arXiv:2608. 13472v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Analog circuit design is a time-consuming, iterative process in a nonlinear and high-dimensional design space that relies heavily on expert intuition.
By Mohammed Ayman Habib, Rylan Hart, Morteza Fayazi
Sharing analog integrated circuit designs remains difficult: foundry non-disclosure agreements restrict the process details a design depends on, and the testbenches behind published results are rarely...
Analog-DB is an open‑source, versioned database that stores analog integrated circuit designs in a process‑neutral topology, reusable testbenches, and machine‑readable datasheets using a domain‑specific language. The database’s parameterization scheme and schema‑governed contracts enable AI design agents to discover, compose, and retarget circuits across multiple process kits. In a case study, a coding agent used the released artifacts to size op‑amp cores for a chopper instrumentation amplifier, uncovering defects that a sizing‑only baseline missed.
By Danial Noori Zadeh, Mohamed B. Elamien
Analog circuit sizing remains a challenging and time-consuming task due to the large design space, strong performance trade-offs, and increasing circuit complexity in scaled technologies. Although rec...
AnalogScout is a new framework that uses a large language model (LLM) agent to perform PVT-aware analog device sizing more efficiently. By reusing elite designs, applying analytic gm/Id local sizing, and refining globally under full-corner verification, it cuts power consumption by 43.3% compared to the CMA-ES evolution strategy while using the same 16,000 simulations on three SKY130 OTAs. The method also outperforms Bayesian optimization and other LLM-driven flows on the tested OTAs.
By Yichen Long, Keren Zhu
arXiv:2608. 13767v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Analog IC layout design remains a labor-intensive iterative process dominated by simulation-driven refinement.
By Bingyang Liu, Ziming Wei, Xiaohan Gao, David Z. Pan