Circuit Analysis and Optimisation

Higher education teachers: Tuma Tadej
Collaborators: Bürmen Arpad

Subject description

Prerequisits:

Fair mathematical knowledge

Content (Syllabus outline):

1) Contemporary numerical methods for analog circuit analysis: Modified nodal equations, LU decomposition, Newton Raphson iteration for nonlinear circuits, integration algorithms for dynamic circuits, pole zero analysis. 2) Optimization algorithms: setting up cost functions, direct optimization methods, penalty functions. 3) Hands-on laboratory work on real circuits with the SPICE OPUS tools: competent analyses.

Objectives and competences:

Understanding numerical methods for analog circuit analysis. Understanding basic principles of parameter optimization. Practical hands-on laboratory work experience with SPICE OPUS analog circuit design tools.

Intended learning outcomes:

Integrated analog circuit design.

Learning and teaching methods:

• Lectures,
• discussion groups,
• laboratory project work (group and individual).

Study materials

Readings:

1. T. Tuma, A. Buermen, Circuit Simulation with SPICE OPUS, Theory and Practice, ISBN: 978-0-8176-4866-4, A Birkhäuser book, Springer 2009.
2. Spletna stran fakultetnega orodja www.spiceopus.si