{"title":"Novel analog synthesis tool implemented to the Cadence design environment","authors":"M. Kubar, J. Jakovenko","doi":"10.1109/SM2ACD.2010.5672330","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/SM2ACD.2010.5672330","url":null,"abstract":"While analog part of the integrated circuit covers 10% of its area its design takes 90% of the time needed to design the whole circuit. Therefore analog synthesis is very hot topic at present. It can save enormous part of the design time. This paper presents work on novel analog synthesis tool capable of choosing circuit architecture and to size its devices by optimization to meet the design specification. This tool is implemented into Cadence design environment to be easily used by the analog designers. The tool is under construction at present so partial results are presented here.","PeriodicalId":442381,"journal":{"name":"2010 XIth International Workshop on Symbolic and Numerical Methods, Modeling and Applications to Circuit Design (SM2ACD)","volume":"25 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2010-12-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122156516","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":"Artificial bee Colony optimization based CMOS inverter design considering propagation delays","authors":"Y. Delican, R. Vural, T. Yıldırım","doi":"10.1109/SM2ACD.2010.5672326","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/SM2ACD.2010.5672326","url":null,"abstract":"Artificial bee colony (ABC) algorithm is a new population based metaheuristic approach inspired by intelligent foraging behavior of honeybee swarm. Since microelectronic circuit design deals with highly complicated nonlinear equations, obtaining optimal solution of these equations due to particular constraints in short time and acceptable error is of prime concern. Simpler structure and better result providing in case of parameter growth makes ABC an ideal candidate for optimal design of circuit topologies. In this work, usage of ABC algorithm in electronic circuit design has been investigated. For this purpose, the performance of the algorithm has been tested on the design of a CMOS inverter considering transient performance. The optimizations of CMOS inverter parameters are carried out using ABC in MATLAB and the accuracy of performance prediction is verified by SPICE simulation (0.25-µm). Performance criteria of inverter constitute the constraints of ABC. Obtained results show that ABC is capable of designing the CMOS inverter in a very short time while satisfying all the design considerations with an acceptable error.","PeriodicalId":442381,"journal":{"name":"2010 XIth International Workshop on Symbolic and Numerical Methods, Modeling and Applications to Circuit Design (SM2ACD)","volume":"14 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2010-12-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129557322","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":"Design of robust electronic circuits for yield optimization","authors":"C. Salzig, M. Hauser","doi":"10.1109/SM2ACD.2010.5672315","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/SM2ACD.2010.5672315","url":null,"abstract":"With the trend from micro- to nanoelectronics the control of production deviations can not keep pace with the reduction of the absolute sizes of semiconductor devices. This results in an increased number of circuits beyond specification. The presented symbolic methods for reducing behavioral models with parameter variations assist designing and optimizing robust electronic circuits to increase the yield of produced circuits.","PeriodicalId":442381,"journal":{"name":"2010 XIth International Workshop on Symbolic and Numerical Methods, Modeling and Applications to Circuit Design (SM2ACD)","volume":"31 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2010-12-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132211658","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":"A new DC-temperature model for a diode bolometer based on SOI-pin-diode test structures","authors":"P. Kropelnicki, H. Vogt","doi":"10.1109/SM2ACD.2010.5672328","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/SM2ACD.2010.5672328","url":null,"abstract":"Different models have been proposed for modeling the IV-characteristics of diodes. In this paper we present a simple model, which describes both the IV- and the temperature characteristics of a SOI-pin-diode and can be used for different diodes types. It is well known that the DC-characteristics of a diode can be approximated by the simple Shockley-equation. However, when a more exact modelling of device parameters is needed, for example for a microbolometer based on a diode, deviations from the simple exponential behaviour have to be taken into account. These additional effects usually depend on the operating point of the diode and can be included by allowing the ideality factor to vary with the applied operating voltage.","PeriodicalId":442381,"journal":{"name":"2010 XIth International Workshop on Symbolic and Numerical Methods, Modeling and Applications to Circuit Design (SM2ACD)","volume":"6 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2010-12-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132532790","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":"Automatic generation of RF integrated inductors analytical characterization","authors":"P. Pereira, M. Fino, M. Ventim-Neves","doi":"10.1109/SM2ACD.2010.5672295","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/SM2ACD.2010.5672295","url":null,"abstract":"This paper addresses the automatic generation of RF integrated inductors model. In this work the double p-model is used as a way of characterizing the inductor behaviour over a frequency range beyond the self-resonant value. For the evaluation of the model element values analytical expressions based on technology parameters as well as on the device geometric characteristics are used. The use of a technology-based methodology for the evaluation of the model parameters grants the adaptability of the models generated to any technology. The inductor analytical characterization is integrated into an optimization-based tool for the automatic design of RF integrated inductors. This tool uses a Genetic Algorithm (GA) optimization procedure, where user defined constraints on the design parameters are taken into account. Due to the design constraints nature and topology constraints, discrete variables optimization techniques are used.","PeriodicalId":442381,"journal":{"name":"2010 XIth International Workshop on Symbolic and Numerical Methods, Modeling and Applications to Circuit Design (SM2ACD)","volume":"82 14","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2010-12-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"113944474","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}
J. Esteban-Muller, R. Gonzalez-Echevarria, C. Sánchez-López, E. Roca, R. Castro-López, F. Fernández, J. López-Villegas, J. Sieiro, N. Vidal
{"title":"Multi-objective performance optimization of planar inductors","authors":"J. Esteban-Muller, R. Gonzalez-Echevarria, C. Sánchez-López, E. Roca, R. Castro-López, F. Fernández, J. López-Villegas, J. Sieiro, N. Vidal","doi":"10.1109/SM2ACD.2010.5672345","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/SM2ACD.2010.5672345","url":null,"abstract":"Inductors play an essential role in the design of RF circuits. The parasitic effects plaguing integrated planar inductors require an accurate modeling and the careful exploration of their performance trade-offs. In this paper, a multi-objective performance modeling technique of planar inductors is presented, that supports both top-down and bottom-up design of RF circuits.","PeriodicalId":442381,"journal":{"name":"2010 XIth International Workshop on Symbolic and Numerical Methods, Modeling and Applications to Circuit Design (SM2ACD)","volume":"16 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2010-12-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114545020","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}
M. Gholami, M. Sharifkhani, A. Ebrahimi, S. Saeedi, M. Atarodi
{"title":"Systematic modeling and simulation of DLL-based frequency multiplier","authors":"M. Gholami, M. Sharifkhani, A. Ebrahimi, S. Saeedi, M. Atarodi","doi":"10.1109/SM2ACD.2010.5672340","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/SM2ACD.2010.5672340","url":null,"abstract":"This paper represents a systematic procedure of simulating charge pump based delay locked loops (DLLs). The presented procedure is based on the systematic modelling of the DLL components in Matlab simulink simulator. The system has been designed for 1Hz input clock signal that by changing the whole system scale, it can be used for every other input frequencies. The simulation results in Matlab and design considerations for DLL based frequency multiplier are presented.","PeriodicalId":442381,"journal":{"name":"2010 XIth International Workshop on Symbolic and Numerical Methods, Modeling and Applications to Circuit Design (SM2ACD)","volume":"15 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2010-12-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134112316","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}
D. Duret, L. Gerbaud, F. Wurtz, A. Rezgui, B. Delinchant, B. Cogitore
{"title":"Optimisation and simulation methodology for passive ADSL splitter design","authors":"D. Duret, L. Gerbaud, F. Wurtz, A. Rezgui, B. Delinchant, B. Cogitore","doi":"10.1109/SM2ACD.2010.5672289","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/SM2ACD.2010.5672289","url":null,"abstract":"The constraints to manage in a telecom splitter design are numerous and according to a given splitter structure, the choice became difficult. The paper proposes a software tool allowing the design of such filters. This one carries out the modelling of the electrical circuit configurations, and creates the corresponding computation code, used for simulation or optimisation. The methodology is detailed and applied on an ADSL splitter design.","PeriodicalId":442381,"journal":{"name":"2010 XIth International Workshop on Symbolic and Numerical Methods, Modeling and Applications to Circuit Design (SM2ACD)","volume":"64 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2010-12-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132849437","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":"Automatic tuning of GPC synthesis parameters based on multi-objective optimization","authors":"Faten. Ben Aicha, F. Bouani, M. Ksouri","doi":"10.1109/SM2ACD.2010.5672348","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/SM2ACD.2010.5672348","url":null,"abstract":"In this paper, a strategy for automatic tuning of predictive controller synthesis parameters based on multi-objective optimization (MOO) is proposed. This strategy integrates the genetic algorithm to generate the synthesis parameters (the prediction horizon, the control horizon and the cost weighting factor) making a compromise between closed loop performances (the overshoot, the variance of the control and the settling time). A simulation example is presented to illustrate the performance of this strategy in the on-line adjustment of generalized predictive control parameters.","PeriodicalId":442381,"journal":{"name":"2010 XIth International Workshop on Symbolic and Numerical Methods, Modeling and Applications to Circuit Design (SM2ACD)","volume":"37 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2010-12-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124812306","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":"Fast mixed-mode PLL simulation using behavioral baseband models of voltage-controlled oscillators and frequency dividers","authors":"Ihor Harasymiv, Manfred Dietrich, U. Knochel","doi":"10.1109/SM2ACD.2010.5672294","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/SM2ACD.2010.5672294","url":null,"abstract":"This article presents a new approach to fast mixed-mode simulation of phase-locked loops (PLLs) in time domain using Spice-like simulators and behavioral Verilog-A baseband (BB) models of voltage-controlled oscillators (VCO) and frequency dividers (FD). Other PLL blocks like phase-frequency detectors (PFD), charge pumps (CP), and loop filters (LP) can be transistor level and/or behavioral models. The use of both VCO and FD BB models in mixed-mode test bench allows fast PLL simulation and optimization of modern sophisticated PFD and CP blocks on transistor level with speedups of about 2–3 orders of magnitude.","PeriodicalId":442381,"journal":{"name":"2010 XIth International Workshop on Symbolic and Numerical Methods, Modeling and Applications to Circuit Design (SM2ACD)","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2010-12-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130407035","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}