Generation of Technology-Independent Retargetable Analog Blocks

Author: Castro-López R.  

Publisher: Springer Publishing Company

ISSN: 0925-1030

Source: Analog Integrated Circuits and Signal Processing, Vol.33, Iss.2, 2002-11, pp. : 157-170

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Abstract

This paper introduces a complete methodology for retargeting of analog cells to different sets of specifications. This methodology is technology-independent, thus allowing the migration, from one technology to another, of the circuit under retargeting. Careful integration of the device sizing and layout generation tasks via the incorporation of layout constraints during the sizing process allows to generate fully functional designs in a few minutes. The methodology is illustrated via the retargeting of a fully-differential Miller-compensated two-stage operational amplifier for a new set of specifications and two different technological processes.