Swarm intelligence (SI) techniques are more and more used by analog designers in order to
optimally size their circuits/systems' performances. A particular interest is accorded to the …

This paper presents a new asynchronous parallel global optimization method and its
application to the automated device sizing in analog integrated circuit (IC) design. The …

This paper presents an optimized methodology to folded cascode operational
transconductance amplifier (OTA) design. The design is done in different regions of …

This paper presents a new hybrid global optimization method referred to as DESA. The
algorithm exploits random sampling and the metropolis criterion from simulated annealing to …

Circuit sizing (ie, determining MOSFET channel widths and lengths which result in the most
appropriate and robust circuit) is an optimization process. When it is completed, there …

The VLSI fixed-outline fioorplanning which is an important research problem of VLSI design
is an NP-hard problem. Particle swarm optimization (PSO) as one of the AI methods, has …

Differential evolution is a simple algorithm for global optimization. Basically it consists of
three operations: mutation, crossover and selection. Despite many research papers dealing …

Traditional design methods for analog circuits are based on rules-of-thumbs, experience,
and trial-and-error approaches involving the use of circuit simulators. It is an unstructured …

High performance operational transconductance amplifier (OTA) structures for high-speed,
low-voltage, sigma-delta modulator applications are designed using two methods. Folded …

Hardware Trojan is an additional circuit with malicious functions in integrated circuit (IC),
which can leak the secret information of integrated circuit under rare conditions. In this …