A Novel Analog Module Placement Procedure based on Hierarchical Genetic Algorithm

M. Yoshikawa, T. Fujino, and H. Terai (Japan)

Keywords

Analog constraint, Genetic Algorithm, Slicing structure, Module placement

Abstract

In analog design, components must be modeled in a detailed fashion since their electrical behaviour affects deeply the final result. Whereas the physical design of digital circuits is automated to a large extent, the layout of analog circuits is still a manual, time-consuming and error-prone task. In this paper, we proposed a novel analog placement procedure based on Genetic Algorithm. For selection control, new objective functions are introduced for analog-specific capabilities. The proposed algorithm has three level hierarchical structures. Simulation results evaluating the proposed algorithm are shown good performance.

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