Large circuit models: opportunities and challenges

L Chen, Y Chen, Z Chu, W Fang, TY Ho… - Science China …, 2024 - Springer
Within the electronic design automation (EDA) domain, artificial intelligence (AI)-driven
solutions have emerged as formidable tools, yet they typically augment rather than redefine …

Performance-Driven Analog Layout Automation: Current Status and Future Directions

P Xu, J Li, TY Ho, B Yu, K Zhu - 2024 29th Asia and South …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Optimizing circuit performance presents a pivotal challenge in the realm of automatic analog
physical design. The intricacy of analog performance arises from its sensitivity to layout …

The dawn of ai-native eda: Promises and challenges of large circuit models

L Chen, Y Chen, Z Chu, W Fang, TY Ho… - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2024 - arxiv.org
Within the Electronic Design Automation (EDA) domain, AI-driven solutions have emerged
as formidable tools, yet they typically augment rather than redefine existing methodologies …

Hierarchical analog and mixed-signal circuit placement considering system signal flow

K Zhu, H Chen, M Liu, DZ Pan - IEEE Transactions on …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Placement is a critical step in layout automation for analog and mixed-signal (AMS)-
integrated circuits (ICs). It determines the proximity of devices and influences the wiring …

Automated placement of analog integrated circuits using priority-based constructive heuristic

J Grus, Z Hanzálek - Computers & Operations Research, 2024 - Elsevier
This paper presents a heuristic approach for solving the placement of Analog and Mixed-
Signal Integrated Circuits. Placement is a crucial step in the physical design of integrated …

A generalized methodology for well island generation and well-tap insertion in analog/mixed-signal layouts

RS Gopalakrishnan, M Madhusudan… - ACM Transactions on …, 2023 - dl.acm.org
Well island generation and well tap placement is an important problem in analog/mixed-
signal (AMS) circuits. Well taps can only prevent latchups within a certain radius of influence …

MMM: Machine Learning-Based Macro-Modeling for Linear Analog ICs and ADC/DACs

Y Lin, Y Li, M Madhusudan… - … on Computer-Aided …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Performance modeling is a key bottleneck for analog design automation. Although machine
learning-based models have advanced the state-of-the-art, they have so far suffered from …

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 …

AMBEATion: Analog Mixed-Signal Back-End Design Automation with Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence Techniques

GE Aliffi, J Baixinho, D Barri, F Daghero… - … , Automation & Test …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
For the competitiveness of the European economy, automation techniques in the design of
complex electronic systems are a prerequisite for winning the global chip challenge …

A Transferable GNN-based Multi-Corner Performance Variability Modeling for Analog ICs

H Zhou, Y Li, X Xiong, P Zhou - 2024 29th Asia and South …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Performance variability appears strong-nonlinear in analog ICs due to large process
variations in advanced technologies. To capture such variability, a vast amount of data is …