Publications

T. McConaghy, P. Palmers, P. Gao, M. Steyaert, and G.G.E. Gielen “Variation-Aware Analog Structural Synthesis: A Computational Intelligence Approach” Springer, 2009, ISBN 978-9048129058 Amazon: link
P. G. Drennan, M. L. Kniffin, “Implications of Proximity Effects for Analog Design,” Proc. 2006 IEEE CICC, Sept 2006. (Best Invited Paper)
C. C. McAndrew, P. G. Drennan, “Device Correlation: Modeling using Uncorrelated Parameters, Characterization Using Ratios and Differences,” Proc. 2006 Nanotech.
P. G. Drennan, C. C. McAndrew, “Understanding MOSFET Mismatch for Analog Design,” IEEE J. Solid State Circuits, March 2003.
P. G. Drennan, “Device Mismatch in BiCMOS Technologies,” Proc. 2002 IEEE BCTM, Oct. 2002.
P. G. Drennan, C. C. McAndrew, “Understanding MOSFET Mismatch for Analog Design,” Proc. 2002 IEEE CICC, Sept 2002. (Best Regular Paper)
C. C. McAndrew and P. G. Drennan, “Unified Statistical Modeling for Circuit Simulation,” Proc. Nanotech 2002.
P. G. Drennan and C. C. McAndrew, “A Comprehensive MOSFET Mismatch Model,” Proc. IEEE IEDM, Dec. 1999.
P. G. Drennan, “Integrated Circuit Device Mismatch Modeling and Characterization for Analog Circuit Design” Ph.D. Dissertation, Arizona State University, May 1999.
C. C. McAndrew, J. Bates, R. T. Ida, P. G. Drennan, “Efficient Statistical BJT Modeling, Why Beta is More than Ic/Ib,” Proc. 1997 IEEE BCTM, Oct 1997.
R. Riolo, U.-M. O’Reilly, and T. McConaghy, Editors. Genetic Programming Theory and Practice VII (Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Series). Springer, 2009, ISBN 978-1441916259 Amazon: link
T. McConaghy and G.G.E. Gielen, Globally reliable variation-aware sizing of analog integrated circuits via response surfaces and structural homotopy, IEEE Transactions on Computer-Aided Design 28(11), Nov. 2009, pp. 1627-1640.
T. McConaghy, P. Palmers, G.G.E. Gielen, and M. Steyaert, Variation-aware structural synthesis of analog circuits via hierarchical building blocks and structural homotopy, IEEE Transactions on Computer-Aided Design 28(9), Sept. 2009, pp. 1281–1294
T. McConaghy and G.G.E. Gielen, Template-free symbolic performance modeling of analog circuits via canonical form functions and genetic programming, IEEE Transactions on Computer-Aided Design 28(8), Aug. 2009, pp. 1162–1175
T. McConaghy, Latent variable symbolic regression for high-dimensional inputs, Genetic Programming Theory and Practice VI, Edited by R. Riolo, U.-M. O’Reilly, and T. McConaghy, Springer, 2009
U.-M. O’Reilly, T. McConaghy and R. Riolo, GPTP 2009: An Example of Evolvability, in Genetic Programming Theory and Practice VII, Edited by R. Riolo, U.-M. O’Reilly, and T. McConaghy, Springer, 2009.
I. Guerra-Gomez, E. Tlelo-Cuautle, T. McConaghy, and G.G.E. Gielen, Decomposition-based multi-objective optimization of second-generation current conveyors, Proceedings of the IEEE Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems (MWSCAS), 2009
I. Guerra-Gomez, E. Tlelo-Cuautle, T. McConaghy, and G.G.E. Gielen, Optimizing current conveyors by evolutionary algorithms including differential evolution, Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Electronics Circuits and Systems (ICECS), 2009
P. Palmers, T. McConaghy, M. Steyaert, and G.G.E. Gielen, Massively multi-topology sizing of analog integrated circuits, in Proc. Design Automation and Test in Europe, March 2009
T. McConaghy, P. Palmers, G.G.E. Gielen, and M. Steyaert, Automated extraction of expert domain knowledge from genetic programming synthesis results, in Genetic Programming Theory and Practice VI, Edited by R. Riolo and B. Worzel, Springer, 2009
Johan Loeckx, Thomas Deman, T. McConaghy, and G.G.E. Gielen, A novel EMI-immune Current Mirror Topology obtained by Genetic Evolution, in Proc. Conf. in Electro Magnetic Compatibility, Zurich, 2009
T. McConaghy. Variation-aware structural synthesis and knowledge extraction of analog circuits. PhD thesis, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium, November 2008
P. Gao, T. McConaghy, and G.G.E. Gielen, ISCLEs: Importance sampled circuit learning ensembles for robust analog IC design, in Proc. Intern. Conference on Computer-Aided Design, San Jose, November 2008
T. McConaghy, P. Palmers, G.G.E. Gielen, and M. Steyaert, Automated extraction of expert knowledge in analog topology selection and sizing, in Proc. Intern. Conference on Computer-Aided Design, San Jose, November 2008
P. Gao, T. McConaghy, and G.G.E. Gielen, ISCLEs: Importance sampled circuit learning ensembles for trustworthy analog circuit topology synthesis, in Proc. Intern. Conference on Evolvable Systems, Prague, CZ, September 2008
T. McConaghy, Statistical knowledge extraction in analog circuit design, Part of Robust AMS Design Tutorial, Design Automation Conference, Anaheim, CA, June, 2008
T. McConaghy, P. Palmers, G.G.E. Gielen, and M. Steyaert, Genetic programming with reuse of known designs, in Genetic Programming Theory and Practice V, Edited by R. Riolo and B. Worzel, Chapter 10, Springer, 2008
T. McConaghy, P. Palmers, G.G.E. Gielen, and M. Steyaert, Simultaneous multi-topology multi-objective sizing across thousands of analog circuit topologies, in Proc. Design Automation Conference, pp. 944–947, June 2007
T. McConaghy, G. G. E. Gielen, Double-strength CAFFEINE: fast template-free symbolic modeling of analog circuits via implicit canonical form functions and explicit Introns, in Design Automation and Test in Europe, pp. 269-274, 2006.
T. McConaghy, G. G. E. Gielen: Canonical form functions as a simple means for genetic programming to evolve human-interpretable functions, in Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference, pp. 855-862, 2006.
T. McConaghy, G. G. E. Gielen, Automation in mixed-signal design: challenges and solutions in the wake of the nano era, in International Conference on Computer-Aided Design, 2006, pp. 461-463.
T. McConaghy, G. G. E. Gielen, Analysis of simulation-driven numerical performance modeling techniques for application to analog circuit optimization, in IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems, May 23-26, 2005.
T. McConaghy, T. Eeckelaert, G. G. E. Gielen, CAFFEINE: template-free symbolic model generation of analog circuits via canonical form functions and genetic programming, in Design Automation and Test in Europe, pp. 1070-1075, March 7-11, 2005.
T. McConaghy, T. Eeckelaert, G. G. E. Gielen, CAFFEINE: template-free symbolic model generation of analog circuits via canonical form functions and genetic programming, in European Solid-State Circuits Conference, September 12-15, 2005.
T. Eeckelaert, T. McConaghy, G. G. E. Gielen, Efficient Multi-Objective Synthesis of Analog Circuits using Hierarchical Pareto-Optimal Performance Hypersurfaces, in Design Automation and Test in Europe, March 7-11, 2005.
T. McConaghy, G. G. E. Gielen, IBMG: Interpretable behavioral model generator for nonlinear analog circuits via canonical form functions and genetic programming, in IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems, May 23-26, 2005.
G. G. E. Gielen, T. McConaghy, Tom Eeckelaert, Performance space modeling for hierarchical synthesis of analog integrated circuits, in Design Automation Conference, pp. 881-886, June 13-17, 2005.
T. McConaghy, G. G. E. Gielen, Genetic programming in industrial analog CAD: applications and challenges, Genetic Programming Theory and Practice III, Edited by Tina Yu and Bill Worzel, Chapter 19, Springer, 2006.