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AnXplorer: EDA Tool for Schematic Level Optimization of Analog & RF Circuits
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AnXplorer
Data Sheet
2010.07
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ANXPLORER: EDA TOOL FOR SCHEMATIC LEVEL OPTIMIZATION OF ANALOG & RF CIRCUITS
OVERVIEW
Market analysis
Demand for faster devices consuming less power has revived
interest in analog circuits for interface, data conversion, amplifi-
cation, and even fast signal processing. As a result, Analog and
Mixed signal (AMS) IC (Integrated Circuit) industry is growing
much faster than its digital counterpart. According to market
analysis, AMS IC business is expected to grow at 10% CAGR
while the overall semiconductor market is growing at 5%. It will
therefore cross $60 billion by 2010 from $37 billion in 2005. Such
an explosive growth involves development of numerous circuits
in a short period of time.
Challenges in analog design
Analog circuits account for approximately 2% or less of the total
transistor count. However, they take up around 20% of total IC
area, and consume around 40% of the total design effort. Fur-
thermore, analog circuits are also responsible for 50% of all de-
sign re-spins. The reason for the long development time and un-
predictability is that analog design lacks adequate automation.
The design flow is utterly effort intensive and dependent on in-
dividual skill and knowledge. Analog designers are in short sup-
ply, and it is difficult to grow the numbers quickly. This throws a
management challenge where it is needed to deliver a lot more in
a shorter time with very little resource. The need of the hour for
the industry is, therefore, a design synthesis tool for analog and
RF which which address issues like centering, mismatch, noise,
and post layout parasitics.
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AnXplorer is a software solution to address the above problem. It
is a simulation and design equation based synthesis and optimi-
zation tool for analog and radio frequency (RF) circuits, by effi-
cient design space exploration. At the heart of it is a multi-