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Synthesis of analog filters on an evolvable hardware platform using a genetic algorithm

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This work presents a novel approach to filter synthesis on a fieldprogrammable analog array (FPAA) architecture using a genetic algorithm (GA). First, a Matlab model of the FPAA is created and verified for compliance with transistor-level simulations of the FPAA. Using this model, differentfilter structures are built using an active-RC approach and evaluated. Secondly, a robust genetic algorithm is implemented in Matlab, which allows synthesis of analog filters on the given structure. Optimal parameters and operators of the genetic algorithm are identified by gradual adaptation andperformance evaluation, and the general feasibility is shown. Finally, the GA is used to overcome quantization-limitations of the FPAA structure and find configurations of filters, which would not have been achievable with traditional synthesis methods.
The system is not only a platform for theoretical investigation offilter structures on the given chip structure but also provides aframework for evolution and instantiation of filters on actual chiphardware.

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GECCO '07: Proceedings of the 9th annual conference on Genetic and evolutionary computation
July 2007
2313 pages
ISBN:9781595936974
DOI:10.1145/1276958
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  1. computer aided design
  2. evolvable hardware
  3. genetic algorithm
  4. hardware realization
  5. microelectronics
  6. synthesis

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  • (2008)A rapid prototyping environment for high-speed reconfigurable analog signal processing2008 IEEE International Symposium on Parallel and Distributed Processing10.1109/IPDPS.2008.4536511(1-4)Online publication date: Apr-2008
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