Efficient description of the design space of analog circuits

Proceedings - Design Automation Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 970-973

  Del Mar Hershenson, Maria ^a  

^a Barcelona Design Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Analog; Circuits; Convex Programming; Geometric Program; Optimization; Synthesis; Verification

Indexed keywords

ANALOG TO DIGITAL CONVERSION; APPROXIMATION THEORY; CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; OPTIMIZATION; PHASE LOCKED LOOPS;

ANALOG CIRCUITS;

ELECTRIC NETWORK ANALYSIS;

EID: 0043136426     PISSN: 0738100X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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