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Abstract

Owing to the complexity of integrated circuits, circuit parameters such as component values must be determined to achieve an optimised measure of circuit performance. A method of determining a preferred value of at least one electronic system component, 12, 14, 16, 18, 20, 22, 24, 26 or 28, which optimises one or more characteristics of an electronic system 10. The method comprising: expressing a steady state condition; selecting a trial value for the or each system component and calculating said steady state at the or each point; and applying a perturbation to the value of at least one of the said system components, such that a localised region around said steady state condition is linearised; and determining, as a consequence of said perturbation, a new steady state condition of said electronic system. A computer program carries out the prescribed optimisation method.

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