用AI全自动设计模拟电路,精准快速且考虑版图约束。
FALCON: An ML Framework for Fully Automated Layout-Constrained Analog Circuit Design
- 基于性能分类器选拓扑,用图神经网络建模电路参数与性能关系。
- 拓扑识别准确率超99%,性能预测相对误差低于10%。
- 适合芯片设计工程师和自动化工具研发者快速实现电路设计。
从性能指标自动设计模拟电路是一项复杂的多阶段任务,涉及拓扑选择、参数推断和版图可行性验证。我们提出FALCON,一个统一的机器学习框架,通过拓扑选择与版图约束优化,实现完全自动化的、以规格驱动的模拟电路综合。给定目标性能,FALCON首先利用基于人类设计经验的性能驱动分类器选择合适的电路拓扑;随后,采用自定义的边中心图神经网络,将电路拓扑与参数映射为性能,实现基于梯度的参数推断;该推断过程由可微分的版图成本函数引导,其基于解析方程捕捉寄生效应与频率相关性,并受设计规则约束。我们在包含100万例模拟毫米波电路的大规模定制数据集上训练并评估FALCON,数据使用Cadence Spectre在20种专家设计拓扑上生成与仿真。结果表明,FALCON在拓扑推断中准确率超过99%,性能预测相对误差小于10%,且每实例布局感知设计耗时不足1秒。这些成果使FALCON成为端到端模拟电路设计自动化的实用且可扩展的基础模型。
原文摘要 · Abstract (English)
Designing analog circuits from performance specifications is a complex, multi-stage process encompassing topology selection, parameter inference, and layout feasibility. We introduce FALCON, a unified machine learning framework that enables fully automated, specification-driven analog circuit synthesis through topology selection and layout-constrained optimization. Given a target performance, FALCON first selects an appropriate circuit topology using a performance-driven classifier guided by human design heuristics. Next, it employs a custom, edge-centric graph neural network trained to map circuit topology and parameters to performance, enabling gradient-based parameter inference through the learned forward model. This inference is guided by a differentiable layout cost, derived from analytical equations capturing parasitic and frequency-dependent effects, and constrained by design rules. We train and evaluate FALCON on a large-scale custom dataset of 1M analog mm-wave circuits, generated and simulated using Cadence Spectre across 20 expert-designed topologies. Through this evaluation, FALCON demonstrates >99% accuracy in topology inference, <10% relative error in performance prediction, and efficient layout-aware design that completes in under 1 second per instance. Together, these results position FALCON as a practical and extensible foundation model for end-to-end analog circuit design automation.
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