Analog integrated circuit (IC) design highly depends on reasoning, which distinguishes itself
from other areas of IC design. Most of its innovation arises from qualitative reasoning by a …

In this paper, a simple while effective methodology to calculate the symbolic transfer function
of a multistage amplifier with frequency compensation is proposed. Three general amplifier …

Symbolic analysis is an intriguing topic for VLSI design. Traditional symbolic analysis is
typically concerned with deriving exact or approximate analytic expressions of analog circuit …

Symbolic pole/zero analysis is a crucial step in designing an analog operational amplifier.
Generally, a simplified symbolic analysis of analog circuits suffers from NP-hardness, ie, an …

Symbolic circuit analysis inherits the exponential growth of transfer function complexity with
the circuit size. Therefore, symbolic simplification is an NP-hard problem. Although many …

The main objective of this thesis is to perform stability and control studies in the area of VSC-
HVDC. A major part of the investigation focuses on the explanation of poorly-damped …

This paper addresses the problem of automatic analytical pole-zero (PZ) extraction for
multistage operational amplifiers (opamps) with frequency compensation. Traditional …

Applying symbolic techniques for analog circuit analysis is a traditional research subject,
which has lasted for over half a century. The past decade has witnessed a significant …

In this paper, we discuss a symbolic simplification methodology to derive approximated
factorized forms of the transfer function of multistage amplifiers in the complex frequency …

Traditionally symbolic techniques are used for analyzing small-signal circuit behaviors. They
are not suitable for analyzing the large-signal transient responses of operational amplifiers …