Towards Global Optimization of Electronic Circuits for D.C. Operation

2 new and efficient methods of solution for the general non-linear programming problem: minimize F(x)=F(x
₁
, x
₂
,...x
_n
) in the domain S:a
_i
<;x
_i
<;b
_i
such that g(x)>;0, h(x)=0, have been implemented in the C.A.D. program ASTEC-3. As an illustration, we present the results we obtained in the D.C. operation optimization of a CMOS/SOS differential amplifier.