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2015
Passos, Fabio, Mouna Kotti, R. Gonzalez-Echevarria, M. H. Fino, E. Roca, R. Castro-Lopez, and F. V. Fernandez Physical vs. Surrogate Models of Passive RF Devices. 2015 IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems. Lisbon: IEEE, 2015.
2013
Fino, M. H., and F. Coito On the use of compact modeling for RF/analog design automation. 20th International Conference in Mixed Design of Integrated Circuits and Systems (MIXDES). Poland: IEEE, 2013.
2012
Pereira, Pedro, Helena Fino, Fernando Coito, and Fernando Ventin-Neves Optimization-Based Design of Nano-CMOS LC-VCOs. Doceis 2012. Caparica, Pt: Springer, 2012.
Pereira, Pedro, Fernando Coito, and Helena Fino PSO-Based Design of RF Integrated Inductor. Doceis 2012. Caparica, Pt: Springer, 2012.
Fino, M., and F. Coito. "Symbolic Characterization of VCOs and its application to optimization based design." Design of Analog Circuits Through Symbolic Analysis. Eds. M. FahkFahk, F. V. Fernandez, and E. Tlelo-Cuautle. Bentham Sciences Publishers Ltd, 2012. 399-412.
Coito, Fernando, Helena Fino, and Pedro Pereira. "Variability-Aware Optimization of RF Integrated Inductors in Nanometer-Scale Technologies." Integrated Circuits for Analog Signal Processing. New York: Springer-Verlag , 2012.
2011
Pereira, Pedro, Helena Fino, and Fernando Coito. "RF integrated inductor modeling and its application to optimization-based design ." Analog Integrated Circuits and Signal Processing (2011). AbstractWebsite

In this paper an optimization-based approach for the design of RF integrated inductors is addressed. For the characterisation of the inductor behaviour the double π-model is used. The use of this model is twofold. On one hand it enables the generation of the inductor characterisation in a few seconds. On the other hand its integration into the optimization procedure is straightforward. For the evaluation of the model element values analytical expressions based on technology parameters as well as on the device geometric characteristics are used. The use of a technology-based methodology for the evaluation of the model parameters grants the adaptability of the model to any technology. The inductor analytical characterization is integrated into an optimization-based tool for the automatic design of RF integrated inductors. This tool uses a modified genetic algorithm (MGA) optimization procedure, which has proved its validation in previous work. Due to the design parameter constraints nature as well as the topology constraints, discrete variables optimization techniques are used. The accuracy of the results is checked against a non-commercial software.

Sallem, Amin, Pedro Pereira, Mourad FahkFahk, Helena Fino, and Fernando Coito. "A Technology-Aware Optimization of RF Integrated Inductors . Esteban Tlelo-Cuautle." Analog Circuits: Applications, Design & Performance (Electrical Engineering Developments) . Nova Science Publishers, 2011. 34-50.
2010
Pereira, Pedro, Helena Fino, Fernando Coito, and Ventim M. Neves Automatic generation of RF integrated inductors analytical characterization. Symbolic and Numerical Methods, Modeling and Applications to Circuit Design (SM2ACD), 2010 XIth International Workshop on. Tunisia: IEEE, 2010.
Pereira, Pedro, Helena Fino, Fernando Coito, and Ventim M. Neves GADISI – Genetic Algorithms Applied to the Automatic Design of Integrated Spiral Inductors.. Doceis 2010. Caparica, Pt: Springer, 2010.