Symbolic analyzers have the potential to offer knowledge to sophomores as well as practitioners of analog circuit design. Actually, they are an essential complement to numerical simulators, since they provide insight into circuit behavior which numerical analyzers do not provide.
Symbolic analysis of electronic circuits addresses the generation of symbolic expressions for the parameters that describe the performance of linear and nonlinear circuits in three domains: DC, AC and time; some or all the circuit parameters can be kept as symbols.
Due to the fact that these expressions remain valid during the change of component values (as long as models remain valid), designers can have both, an insight into the behavior of the network and use the expressions to optimize the circuit’s performances.
This e-book presents, details and exemplifies famous symbolic analysis techniques. Industrial R&D topics, recent developments and future trends in the field of symbolic analysis are also highlighted. This makes the e-book a good resource for circuit analysis. Thus, it is intended for students and researchers as well as for industry designers.
Symbolic analysis of electronic circuits addresses the generation of symbolic expressions for the parameters that describe the performance of linear and nonlinear circuits in three domains: DC, AC and time; some or all the circuit parameters can be kept as symbols.
Due to the fact that these expressions remain valid during the change of component values (as long as models remain valid), designers can have both, an insight into the behavior of the network and use the expressions to optimize the circuit’s performances.
This e-book presents, details and exemplifies famous symbolic analysis techniques. Industrial R&D topics, recent developments and future trends in the field of symbolic analysis are also highlighted. This makes the e-book a good resource for circuit analysis. Thus, it is intended for students and researchers as well as for industry designers.
Table of Contents
About the Editors iForeword iii
Preface v
List of Contributors ix
CHAPTERS
1. Recent Development in Symbolic Analysis: An Overview 3
Sheldon X.-D. Tan and Esteban Tlelo-Cuautle
2. Modified Nodal Analysis 19
Dalibor Biolek and Viera Biolkova
3. Modeling Active Devices with Nullor for Analog Signal Processing 61
Carlos Sánchez-López
4. Generation of the Transfer Functions for MIMO Systems 83
Mihai Iordache and Lucia Dumitriu
5. Symbolic Analysis of Analog Circuits by Flow-Graphs 115
Mourad Fakhfakh, Irina Asenova and Mourad Loulou
6. Analysis and Synthesis of Electronic Circuits by Two-Graph
Method 147
Marian Pierzchala and Benedykt Rodanski
7. Approximation Techniques in Symbolic Circuit Analysis 173
Francisco V. Fernández, Carlos Sánchez-López, Rafael Castro-López
and Elisenda Roca-Moreno
8. Symbolic Analysis by Determinant Decision Diagrams and
Applications 203
Sheldon X.-D. Tan
9. Sensitivity Computation Based on the Auxiliary Circuits 229
Lucia Dumitriu and Mihai Iordache
10. Symbolic Noise Analysis in Analog Circuits 265
Carlos Sánchez-López
11. Symbolic Pole/Zero Analysis 287
Francisco V. Fernández, Carlos Sánchez-López, Rafael Castro-López
and Elisenda Roca-Moreno
12. Automatic Nonlinear Behavioral Model Generation Using Symbolic
Circuit Analysis 305
Ralf Sommer, Eckhard Hennig, Gregor Nitsche, Jochen Broz and
Peter Schwarz
13. Nonlinear Template-Free Symbolic Performance Modeling for
Design and Process Variation Analysis of Analog Circuits 343
Trent McConaghy and Georges G.E. Gielen
14. Symbolic Analysis Techniques for Fault Diagnosis and Automatic
Design of Analog Circuits 361
Francesco Grasso, Antonio Luchetta, Stefano Manetti, Maria Cristina
Piccirilli and Alberto Reatti
15. Symbolic Characterization of VCOs and its Application to
Optimization Based Design 399
Maria Helena Fino and Fernando V. Coito
16. AMS Synthesis Using Symbolic Methods 413
Mauro Santos and Nuno Horta
17. Application of Symbolic Circuit Analysis for Failure Detection and
Optimization of Industrial Integrated Circuits 445
Ralf Sommer, Dominik Krauße, Eric Schäfer and Eckhard Hennig
Index 479
