Interval Methods for Analog Circuits

Technical Report, Berichte des Fraunhofer ITWM, Volume 97, Fraunhofer ITWM, 2006

Authors

• Alexander Dreyer

Abstract

Reliable methods for the analysis of tolerance-affected analog circuits are of great importance in nowadays microelectronics. It is impossible to produce circuits with exactly those parameter specifications proposed in the design process. Such component tolerances will always lead to small variations of a circuit's properties, which may result in unexpected behaviour. If lower and upper bounds to parameter variations can be read off the manufacturing process, interval arithmetic naturally enters the circuit analysis area. This paper focuses on the frequency-response analysis of linear analog circuits, typically consisting of current and voltage sources as well as resistors, capacitances, inductances, and several variants of controlled sources. These kind of circuits are still widely used in analog circuit design as equivalent circuit diagrams for representing in certain application tasks.

Full Text

• Publication: itwm_report_interval.pdf

BibTeX

 
@TechReport{ ITWMReportNo97, 
   title = { Interval Methods for Analog Circuits   }, 
   author = { Alexander Dreyer },     
   series = { Berichte des Fraunhofer ITWM }, 
   volume = { 97 },  
   institution = { Fraunhofer ITWM },         
   year = 2006, 
} 

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