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 …

Machine learning in advanced IC design: A methodological survey

T Chen, GL Zhang, B Yu, B Li… - IEEE Design & …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The increasing complexity and size of design space poses significant challenges for
integrated circuit (IC) design. This article discusses the potential of machine learning (ML) …

Design and optimization of low-dropout voltage regulator using relational graph neural network and reinforcement learning in open-source SKY130 Process

Z Li, AC Carusone - 2023 IEEE/ACM International Conference …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Design automation and optimization for analog integrated circuits (ICs) are challenging,
especially for transistor sizing. Given certain design specifications and circuit topology …

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 …

Performance-driven wire sizing for analog integrated circuits

Y Li, Y Lin, M Madhusudan, A Sharma… - ACM Transactions on …, 2022 - dl.acm.org
Analog IC performance has a strong dependence on interconnect RC parasitics, which are
significantly affected by wire sizes in recent technologies, where minimum-width wires have …

Post-layout simulation driven analog circuit sizing

X Gao, H Zhang, S Ye, M Liu, DZ Pan, L Shen… - Science China …, 2024 - Springer
Post-layout simulation provides accurate guidance for analog circuit design, but post-layout
performance is hard to be directly optimized at early design stages. Prior work on analog …

Deep reinforcement learning for analog circuit sizing with an electrical design space and sparse rewards

Y Uhlmann, M Essich, L Bramlage, J Scheible… - Proceedings of the …, 2022 - dl.acm.org
There is still a great reliance on human expert knowledge during the analog integrated
circuit sizing design phase due to its complexity and scale, with the result that there is a very …

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 …

An Open-Source AMS Circuit Optimization Framework Based on Reinforcement Learning-From Specifications to Layouts

Z Li, AC Carusone - IEEE Access, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper presents a fully open-sourced AMS integrated circuit optimization framework
based on reinforcement learning (RL). Specifically, given a certain circuit topology and …

Reinforcing the Connection between Analog Design and EDA

K Kunal, M Madhusudan, J Poojary… - 2024 29th Asia and …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Building upon recent advances in analog electronic design automation (EDA), this paper
discusses directions for reinforcing the connection between design and EDA, in order to …