Specifically targeted at both novice and expert designers, M-Design features technology to quickly import a circuit schematic or netlist, define design variables and easily capture circuit constraints and objectives. Expert designers use M-Design to squeeze the best performance out of a design and to profoundly investigate alternative solutions and topologies. Novice designers use the tool to gain insight in the tradeoffs of their design by means of a powerful post-processing engine and to efficiently reuse already proven IP and design methods.

M-Design is the tool of choice for performing feasibility studies, verifying hand-calculations, set-up and evaluate complex simulations and design circuits from scratch. Using the most advanced optimization technology, designs are sized or migrated to new performance specifications and/or process technology. At any time, all information in the database can be stored as an IP block, facilitating design reuse.

Feature Highlights

• highly efficient proprietary analog optimizer
• truly global optimizer
• particularly suited for complex search spaces as in analog design
• no initial sizing needed
• start from previously sized circuit
• Pareto optimal solution vector
• powerful post-processor
• visualize optimization results graphically and easily analyze trade-offs and circuit robustness
• smart technology to deal with specialized processes
• truly optimize non-standard CMOS circuits such as high-voltage, BiCMOS, etc.
• straightforward GUI
• increase productivity, eliminate human errors, automate tedious work
• leverages existing simulator infrastructure
• use any (3rd party) simulator, including HSpice®, Eldo® and Spectre® simulators
• take parasitic effects into account during optimization
• more realistic results, especially for RF designs