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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 25, 2008
Filed:
Nov. 01, 2004
Yang Xu, Pittsburg, PA (US);
Lawrence Pileggi, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Stephen P. Boyd, Stanford, PA (US);
Yang Xu, Pittsburg, PA (US);
Lawrence Pileggi, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Stephen P. Boyd, Stanford, PA (US);
Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
The Board of Trustees for the Leland Stanford Junior University, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Abstract
Optimization design method for configurable analog circuits and devices resulting from same. An implementation fabric for a given application domain can be accurately pre-characterized in terms of devices and parasitics. Customization structures are designed and characterized to be applied to the fabric to customize a device for a particular application. In some embodiments, characterization is accomplished by formulating a configurable design problem as an optimization with recourse problem, for example, a geometric programming with recourse (GPR) problem. Devices can be produced for multiple applications from the application domain using the same optimized fabric to provide predictable performance.