Automated Generation of the Optimal Performance Trade-Offs of Integrated Inductors

作者：Gonzalez Echevarria Reinier^*; Castro Lopez Rafael; Roca Elisenda; Fernandez Francisco V; Sieiro Javier; Vidal Neus; Maria Lopez Villegas Jose

来源：IEEE Transactions on Computer-Aided Design of Integrated Circuits and Systems, 2014, 33(8): 1269-1273.

DOI：10.1109/TCAD.2014.2316092

• Design methodologies
• inductor synthesis
• multiobjective optimization
• performance trade-offs

In this paper, a new methodology for the automated generation of the optimal performance trade-offs of integrated inductors is presented. The methodology combines a multiobjective optimization algorithm with electromagnetic simulation to get highly accurate results. A set of sized inductors is obtained showing the best performance trade-offs for a given technology. Unlike reported approaches for inductor synthesis, performance trade-offs are generated offline, i.e., before any specific inductance or quality factor are required. The tight efficiency versus accuracy trade-off of existing approaches is, in this way, avoided and performance evaluation via electromagnetic simulation becomes affordable.

• 出版日期2014-8