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This work addresses the research and development of an innovative optimization kernel applied to analog integrated circuit (IC) design. Particularly, this works describes the modifications inside the AIDA Framework, an electronic design automation framework fully developed by at the Integrated Circuits Group-LX of the Instituto de Telecomunicações, Lisbon. It focusses on AIDA-CMK, by enhancing AIDA-C, which is the circuit optimizer component of AIDA, with a new multi-objective multi-constraint optimization module that constructs a base for multiple algorithm implementations. The proposed solution implements three approaches to multi-objective multi-constraint optimization, namely, an evolutionary approach with NSGAII, a swarm intelligence approach with MOPSO and stochastic hill climbing approach with MOSA. Moreover, the implemented structure allows the easy hybridization between kernels transforming the previous simple NSGAII optimization module into a more evolved and versatile module supporting multiple single and multi-kernel algorithms.The three multi-objective optimization approaches were validated with CEC2009 benchmarks to constrained multi-objective optimization and tested with real analog IC design problems. The achieved results were compared in terms of performance, using statistical results obtained from multiple independent runs. Finally, some hybrid approaches were also experimented, giving a foretaste to a wide range of opportunities to explore in future work.

Engineering. --- Circuits and Systems. --- Computer-Aided Engineering (CAD, CAE) and Design. --- Computational Intelligence. --- Computer aided design. --- Systems engineering. --- Ingénierie --- Conception assistée par ordinateur --- Ingénierie des systèmes --- Analog integrated circuits -- Computer-aided design. --- Constrained optimization. --- Electrical & Computer Engineering --- Engineering & Applied Sciences --- Electrical Engineering --- Analog integrated circuits --- Computer-aided design. --- Analog chips (Integrated circuits) --- Analog ICs --- Optimization, Constrained --- Computer-aided engineering. --- Computational intelligence. --- Electronic circuits. --- Electron-tube circuits --- Electric circuits --- Electron tubes --- Electronics --- Intelligence, Computational --- Artificial intelligence --- Soft computing --- CAE --- Engineering --- Construction --- Industrial arts --- Technology --- Data processing --- Analog electronic systems --- Integrated circuits --- Mathematical optimization --- CAD (Computer-aided design) --- Computer-assisted design --- Computer-aided engineering --- Design --- Engineering systems --- System engineering --- Industrial engineering --- System analysis --- Design and construction

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This book introduces readers to a variety of tools for automatic analog integrated circuit (IC) sizing and optimization. The authors provide a historical perspective on the early methods proposed to tackle automatic analog circuit sizing, with emphasis on the methodologies to size and optimize the circuit, and on the methodologies to estimate the circuit’s performance. The discussion also includes robust circuit design and optimization and the most recent advances in layout-aware analog sizing approaches. The authors describe a methodology for an automatic flow for analog IC design, including details of the inputs and interfaces, multi-objective optimization techniques, and the enhancements made in the base implementation by using machine leaning techniques. The Gradient model is discussed in detail, along with the methods to include layout effects in the circuit sizing. The concepts and algorithms of all the modules are thoroughly described, enabling readers to reproduce the methodologies, improve the quality of their designs, or use them as starting point for a new tool. An extensive set of application examples is included to demonstrate the capabilities and features of the methodologies described.

Engineering. --- Microprocessors. --- Electronics. --- Microelectronics. --- Electronic circuits. --- Circuits and Systems. --- Processor Architectures. --- Electronics and Microelectronics, Instrumentation. --- Linear integrated circuits. --- Linear ICs --- Analog integrated circuits --- Systems engineering. --- Computer science. --- Informatics --- Science --- Engineering systems --- System engineering --- Engineering --- Industrial engineering --- System analysis --- Electrical engineering --- Physical sciences --- Design and construction --- Microminiature electronic equipment --- Microminiaturization (Electronics) --- Electronics --- Microtechnology --- Semiconductors --- Miniature electronic equipment --- Minicomputers --- Electron-tube circuits --- Electric circuits --- Electron tubes

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This book introduces readers to a variety of tools for analog layout design automation. After discussing the placement and routing problem in electronic design automation (EDA), the authors overview a variety of automatic layout generation tools, as well as the most recent advances in analog layout-aware circuit sizing. The discussion includes different methods for automatic placement (a template-based Placer and an optimization-based Placer), a fully-automatic Router and an empirical-based Parasitic Extractor. The concepts and algorithms of all the modules are thoroughly described, enabling readers to reproduce the methodologies, improve the quality of their designs, or use them as starting point for a new tool. All the methods described are applied to practical examples for a 130nm design process, as well as placement and routing benchmark sets. Introduces readers to hierarchical combination of Pareto fronts of placements; Presents electromigration-aware routing with multilayer multiport terminal structures; Includes evolutionary multi-objective multi-constraint detailed Router; Enables parasitic extraction performed over a semi-complete layout.

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This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 23rd European Conference on Genetic Programming, EuroGP 2020, held as part of Evo*2020, in Seville, Spain, in April 2020, co-located with the Evo*2020 events EvoCOP, EvoMUSART and EvoApplications. The 12 full papers and 6 short papers presented in this book were carefully reviewed and selected from 36 submissions. The papers cover a wide spectrum of topics, including designing GP algorithms for ensemble learning, comparing GP with popular machine learning algorithms, customising GP algorithms for more explainable AI applications to real-world problems.

Genetic programming (Computer science) --- Computer programming --- Genetic algorithms --- Computers. --- Architecture, Computer. --- Special purpose computers. --- Computer communication systems. --- Artificial intelligence. --- Computer organization. --- Theory of Computation. --- Computer System Implementation. --- Special Purpose and Application-Based Systems. --- Computer Communication Networks. --- Artificial Intelligence. --- Computer Systems Organization and Communication Networks. --- Organization, Computer --- Electronic digital computers --- AI (Artificial intelligence) --- Artificial thinking --- Electronic brains --- Intellectronics --- Intelligence, Artificial --- Intelligent machines --- Machine intelligence --- Thinking, Artificial --- Bionics --- Cognitive science --- Digital computer simulation --- Electronic data processing --- Logic machines --- Machine theory --- Self-organizing systems --- Simulation methods --- Fifth generation computers --- Neural computers --- Communication systems, Computer --- Computer communication systems --- Data networks, Computer --- ECNs (Electronic communication networks) --- Electronic communication networks --- Networks, Computer --- Teleprocessing networks --- Data transmission systems --- Digital communications --- Electronic systems --- Information networks --- Telecommunication --- Cyberinfrastructure --- Network computers --- Special purpose computers --- Computers --- Architecture, Computer --- Automatic computers --- Automatic data processors --- Computer hardware --- Computing machines (Computers) --- Electronic calculating-machines --- Electronic computers --- Hardware, Computer --- Computer systems --- Cybernetics --- Calculators --- Cyberspace --- Distributed processing --- Computer science. --- Computer systems. --- Computers, Special purpose. --- Computer networks. --- Computer engineering. --- Computer Engineering and Networks. --- ADP systems (Computer systems) --- Computing systems --- Systems, Computer --- Informatics --- Science --- Design and construction

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Programming --- Computer architecture. Operating systems --- Artificial intelligence. Robotics. Simulation. Graphics --- computers --- programmeren (informatica) --- programmeertalen --- KI (kunstmatige intelligentie) --- OS (operating system) --- computernetwerken