An experiment on nonlinear synthesis using evolutionary techniques based only on CMOS transistors

Proceedings - NASA/DoD Conference on Evolvable Hardware, EH

Volumn 2003-January, Issue , 2003, Pages 50-58

  Botelho, J P B ^a   Sa L B ^a   Vieira, P F ^a   Mesquita, A ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Analog circuits; Biological cells; Bipolar transistors; Circuit synthesis; Circuit topology; MOS capacitors; MOSFETs; Network topology; Resistors; Switches

Indexed keywords

ANALOG CIRCUITS; BIPOLAR TRANSISTORS; CAPACITORS; ELECTRIC NETWORK TOPOLOGY; FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTORS; HARDWARE; MOS CAPACITORS; NASA; NETWORKS (CIRCUITS); RESISTORS; SWITCHES; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); TOPOLOGY;

ANALOG CIRCUITS SYNTHESIS; BIOLOGICAL CELLS; CIRCUIT SYNTHESIS; CMOS TRANSISTORS; EVOLUTIONARY TECHNIQUES; FIELD PROGRAMMABLE ANALOG ARRAY; MOSFETS; NETWORK TOPOLOGY;

TRANSISTORS;

EID: 51149111659     PISSN: 15506029     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/EH.2003.1217644     Document Type: Conference Paper

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