A Computer-Aided Design Assistant Tool for Elementary Linear Circuit Topologies

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dc.contributor.advisorBelostotski, Leonid
dc.contributor.advisorBehjat, Laleh
dc.contributor.authorShahhosseini, Delaram
dc.date.accessioned2012-12-06T21:08:15Z
dc.date.available2013-06-15T07:01:36Z
dc.date.issued2012-12-06
dc.date.submitted2012en
dc.description.abstractIn this thesis, a CAD tool called analog design assistant (ADA), is developed to help analog circuit designers find new circuit topologies. First, a methodology to automatically generate all analog circuit topologies containing two or three transistors is developed. For each topology, circuit characteristics, such as DC voltage gain, are calculated. The DC voltage gain of each generated circuit is maximized by formulating and solving an optimization problem. After solving the optimization problem, it is shown that over 5,000 out of 56,000 circuits can achieve a DC voltage gain higher than 1. All generated circuit topologies and corresponding characteristics are stored in a database. A GUI is developed to help analog circuit designers search the database and find new topologies. In order to demonstrate the capability of ADA in generating new topologies, a previously unknown high-gain amplifier is selected, and designed in a 0.13-um standard CMOS technology.en_US
dc.identifier.citationShahhosseini, D. (2012). A Computer-Aided Design Assistant Tool for Elementary Linear Circuit Topologies (Master's thesis, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada). Retrieved from https://prism.ucalgary.ca. doi:10.11575/PRISM/24678en_US
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.11575/PRISM/24678
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11023/338
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisher.facultyGraduate Studies
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Calgaryen
dc.publisher.placeCalgaryen
dc.rightsUniversity of Calgary graduate students retain copyright ownership and moral rights for their thesis. You may use this material in any way that is permitted by the Copyright Act or through licensing that has been assigned to the document. For uses that are not allowable under copyright legislation or licensing, you are required to seek permission.
dc.subjectEngineering--Electronics and Electrical
dc.subject.classificationComputer-Aided Design (CAD)en_US
dc.titleA Computer-Aided Design Assistant Tool for Elementary Linear Circuit Topologies
dc.typemaster thesis
thesis.degree.disciplineElectrical and Computer Engineering
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of Calgary
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Science (MSc)
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