Introduction

Abstract

This book describes a novel, practical approach to the synthesis of high-performance analog circuits. By an analog circuit we mean an analog cell, a circuit small enough that it would be designed as a single unit, typically an interconnection of a few tens of transistors, capacitors, and other fundamental circuit devices; by synthesis we mean fully automatic design to meet performance (rather than behavioral) specifications; and by practical we mean that the approach requires substantially less effort on the part of the designer than manual design yet yields comparable results.