Design of analog integrated circuits requires consideration of so-called sizing rules. These rules ascertain that, for instance, single transistors may not leave a certain operating region. Experimental results show that the consideration of sizing rules leads to more robust circuits and accelerates the design process. In this work, a new method for automatic structure analysis of analog circuits and the involved generation of these rules is presented. In contrast to previous approaches, this new method for structure analysis produces reliable results that require no or only little manual post-processing. Additionally, sizing rules for bipolar transistors were determined for the first time.
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Design of analog integrated circuits requires consideration of so-called sizing rules. These rules ascertain that, for instance, single transistors may not leave a certain operating region. Experimental results show that the consideration of sizing rules leads to more robust circuits and accelerates the design process. In this work, a new method for automatic structure analysis of analog circuits and the involved generation of these rules is presented. In contrast to previous approaches, this ne...
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