Abstract
This chapter provides an entirely new concept of analog design. It advocates analog design for CAD/automation or CAD-Compatible analog design in a way that will bridge the existing gap between circuit design and CAD-oriented work in the analog field, at both the circuit and layout levels, and bring analog VLSI design a step closer towards automation. It also unveils strong and interesting connections between programmability, computer-aided design and physical implementation of analog VLSI circuits. This leads to analog system designs that rely on the interconnection of simple reconfigurable programmable fixed analog cells instead of parameterized analog cells. This new design concept gives an important dimension to work discussed in previous chapters. For example, using the new concept, the work on automatic synthesis of fixed cells such as op-amps, can easily be extended to automatize analog design at the system level. Design examples of continuous-time analog MOS integrated systems are given to demonstrate the new design concept.
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