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Convergence rates of the efficient global optimization algorithm for improving the design of analog circuits
Optimal sizing of analog circuits is a hard and time-consuming challenge. Nowadays, analog designers are more than ever interested in develo** solutions for automating such a task. In order to overcome well-...
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Synthesis of Electronic Circuits Structures on the Basis of Active Switches
A novel idea for synthesis of electronic circuits’ structures is presented. It is based on the use of ‘active switches’ which can be considered as circuit implementation of the pathological elements since they co...
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Two-Graph Based Semi-topological Analysis of Electronic Circuits with Nullors and Pathological Mirrors
Abstraction level elements such as nulattor, norator, current mirrors and voltage mirrors have been very useful in the analysis of linear circuits. In this chapter, we proposed a method for the analysis of lin...
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The Backtracking Search for the Optimal Design of Low-Noise Amplifiers
The backtracking search algorithm (BSA) was recently developed. It is an evolutionary algorithm for real-valued optimization problems. The main feature of BSA vis-à-vis other known evolutionary algorithms is t...
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A novel approach for tuning and enhancing performances of active circuits
In this paper we propose a novel technique for tuning and enhancing performances of current conveyor based active circuits. The basic idea consists of judiciously adding controlled sources in the signal flow g...
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Symbolic Analysis of Nullor-Based Circuits with the Two-Graph Technique
Symbolic analysis is a powerful tool which accelerates the electronic design process by providing insight about the behavior of a circuit. Recently, the analysis and synthesis of electronic circuits with nullo...
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Active Filter Design Using a Two-Graph Based Transformation Technique
The general two-graph framework for active filter design is presented. It is based on the transformation of passive lossless and lossy LC-filters into active RC-circuits using the two-graph technique. The basic i...
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Design of Setable Active Lossy Inductors
The general two-graph framework for designing series and parallel R-L imittances is presented. The transformation of passive LC-filters into active RC-circuits using signal-flow graphs in the two-graph version...
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LC-VCO Design Challenges in the Nano-Era
The progressive scaling of CMOS technology towards nanometre sizes has made the implementation of highly integrated systems for the wireless communication systems possible. Additionally, higher speed, lower po...
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A Multi-objective Simulation Based Tool: Application to the Design of High Performance LC-VCOs
The continuing size reduction of electronic devices imposes design challenges to optimize the performances of modern electronic systems, such as: wireless services, telecom and mobile computing. Fortunately, t...
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On the design of active inductors with current-controlled voltage sources
This paper presents a novel method of designing active inductors using current-controlled voltage sources (CCVSs). The basic idea consists of designing an equivalent inductor, using only capacitors and CCVSs. ...
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Introduction to the special issue on SM2ACD 2010
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Analogue Circuit Optimization through a Hybrid Approach
Optimal analogue circuit sizing is investigated in this chapter. It is shown that hybridization of a global optimization approach with a local one leads to better results in optimization of such circuits, than...
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Evolutionary Algorithms in the Optimal Sizing of Analog Circuits
Analog signal processing applications such as filter design and oscillators, require the use of different kinds of amplifiers, namely: voltage follower, current conveyors, operational amplifiers and current fe...
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Analog circuit design optimization through the particle swarm optimization technique
This paper details the Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO) technique for the optimal design of analog circuits. It is shown the practical suitability of PSO to solve both mono-objective and multiobjective discre...
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A novel heuristic for multi-objective optimization of analog circuit performances
We present a novel heuristic for optimizing analog circuit performances. It deals with generating the Pareto front using the topological properties of the feasible solution space. This heuristic allows us gene...
