Context-dependent transformation of Pareto-optimal performance fronts of operational amplifiers
The use of Pareto-optimal performance fronts in emerging design methodologies for analog integrated circuits is a keystone to overcome the limitations of traditional design methodologies. However, most techniques to generate the fronts reported so far neglect the effect that the surrounding circuitr...
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| Tipo de documento: | Artículo |
| Estado: | Accepted version |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2012 |
| País: | España |
| Institución: | Universidad de Sevilla (US) |
| Repositorio: | idUS. Depósito de Investigación de la Universidad de Sevilla |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:idus.us.es:11441/78479 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://hdl.handle.net/11441/78479 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10470-011-9785-4 |
| Nivel de acceso: | Acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Analog integrated circuits Design automation Circuit sizing Simulation-based optimization Multi-objective optimization |
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| author | Roca Moreno, Elisenda |
| author2 | Velasco Jiménez, Manuel Castro López, Rafael Fernández Fernández, Francisco Vidal |
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| author_browse | Castro López, Rafael Fernández Fernández, Francisco Vidal Roca Moreno, Elisenda Velasco Jiménez, Manuel |
| author_facet | Roca Moreno, Elisenda Velasco Jiménez, Manuel Castro López, Rafael Fernández Fernández, Francisco Vidal |
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| description | The use of Pareto-optimal performance fronts in emerging design methodologies for analog integrated circuits is a keystone to overcome the limitations of traditional design methodologies. However, most techniques to generate the fronts reported so far neglect the effect that the surrounding circuitry (such as the load impedance) has on the Pareto-front, thereby making it only realistic for the context where the front was generated. This strongly limits the use of the Pareto front because of the strong dependence between the key performances of an analog circuit and its surrounding circuitry, but, more importantly, because this circuitry remains unknown until the Pareto-optimal front is being used. Since performance front generation is a costly process, this paper proposes that performance fronts for a new context of use of a given circuit can be obtained from fronts that were previously generated under some different conditions. Towards this goal, a transformation methodology for performance objectives of operational amplifiers has been developed. Experimental results for a folded-cascode and a Miller-compensated operational amplifiers show that this is a promising approach to reuse the fronts in multiple contexts. |
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| publishDate | 2012 |
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| spelling | Context-dependent transformation of Pareto-optimal performance fronts of operational amplifiers Roca Moreno, Elisenda Velasco Jiménez, Manuel Castro López, Rafael Fernández Fernández, Francisco Vidal Analog integrated circuits Design automation Circuit sizing Simulation-based optimization Multi-objective optimization The use of Pareto-optimal performance fronts in emerging design methodologies for analog integrated circuits is a keystone to overcome the limitations of traditional design methodologies. However, most techniques to generate the fronts reported so far neglect the effect that the surrounding circuitry (such as the load impedance) has on the Pareto-front, thereby making it only realistic for the context where the front was generated. This strongly limits the use of the Pareto front because of the strong dependence between the key performances of an analog circuit and its surrounding circuitry, but, more importantly, because this circuitry remains unknown until the Pareto-optimal front is being used. Since performance front generation is a costly process, this paper proposes that performance fronts for a new context of use of a given circuit can be obtained from fronts that were previously generated under some different conditions. Towards this goal, a transformation methodology for performance objectives of operational amplifiers has been developed. Experimental results for a folded-cascode and a Miller-compensated operational amplifiers show that this is a promising approach to reuse the fronts in multiple contexts. Junta de Andalucía TIC-2532 Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación TEC2010-14825 Springer https://hdl.handle.net/11441/78479 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10470-011-9785-4 |
| spellingShingle | Context-dependent transformation of Pareto-optimal performance fronts of operational amplifiers Roca Moreno, Elisenda Analog integrated circuits Design automation Circuit sizing Simulation-based optimization Multi-objective optimization |
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| title | Context-dependent transformation of Pareto-optimal performance fronts of operational amplifiers |
| title_full | Context-dependent transformation of Pareto-optimal performance fronts of operational amplifiers |
| title_fullStr | Context-dependent transformation of Pareto-optimal performance fronts of operational amplifiers |
| title_full_unstemmed | Context-dependent transformation of Pareto-optimal performance fronts of operational amplifiers |
| title_short | Context-dependent transformation of Pareto-optimal performance fronts of operational amplifiers |
| title_sort | Context-dependent transformation of Pareto-optimal performance fronts of operational amplifiers |
| topic | Analog integrated circuits Design automation Circuit sizing Simulation-based optimization Multi-objective optimization |
| topic_facet | Analog integrated circuits Design automation Circuit sizing Simulation-based optimization Multi-objective optimization |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/11441/78479 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10470-011-9785-4 |