GRACE: Generative Robust Analog Circuit Exploration

Terry, Michael; Marcus, J. I.; Farrell, Matthew Todd; Aggarwal, Varun; O’Reilly, Una-May

doi:10.1007/11732242_30

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“…The shrinking technology and nonlinear behavior of MOS devices makes it attractive to explore the application of the current algorithm in evolving traditional analog circuits at nanoscale. However, this aspect needs further investigation [13,14].…”

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confidence: 98%

Chua's Circuit Topology Evolution Using Genetic Algorithm

Rák

Gandhi

Cserey

2010

Int. J. Bifurcation Chaos

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In this paper, a novel approach of using genetic algorithm towards the realization of Chua's circuit is presented. The paper demonstrates the use of genetic algorithm to evolve Chua's circuit from a set of given passive and active components. More than a dozen of the evolved designs are demonstrated to work satisfactorily in simulation. The evolved designs are found to be competitive in a human environment and are also demonstrated to work in a laboratory set up.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 98%

Chua's Circuit Topology Evolution Using Genetic Algorithm

Rák

Gandhi

Cserey

2010

Int. J. Bifurcation Chaos

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“…In particular, it is possible to distinguish between analog EHW systems, mixed analogdigital EHW systems, and digital EHW systems. Analog EHW systems are based on either Field Programmable Transistor Arrays (FPTA) or Field Programmable Analog Arrays (FPAA) [Terry et al 2006;Zebulum et al 2007]. Mixed analog-digital EHW systems, instead, rely on custom devices (e.g., the Evolvable Motherboard described by Layzell [1998]) and can be used to develop circuits composed of both digital and analog parts.…”

Section: Evolvable Hardware: Taxonomymentioning

confidence: 99%

On the Evolution of Hardware Circuits via Reconfigurable Architectures

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Bartolini

Carminati

et al. 2012

ACM Trans. Reconfigurable Technol. Syst.

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Traditionally, hardware circuits are realized according to techniques that follow the classical phases of design and testing. A completely new approach in the creation of hardware circuits has been proposed-the Evolvable Hardware (EHW) paradigm, which bases the circuit synthesis on a goal-oriented evolutionary process inspired by biological evolution in Nature.FPGA-based approaches have emerged as the main architectural solution to implement EHW systems. Various EHW systems have been proposed by researchers but most of them, being based on outdated chips, do not take advantage of the interesting features introduced in newer FPGAs. This article describes a project named Hardware Evolution over Reconfigurable Architectures (HERA), which aims at creating a complete and performance-oriented framework for the evolution of digital circuits, leveraging the reconfiguration technology available in FPGAs. The project is described from its birth to its current state, presenting its evolutionary technique tailored for FPGA-based circuits and the most recent enhancements to improve the scalability with respect to problem size. The developed EHW system outperforms the state of the art, proving its effectiveness in evolving both standard benchmarks and more complex real-world applications.

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“…Another set of approaches use FPAAs. They have been limited in inventive success by the relatively small scale of the devices, though [29] invented a controller. No published designs or application of designs has occurred.…”

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confidence: 99%