Title: Swarm intelligence-based mono and multi-objective methods for sizing preamplifier circuits for biomedical applications

Authors: Swagata Devi; Koushik Guha; Krishna Lal Baishnab

Addresses: Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, National Institute of Technology Silchar, Assam, India ' Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, National Institute of Technology Silchar, Assam, India ' Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, National Institute of Technology Silchar, Assam, India

Abstract: In this article, various high-performance optimisation algorithms are used to optimise circuit parameters: firstly in a modified double ended differential amplifier for area optimisation; and secondly in an adaptive recycling folded cascode amplifier to deal with noise power trade-off. These circuits are used as preamplifiers in neural ailment such as epileptic seizure recording systems. Amongst the various analogue design challenges in a preamplifier, minimum area consumption and a good noise power trade-off are the necessary pre-requisites which require consideration. Traditional circuit sizing methods are tedious and prone to human error, so an alternative method is necessary to auto-size the circuit parameters. In this work, single objective algorithms are implemented to minimise area in the circuit, where the whale optimisation algorithm convergences earliest. While the multi-verse multi-objective optimisation algorithm shows good performance to maintain the noise power trade-off. These results are evaluated and compared in MATLAB and Cadence environment.

Keywords: optimisation algorithms; single objective; multi-objective; aspect ratios; amplifiers.

DOI: 10.1504/IJNP.2022.126393

International Journal of Nanoparticles, 2022 Vol.14 No.2/3/4, pp.159 - 180

Received: 14 Sep 2021
Accepted: 16 Nov 2021
Published online: 24 Oct 2022 *

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