Conference proceeding
CALT: Classification with Adaptive Labeling Thresholds for Analog Circuit Sizing
2020 ACM/IEEE 2nd Workshop on Machine Learning for CAD (MLCAD)
16 Nov 2020
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Abstract
A novel simulation-based framework that applies classification with adaptive labeling thresholds (CALT) is developed that auto-generates the component sizes of an analog integrated circuit. Classifiers are applied to predict whether the target specifications are satisfied. To address the lack of data points with positive labels due to the large dimensionality of the parameter space, the labeling threshold is adaptively set to a certain percentile of the distribution of a given circuit performance metric in the dataset. Random forest classifiers are executed for surrogate prediction modeling that provide a ranking of the design parameters. For each iteration of the simulation loop, optimization is utilized to determine new query points. CALT is applied to the design of a low noise amplifier (LNA) in a 65 nm technology. Qualified design solutions are generated for two sets of specifications with an average execution of 4 and 17 iterations of the optimization loop, which require an average of 1287 and 2190 simulation samples, and an average execution time of 5.4 hours and 23.2 hours, respectively. CALT is a specification-driven design framework to automate the sizing of the components (transistors, capacitors, inductors, etc.) of an analog circuit. CALT generates interpretable models and achieves high sample efficiency without requiring the use of prior circuit models.
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- Title
- CALT: Classification with Adaptive Labeling Thresholds for Analog Circuit Sizing
- Creators
- Zhengfeng Wu - Drexel UniversityIoannis Savidis - Drexel UniversityACM
- Publication Details
- 2020 ACM/IEEE 2nd Workshop on Machine Learning for CAD (MLCAD)
- Conference
- 2020 ACM/IEEE 2nd Workshop on Machine Learning for CAD (MLCAD), 2nd
- Publisher
- Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
- Grant note
- CNS-1751032 / National Science Foundation (10.13039/100000001) FA8075-14-D0025/DSTAT-15-1196 / Air Force Research Laboratory (10.13039/100006602)
- Resource Type
- Conference proceeding
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Electrical and Computer Engineering
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000670756800011
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-85098291814
- Other Identifier
- 991019168039604721
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