arXiv:2608.13767cs.AIcs.RO2026-08

用大模型提升模拟电路布局优化效率,仅需少量仿真即可超越传统方法。

Simulation-Aware In-Context Policy Improvement for LLM-Aided Analog Layout Refinement

论文配图:Simulation-Aware In-Context Policy Improvement for LLM-Aided Analog Layout Refinement
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  • 基于大模型的多智能体框架,通过迭代调整参数实现上下文策略优化。
  • 仅需数十次仿真,即显著提升电路后布局性能,优于内置启发式与贝叶斯优化。
  • 适合需要快速迭代的模拟集成电路设计人员,尤其擅长处理几何布局上下文。

模拟集成电路布局设计仍依赖耗时的迭代优化流程,主要由仿真驱动。尽管端到端布局生成器可加速初始布线,但为满足严格设计规范,仍需专家手动调参并反复进行后布局仿真。虽然贝叶斯优化常用于参数调优,但在布局层面通常需数百至数千次评估,每次涉及昂贵的寄生参数提取与后布局仿真,难以实用。近期大语言模型(LLMs)在提升此类仿真驱动调优的样本效率方面展现出潜力,但受限于对几何布局上下文和设计专有规则的访问,难以有效干预布局优化过程。本文提出一种仿真感知的LLM多智能体框架,通过在紧凑结构化布局表示上执行‘行动-观察-反思’循环,实现上下文策略改进(ICPI),持续更新布局生成器暴露的优化参数。在真实模拟电路上的实验表明,仅需数十次后布局仿真,该方法即可在性能上超越生成器内置启发式及基于贝叶斯优化的调优方法。

原文摘要 · Abstract (English)

Analog IC layout design remains a labor-intensive iterative process dominated by simulation-driven refinement. Although end-to-end layout generators accelerate initial placement and routing, they still require experts to manually tune layout optimization parameters with repeated post-layout simulations for stringent design specifications. While Bayesian Optimization (BO) is widely adopted for parameter tuning in analog IC design, at the layout level it typically requires hundreds to thousands of evaluations, each involving costly parasitic extraction and post-layout simulation, which makes it impractical. Recently, Large Language Models (LLMs) have demonstrated potential in improving the sample efficiency of such simulation-driven tuning. However, their restricted access to geometric layout context and design-specific heuristics limits their ability to manipulate the layout optimization process. In this paper, we propose a simulation-aware LLM multi-agent framework that performs in-context policy improvement (ICPI) by iteratively updating layout optimization parameters exposed by an analog layout generator through an act-observe-reflect loop on compact structured layout representations. Experiments on real-world analog circuits show that, with only tens of post-layout simulations, our approach improves post-layout performance over the generator's built-in heuristics and BO-based tuning method.

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