Technology

Guaranteeing Yield. Producing optimized circuits with high yield is essential. The built-in methods for yield optimization include support for local and global process variations and operating conditions. Both corners and statistical methods can be used to ensure robust circuits.

Performance evaluation. AnSyn's proprietary circuit simulator EqSim is designed to solve the explicit needs in an optimization-based design tools. Especially, EqSim can significantly reduce simulation time without loss of accuracy when performance needs to be evaluated repeatedly, as in the case in optimization-based sizing and yield estimation. Alternatively, a 3^rd party circuit simulators, such as HSpice®, Eldo®, or Spectre®, may be used with AnSyn's optimization platform.

Circuit optimization. Analog Dimension's unique optimization solution enables design without any initial sizing of devices. Instead, the tool automatically searches the design space to find an optimal set of device sizes. Using the efficiency of EqSim, extensive exploration of the design space can be performed to find an optimal solution. Analog Dimensions and EqSim have built-in support for distributed optimization and simulation, meaning that a cluster of workstations may be used to increase the simulation and/or optimization speed.

Reduce design time. Replacing tedious manual tasks with automated software reduces both the total design time and the manual effort to complete the design. The manual design time is also kept low due to Analog Dimensions user-friendly graphical interface and tight integration with several design flows.

Design space exploration. Analog Dimensions contains powerful design space exploration methods that can be used to visualize trade-offs and performance limitations. In Analog Dimensions these trade-offs are based on true circuit-level performance evaluations, which can serve as reliable basis for decision-making.

Hierarchical design. The hierarchical design methodology used in Analog Dimensions enables design over several levels of hierarchy. This methodology in combination with short design times and co-optimization possibilities reduce the need to translate performance requirements through several levels of hierarchy.

Retargeting. Analog Dimensions is ideal for retargeting. The ability to hierarchically constrain circuits at system level enables fast migration of large designs to new process technologies while taking advantage of available performance improvements.

Design report. Analog Dimensions can generate documentation of the final design. The report contains information such as design settings and the performance results. It also aims at bridging the gap between designers working at different stages of the design path. For example, node sensitivities and device matching are computed and documented to simplify circuit layout.