Auxiliary Cells – FASoC: Fully-Autonomous SoC Synthesis using Customizable Cell-Based Synthesizable Analog Circuits

Auxiliary cells, similar to standard cells in digital design, are one of the building blocks for the analog generators. They have simple analog functionality usually associated with the structure of the auxiliary cell. Since the structure and the functionality of the auxiliary cells do not change with technology node, they can be easily ported from one process design kit to another. Below is a list of auxiliary cells used for various analog block generations:

Auxiliary Cell	Schematic	Analog Block Generation Usage
Differential switched capacitor		AD-PLL
Fully Differential Tri-State Buffer		AD-PLL
Unit Power Switch		DLDO
2:1 SC Cell		DC/DC Converter
Edge Pursuit Comparator		ADC
Bootstrap Switch		ADC
Unit Cap Cell		ADC
Pre-Charge Switch		CDC
Level Converter with multiple power lines		CDC
INV with multiple power lines		CDC/Thermal Sensor
NAND2 with multiple power lines		CDC/Thermal Sensor
BUF with multiple power lines		CDC/Thermal Sensor
Header Cell		Thermal Sensor
Column Mux		Memory Macro
Pre-Charge Circuit		Memory Macro
Pre-Decoder		Memory Macro
Row/Column Decoder		Memory Macro
Sense Amplifier		Memory Macro
WL Driver		Memory Macro
Write Driver		Memory Macro