Opportunities and challenges of graph neural networks in electrical engineering

E Chien, M Li, A Aportela, K Ding, S Jia… - Nature Reviews …, 2024 - nature.com
Graph neural networks (GNNs) are a class of deep learning algorithms that learn from
graphs, networks and relational data. They have found applications throughout the sciences …

Design Automation of Analog and Mixed-Signal Circuits Using Neural Networks–A Tutorial Brief

G Liñán-Cembrano, N Lourenço… - … on Circuits and …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This tutorial brief shows how Artificial Neural Networks (ANNs) can be used for the
optimization and automated design of analog and mixed-signal circuits. A survey of …

Rose-opt: Robust and efficient analog circuit parameter optimization with knowledge-infused reinforcement learning

W Cao, J Gao, T Ma, R Ma… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Design automation of analog circuits has long been sought. However, achieving robust and
efficient analog design automation remains challenging. This paper proposes a learning …

Knowledge Transfer Framework for PVT Robustness in Analog Integrated Circuits

J Li, Y Zeng, H Zhi, J Yang, W Shan… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Process, voltage, and temperature (PVT) variations in chip fabrication or operation pose a
significant challenge to the robustness of analog integrated circuits. Existing design …

Multi-Task Evolutionary to PVT Knowledge Transfer for Analog Integrated Circuit Optimization

J Li, H Zhi, W Shan, Y Li, Y Zeng… - 2023 IEEE/ACM …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Designing analog integrated circuits (ICs), particularly sensors and reference circuits,
requires a significant amount of human expertise and time, largely due to the requirement of …

Robust circuit optimization under PVT variations via weight optimization problem reformulation

J Li, Y Li, Y Zeng - Expert Systems with Applications, 2024 - Elsevier
Robust design in analog integrated circuits (ICs) is intricate due to process variations,
culminating in notable performance uncertainties. Contemporary surrogate-based …

RoSE: Robust Analog Circuit Parameter Optimization with Sampling-Efficient Reinforcement Learning

J Gao, W Cao, X Zhang - 2023 60th ACM/IEEE Design …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Design automation of analog circuits has been a long-standing challenge in the integrated
circuit field. Recently, multiple methods based on learning or optimization have …

Multiagent Based Reinforcement Learning (MA-RL): An Automated Designer for Complex Analog Circuits

J Bao, J Zhang, Z Huang, X Feng, Z Bi… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Despite the effort of analog circuit design automation, currently complex analog circuit
design still requires extensive manual iterations, making it labor intensive and time …

PVTSizing: A TuRBO-RL-Based Batch-Sampling Optimization Framework for PVT-Robust Analog Circuit Synthesis

Z Kong, X Tang, W Shi, Y Du, Y Lin… - Proceedings of the 61st …, 2024 - dl.acm.org
With the CMOS technology advancing and the complexity of circuits growing, the demand for
analog/mixed-signal design automation tools is increasing quickly. Although some tools …

Using Probabilistic Model Rollouts to Boost the Sample Efficiency of Reinforcement Learning for Automated Analog Circuit Sizing

M Ahmadzadeh, GGE Gielen - Proceedings of the 61st ACM/IEEE …, 2024 - dl.acm.org
Despite recent advances in algorithms, such as the use of reinforcement learning, analog
circuit sizing optimization remains a challenging task that demands numerous circuit …