authors":"Andre Ferreira, N. Lourenço, R. Martins, N. Horta","doi":"10.1109/SMACD.2016.7520740","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/SMACD.2016.7520740","url":null,"abstract":"This paper presents an approach to automatically generate circuit-level design constraints to a layout-aware sizing approach. The proposed approach is an enhanced version and implementation of an established method, based on pattern recognition and symmetry detection, and is integrated in the AIDAsoft electronic design automation (EDA) environment. The generation of constraints increases the automation of the design process and reduces the risk of errors, assisting the project designer during the design specification setup. The validity and effectiveness of the proposed approach is illustrated for the synthesis of classical circuit structures in the AIDAsoft environment.","PeriodicalId":441203,"journal":{"name":"2016 13th International Conference on Synthesis, Modeling, Analysis and Simulation Methods and Applications to Circuit Design (SMACD)","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-06-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131178334","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Sebastian Simon, Ozlem Karaca, Jérôme Kirscher, Alexander W. Rath, G. Pelz, L. Maurer
{"title":"Safety-oriented mixed-signal verification of automotive power devices in a UVM environment","authors":"Sebastian Simon, Ozlem Karaca, Jérôme Kirscher, Alexander W. Rath, G. Pelz, L. Maurer","doi":"10.1109/SMACD.2016.7520718","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/SMACD.2016.7520718","url":null,"abstract":"The complexity of automotive applications is continuously increasing, leading to a growing demand for methodologies that offer comprehensive mixed-signal verification. However, compared to the highly automated verification methodologies in the digital domain, pre-silicon verification in the analog domain still implies a substantial amount of manual work and computational effort. Apart from this, automotive applications most often have to comply with functional safety standards and therefore their robustness concerning safety-critical faults needs to be proven. This is normally ensured by performing safety verification with faults being purposefully injected into the designs. In this paper we present a methodology that enables a regression-based mixed-signal verification combined with an existing approach for analog safety analysis. Both concepts are applied to an automotive design, in which faults have been injected, in order to demonstrate their capabilities.","PeriodicalId":441203,"journal":{"name":"2016 13th International Conference on Synthesis, Modeling, Analysis and Simulation Methods and Applications to Circuit Design (SMACD)","volume":"257 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-06-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130983891","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Alexandra Iosub, Jérôme Kirscher, Andi Buzo, G. Pelz, L. Goras
{"title":"On the influence of angle sensor nonidealities on the torque ripple in PMSM systems — An analytical approach","authors":"Alexandra Iosub, Jérôme Kirscher, Andi Buzo, G. Pelz, L. Goras","doi":"10.1109/SMACD.2016.7520738","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/SMACD.2016.7520738","url":null,"abstract":"Accurate measurement of rotor angle in Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motor (PMSM) drive applications is important when high performances as low level torque ripples are required. If the relationship between torque ripple and angle error is known, then, further steps can be done in order to reduce the level of the ripple. Based on an analytical description of the sensor model, a relationship between the angle error and speed error (seen as a noise source for the system) as well as torque ripples are deduced. Simulation results for a specific range of mechanical speed using SystemC-AMS models confirm the theoretical analysis.","PeriodicalId":441203,"journal":{"name":"2016 13th International Conference on Synthesis, Modeling, Analysis and Simulation Methods and Applications to Circuit Design (SMACD)","volume":"17 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-06-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124973769","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
H. J. Mohammed, F. Abdulsalam, A. S. Abdulla, R. Ali, R. Abd‐Alhameed, J. Noras, Y. Al-Yasir, A. Ali, Jonathan Rodriguez, Abdelgader M. Abdalla
{"title":"Evaluation of genetic algorithms, particle swarm optimisation, and firefly algorithms in antenna design","authors":"H. J. Mohammed, F. Abdulsalam, A. S. Abdulla, R. Ali, R. Abd‐Alhameed, J. Noras, Y. Al-Yasir, A. Ali, Jonathan Rodriguez, Abdelgader M. Abdalla","doi":"10.1109/SMACD.2016.7520747","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/SMACD.2016.7520747","url":null,"abstract":"Evolutionary optimization techniques with multiple objectives are applied to the design of microstrip antennas. The biologically inspired algorithms, Particle Swarm Optimization, Genetic Algorithms and the Firefly Algorithm, are integrated in new software, Antenna Optimizer, which combines attributes of the electromagnetic design environment of CST Microwave Studio with those of the technical computing and programming environment of MATLAB. Impedance matching and gain improvement are optimized over a predefined frequency range, resulting in a very small and compact 12 mm × 21 mm ultra-wideband antenna which was fabricated and measured.","PeriodicalId":441203,"journal":{"name":"2016 13th International Conference on Synthesis, Modeling, Analysis and Simulation Methods and Applications to Circuit Design (SMACD)","volume":"50 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-06-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132141943","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
C. Villegas-Pachon, R. Carmona-Galán, J. Fernández-Berni, Á. Rodríguez-Vázquez
{"title":"Hardware-aware performance evaluation for the co-design of image sensors and vision algorithms","authors":"C. Villegas-Pachon, R. Carmona-Galán, J. Fernández-Berni, Á. Rodríguez-Vázquez","doi":"10.1109/SMACD.2016.7520722","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/SMACD.2016.7520722","url":null,"abstract":"The top-down approach to system design allows obtaining separate specifications for each subsystem. In the case of vision systems, this means propagating system-level specifications down to particular specifications for e. g. the image sensor, the image processor, etc. This permits to adopt different design strategies for each one of them, as long as they meet their own specifications. This approach can lead to over-design, which is not always affordable. Conversely, if higher-level specifications are too tight, they can lead to impossible specifications at the lower levels. This is certainly the case for embedded vision systems in which high-performance needs to be paired with a very restricted power budget. In order to explore alternative architectures, we need tools that allow for simultaneous optimization of different blocks. However, the link between low-level non-idealities and high-level performance is missing. CAD tools for the design and verification of analog and mixed-signal integrated circuits are not well suited for the simulation of higher-level functionalities. Our approach is to extract relevant data from circuit-level simulation and to build an OpenCV model to be employed in the design of the algorithm. The utility of this approach is illustrated by the evaluation of the effect of column-wise and pixel-wise FPN at the sensor on the performance of Viola-Jones face detection.","PeriodicalId":441203,"journal":{"name":"2016 13th International Conference on Synthesis, Modeling, Analysis and Simulation Methods and Applications to Circuit Design (SMACD)","volume":"31 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-06-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126903736","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
F. Passos, E. Roca, R. Castro-López, F. Fernández, Y. Ye, D. Spina, T. Dhaene
{"title":"Frequency-dependent parameterized macromodeling of integrated inductors","authors":"F. Passos, E. Roca, R. Castro-López, F. Fernández, Y. Ye, D. Spina, T. Dhaene","doi":"10.1109/SMACD.2016.7520750","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/SMACD.2016.7520750","url":null,"abstract":"Integrated inductors are one of the most important passive elements in radio frequency design, due to their wide usage in wireless communication circuits. Typically, electromagnetic simulators are used in order to estimate the inductors performance with high accuracy as a function of the inductor geometrical and electrical parameters. Such simulations offer high-accuracy, but are computationally expensive and extremely time consuming. In this paper, a frequency-dependent parameterized macromodeling technique is adopted in order to overcome this problem. The proposed approach offers a high degree of automation, since it is based on sequential sampling algorithms, high efficiency and flexibility: a continuous frequency-domain model is given for each value of the chosen inductors parameters in the design space.","PeriodicalId":441203,"journal":{"name":"2016 13th International Conference on Synthesis, Modeling, Analysis and Simulation Methods and Applications to Circuit Design (SMACD)","volume":"12 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-06-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129892148","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Systematic MEMS ASIC design flow using the example of an acceleration sensor","authors":"Jenny Klaus, R. Paris, R. Sommer","doi":"10.1109/SMACD.2016.7520730","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/SMACD.2016.7520730","url":null,"abstract":"With the help of MEMS-ASIC-development methodology the gap between a seamless design of multiphysical systems can be overcome. This contribution gives insight to MEMS2015 results of methodology for synthesis of MEMS. As an example of heterogeneous design an acceleration sensor is presented.","PeriodicalId":441203,"journal":{"name":"2016 13th International Conference on Synthesis, Modeling, Analysis and Simulation Methods and Applications to Circuit Design (SMACD)","volume":"80 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-06-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128605565","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Distortion contribution analysis of strongly non-linear analog circuits","authors":"A. Cooman, P. Bronders, G. Vandersteen","doi":"10.1109/SMACD.2016.7520649","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/SMACD.2016.7520649","url":null,"abstract":"A Distortion Contribution Analysis (DCA) determines the contributions of each sub-circuit to the total distortion generated by an electronic circuit in a simulation. The results of the DCA allow the designer of the circuit to effectively reduce the distortion. Recently, a DCA based on the Best Linear Approximation (BLA) was introduced. In this approach, the non-linear subcircuits are modelled using a linear approximation. The nonlinear distortion is represented as an additive noise source. Combining the BLA with the concepts of a noise analysis yields a DCA that works with realistic, modulated excitation signals instead of a one or two-tone excitation. Up till now, BLA-based DCA has only been applied to weakly non-linear circuits. In this paper, it is extended and applied to a strongly non-linear circuit.","PeriodicalId":441203,"journal":{"name":"2016 13th International Conference on Synthesis, Modeling, Analysis and Simulation Methods and Applications to Circuit Design (SMACD)","volume":"104 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-06-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124746407","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}