Design automation methodology for analog IC design matching designers approach

This paper presents a new design automation methodology for analog IC design. The proposed approach introduces an increased level of flexibility and reusability when compared to traditional approaches. The flexibility is achieved by allowing the designer to define both his/her own hierarchical design organization and, simultaneously, the design flow for each design level. The reusability is achieved by introducing a highly organized data structure, to store the entire design data, allowing an easy reuse of designed systems and predefined design flows. Finally, a case study is presented to illustrate the implementation of the described design automation methodology.