An Approach to Worst-Case Circuit Analysis

Abstract:- In this paper, the authors intend to show how to apply the circuit description in parameter space for a standard worst-case circuit analysis (WCCA). DC or AC or transient worst-case circuit analysis can be performed only by testing the circuit for the vertices of a polytope in conjunction with a circuit simulator or computational environment. In order to validate and show the effectiveness of this approach, DC and AC worst-case circuit analyses of an analog electronic circuit performed in conjunction with a general-purpose circuit simulator are presented and discussed. Key-Words:- Worst-case circuit analysis, Analog electronic circuit, Polytope.