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How to Include Pareto Front Computation, Discrete Parameter Values and Aging into Analog Circuit Sizing

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Progress in Industrial Mathematics at ECMI 2014 (ECMI 2014)

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Analog circuit sizing has strongly focused on the optimization of nominal performance and of the yield in the past. Recently, more topics in analog sizing have come up. These are Pareto optimization, optimization with discrete parameter values and consideration of aging effects in addition to manufacturing and operating tolerances. This contribution will illustrate these tasks and give problem formulations and solution approaches.

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  1. Institute of Electronic Design Automation, Technische Universitaet Muenchen, München, Germany

    Helmut Graeb

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  1. Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, University of Catania, Catania, Italy

    Giovanni Russo

  2. Department of Mathematics, University of Milan, Milan, Italy

    Vincenzo Capasso

  3. Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, University of Catania, Catania, Italy

    Giuseppe Nicosia

  4. Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, University of Catania, Catania, Italy

    Vittorio Romano

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Graeb, H. (2016). How to Include Pareto Front Computation, Discrete Parameter Values and Aging into Analog Circuit Sizing. In: Russo, G., Capasso, V., Nicosia, G., Romano, V. (eds) Progress in Industrial Mathematics at ECMI 2014. ECMI 2014. Mathematics in Industry(), vol 22. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-23413-7_56

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