SEAS: A simulated evolution approach for analog circuit synthesis

Zhen-Qiu Ning; Zhen-Qiu Ning; A.J. Mouthaan; Hans Wallinga

doi:10.1109/CICC.1991.164025

SEAS: A simulated evolution approach for analog circuit synthesis

Zhen-Qiu Ning, Zhen-Qiu Ning, A.J. Mouthaan, Hans Wallinga

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Abstract

The authors present a simulated evolution approach for analog circuit synthesis based on an analogy with the natural selection process in biological environments and on the iterative improvements in solving engineering problems. A prototype framework based on this idea, called SEAS, has been implemented. Measurement results show that SEAS can handle a non-fixed topology with a globally optimal solution, is easy to adapt as technology evolves, and is easy to use. Analytic circuit models, in which a set of the design equations enables one to evaluate the performance of a circuit for different sets of specifications without actually going into the circuit details, can be developed not only for operational amplifiers but also for other types of analog functional blocks, such as comparators and A/D (analog-to-digital) converters

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings IEEE Custom Integrated Circuits Conference (CICC'91)
Place of Publication	Piscataway, NJ, USA
Publisher	IEEE
Pages	5.2.1-5.2.4
Number of pages	0
ISBN (Print)	0-7803-0015-7
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/CICC.1991.164025
Publication status	Published - 12 May 1991
Event	IEEE Custom Integrated Circuits Conference, CICC'91, San Diego, USA, 12-15 May, 1991: Proceedings IEEE Custom Integrated Circuits Conference (CICC'91) - Duration: 12 May 1991 → …

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Conference	IEEE Custom Integrated Circuits Conference, CICC'91, San Diego, USA, 12-15 May, 1991
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Ning, Z-Q, Ning, Z-Q, Mouthaan, AJ & Wallinga, H 1991, SEAS: A simulated evolution approach for analog circuit synthesis. in Proceedings IEEE Custom Integrated Circuits Conference (CICC'91). IEEE, Piscataway, NJ, USA, pp. 5.2.1-5.2.4, IEEE Custom Integrated Circuits Conference, CICC'91, San Diego, USA, 12-15 May, 1991, 12/05/91. https://doi.org/10.1109/CICC.1991.164025

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