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Our work focuses on the use of artificial evolution in Computer Aided Design (CAD) of electronic circuits. Artificial evolution promises to be an important tool for analog CAD development, due to the nature of this task, which has been proven to be much less amenable for standard tools than its digital counterparts. Analog design relies more on the designer’s experience than on systematic rules or procedures. The recent appearance of Field Programmable Analog Arrays (FPAAs) allows evolution to be performed in real silicon, which opens new possibilities to the field. Our work addresses the evolution of amplifiers and oscillators, through the use of a standard simulator and a programmable analog circuit respectively. Furthermore, the issue of the implementability of the circuits evolved in simulation is also examined.
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Zebulum, R.S., Pacheco, M.A., Vellasco, M. (1998). Analog circuits evolution in extrinsic and intrinsic modes. In: Sipper, M., Mange, D., Pérez-Uribe, A. (eds) Evolvable Systems: From Biology to Hardware. ICES 1998. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 1478. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0057617
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