SYSTEM, METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR AUTOMATED CIRCUIT DESIGN USING LINEAR GENETIC ALGORITHMS

摘要

A system, method and computer program product for designing analog circuits using a linear genome representation and unfolding technique. A finite set of component-placing instructions (602) is defined, which is capable of placing components in a circuit between an input node and an output node. Each instruction has an opcode specifying the connectivity of an associated component and a component value. A plurality of circuit graphs is generated, and each graph comprises a plurality of the instructions selected by mapping opcode and component values to linear genome segments. The graphs are converted to netlists (606) that are tested in a circuit simulation computer program to isolate one or more evolved circuits that best approximates a fitness function.