Self-reconstructing technique for expert system-based analog IC designs

The flexible-architecture approach to expert-system-based analog IC designs is presented. The self-reconstructing technique which uses circuit primitives as replacement parts in a design is described. The expert system used is capable of making an intelligent initial choice among circuits of fixed architecture as well as reconstructing the selected circuit to better satisfy a given set of performance specifications. Software implementation and experimental results are shown to demonstrate the power of the approach.<
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