This thesis presents a new computer-oriented modeling for analog circuits and applies it to circuit synthesis and sizing. Op-amps are modeled by functional blocks having a unique functional and structural description. Algorithms recognize the functional blocks in op-amps. For each block, an analytical performance model is derived which is used in a topology independent automatic sizing method emulating the manual design process. A structure synthesis method uses the functional block modeling to create thousands of meaningful op-amps and evaluates them for given specifications.
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This thesis presents a new computer-oriented modeling for analog circuits and applies it to circuit synthesis and sizing. Op-amps are modeled by functional blocks having a unique functional and structural description. Algorithms recognize the functional blocks in op-amps. For each block, an analytical performance model is derived which is used in a topology independent automatic sizing method emulating the manual design process. A structure synthesis method uses the functional block modeling to...
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