Delight. Spice: An Optimization-Based System for the Design of Integrated Circuits

IEEE Transactions on Computer-Aided Design of Integrated Circuits and Systems

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 1988, Pages 501-519

  Nye, William ^a   Riley, David C ^b   SangiovannI Vincentelli, Alberto ^b   Tits, Andre L ^c  

^a Epsilon Active Inc   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED ANALYSIS; ELECTRONIC CIRCUITS - OPTIMIZATION;

ADJUSTING PARAMETERS; DELIGHT INTERACTIVE OPTIMIZATION; OPTIMIZATION ALGORITHMS; SPICE CIRCUIT ANALYSIS PROGRAM;

INTEGRATED CIRCUITS;

EID: 0023994941     PISSN: 02780070     EISSN: 19374151     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/43.3185     Document Type: Article

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