# Combined sizing of drivers, repeaters, and wire

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    % Section 5.2,  L. Vandenberghe, S. Boyd, and A. El Gamal
    % "Optimizing dominant time constant in RC circuits"
    % Original by Lieven Vandenberghe
    % Adapted for CVX by Joelle Skaf - 11/25/05
    % Modified by Michael Grant - 3/8/06
    %
    % The first driver drives an interconnect wire, modeled as n RC Pi segments
    % connected to a repeater, which drives a capacitive load through another n
    % segment wires. The problem is to determine the sizes of the wire segments
    % (x1, . . . , x40) and the sizes of the driver & repeater d1 and d2.
    % We want to minimize area subject to bound on the combined delay Tdom1 +
    % Tdom2 of the two stages.
    %               minimize        L(d1 + d2) + sum(xi*li)
    %                   s.t.        0 <= xi <= wmax
    %                               d1 >=0 , d2 >= 0
    %                               (Tmax/2)G1(x, d1, d2) - C1(x,d2) >= 0
    %                               (Tmax/2)G2(x, d1, d2) - C2(x) >= 0

    %
    % Circuit parameters
    %

    n = 21;        % number of nodes per wire
    m = n-1;       % number of segments per wire
    g = 1.0;       % output conductance is g times driver size
    c0 = 1.0;      % input capacitance of driver is co + c*driver size
    c = 3.0;
    alpha = 10;    % wire segment: two capacitances beta*width
    beta = 0.5;    % wire segment: conductance alpha*width
    C = 50;        % external load
    L = 10.0;      % area is sum xi + L*(d1+d2)
    wmax = 2.0;    % maximum wire width
    dmax = 100.0;  % maximum driver size

    %
    % Construct the capacitance and conductance matrices
    %   C1(x) = C10 + w11 * C11 + w21 * C12 + ...
    %   C2(x) = C20 + w11 * C21 + w21 * C22 + ...
    %   G1(x) = G10 + w11 * G11 + w21 * G12 + ...
    %   G2(x) = G20 + w11 * G21 + w21 * G22 + ...
    % and we assemble the coefficient matrices together as follows:
    %   CC = [ C10(:) C11(:) C12(:) ... ; C20(:) C21(:) C22(:) ... ]
    %   GG = [ G10(:) G11(:) G12(:) ... ; C20(:) C21(:) C22(:) ... ]
    %
    %

    CC = zeros(n,n,2,2*m+3);
    GG = zeros(n,n,2,2*m+3);
    % load on first circuit from second driver = c0 + c * d2
    CC(n,n,1,1    ) = c0;
    CC(n,n,1,2*m+3) = c;
    % external load
    CC(n,n,2,1) = C;
    % output conductances of drivers
    GG(1,1,1,2*m+2) = g;
    GG(1,1,2,2*m+3) = g;
    % segment capacitances and conductances
    for i = 1 : n-1,
        CC(i:i+1,i:i+1,1,  i+1) =  beta * [1, 0; 0,1];
        CC(i:i+1,i:i+1,2,m+i+1) =  beta * [1, 0; 0,1];
        GG(i:i+1,i:i+1,1,  i+1) = alpha * [1,-1;-1,1];
        GG(i:i+1,i:i+1,2,m+i+1) = alpha * [1,-1;-1,1];
    end
    % reshape for Matlab use
    CC = reshape( CC, n*n*2, 2*m+3 );
    GG = reshape( GG, n*n*2, 2*m+3 );

    %
    % Compute points the tradeoff curve and the sample solution
    %

    npts    = 50;
    delays  = linspace( 150, 500, npts );
    xdelays = 189;
    xnpts   = length( xdelays );
    areas   = zeros( 1, npts );
    xareas  = zeros( 1, xnpts );
    for i = 1 : npts + xnpts,

        if i > npts,
            xi = i - npts;
            delay = xdelays(xi);
            disp( sprintf( 'Particular solution %d of %d (Tmax = %g)', xi, xnpts, delay ) );
        else,
            delay = delays(i);
            disp( sprintf( 'Point %d of %d on the tradeoff curve (Tmax = %g)', i, npts, delay ) );
        end

        %
        % Construct and solve the convex model
        %

        cvx_begin sdp quiet
            variables w(m,2) d(1,2)
            variable G(n,n,2) symmetric
            variable C(n,n,2) symmetric
            minimize( L * sum(d) + sum(w(:)) );
            G == reshape( GG * [ 1 ; w(:) ; d(:) ], n, n, 2 );
            C == reshape( CC * [ 1 ; w(:) ; d(:) ], n, n, 2 );
            % This is actually two LMIs, one for each circuit
            (delay/2) * G - C >= 0;
            0 <= w(:) <= wmax;
            d(:) >= 0;
        cvx_end

        if i <= npts,
            areas(i) = cvx_optval;
        else
            xareas(xi) = cvx_optval;

            %
            % Draw solution, plotting drivers as a block with width os
            % and height L/(2*os).
            %

            figure(2*xi);
            os = 3;
            m2 = 2 * m;
            ss = max( L * max( d ) / os, max( w(:) ) );
            x  = reshape( [ 1 : m ; 1 : m ], 1, m2 );
            y  = 0.5 * [ - w(x,:) ; w(x(end:-1:1),:) ; + w(1,:) ];
            yd = ( 0.5 * L / os ) * [ -d ; -d ; +d ; +d ; -d ];
            x   = reshape( [ 0 : m - 1 ; 1 : m ], m2, 1 );
            x   = [ x ; x(end:-1:1,:) ; 0 ];
            xd  = [ 0 ; os ; os ; 0 ; 0 ];
            x   = x + os + 0.5;
            xd  = [ xd, xd + os + m + 1 ];
            x   = [ x, x + os + m + 1 ];
            fill( x, y, 0.9 * ones(size(y)), xd, yd, 0.9 * ones(size(yd)) );
            hold on
            plot( x, y, '-', xd, yd, '-' );
            axis( [-0.5, 2*m+2*os+2, -0.5*ss-0.1,0.5*ss+0.1 ] );
            set( gca, 'XTick', [x(1,1),x(1,1)+m,x(1,2),x(1,2)+m] );
            set( gca, 'XTicklabel', {'0',num2str(m),'0',num2str(m)} );
            colormap(gray);
            caxis([-1,1])
            title(sprintf('Sample solution (%d), Tmax = %g', xi, delay ));

            %
            % Build the state space models and plot step responses
            %

            figure(2*xi+1);
            T = linspace(0,1000,1000);
            tdom = []; telm = []; tthresh = []; Y = {};
            for k = 1 : 2,
                A = -inv(C(:,:,k))*G(:,:,k);
                B = -A* ones(n,1);
                tdom(k) = max(eig(inv(G(:,:,k))*C(:,:,k)));
                telm(k) = max(sum((inv(G(:,:,k))*C(:,:,k))'));
                Y{k} = simple_step(A,B,T(2),length(T));
                Y{k} = Y{k}(n,:);
                tthresh(k) = min(find(Y{k}>=0.5));
            end
            plot( T, Y{1}, '-', T, Y{2}, '-' );
            axis([0 T(500) 0 1]);
            xlabel('time');
            ylabel('v');
            hold on;
            text(tdom(1),0,'d1');
            text(telm(2),0,'e1');
            text(tthresh(1),0,'t1');
            text(tdom(1)+tdom(2),0,'d2');
            text(tdom(1)+telm(2),0,'e2');
            text(tdom(1)+tthresh(2),0,'t2');
            plot(tdom(1)*[1;1],[0;1],'--');
            plot(telm(1)*[1;1],[0;1],'--');
            plot(tthresh(1)*[1;1],[0;1],'--');
            plot((tdom(1)+tdom(2))*[1;1],[0;1],'--');
            plot((tdom(1)+telm(2))*[1;1],[0;1],'--');
            plot((tdom(1)+tthresh(2))*[1;1],[0;1],'--');
            title(sprintf('Step responses for sample solution (%d), Tmax = %g', xi, delay ));

         end

    end

    %
    % Plot tradeoff curve
    %

    figure(1)
    ind = isfinite(areas);
    plot(areas(ind), delays(ind));
    xlabel('Area');
    ylabel('Tdom');
    title('Area-delay tradeoff curve');
    hold on
    for k = 1 : xnpts,
        text( xareas(k), xdelays(k), sprintf( '(%d)', k ) );
    end

    Point 1 of 50 on the tradeoff curve (Tmax = 150)
    Point 2 of 50 on the tradeoff curve (Tmax = 157.143)
    Point 3 of 50 on the tradeoff curve (Tmax = 164.286)
    Point 4 of 50 on the tradeoff curve (Tmax = 171.429)
    Point 5 of 50 on the tradeoff curve (Tmax = 178.571)
    Point 6 of 50 on the tradeoff curve (Tmax = 185.714)
    Point 7 of 50 on the tradeoff curve (Tmax = 192.857)
    Point 8 of 50 on the tradeoff curve (Tmax = 200)
    Point 9 of 50 on the tradeoff curve (Tmax = 207.143)
    Point 10 of 50 on the tradeoff curve (Tmax = 214.286)
    Point 11 of 50 on the tradeoff curve (Tmax = 221.429)
    Point 12 of 50 on the tradeoff curve (Tmax = 228.571)
    Point 13 of 50 on the tradeoff curve (Tmax = 235.714)
    Point 14 of 50 on the tradeoff curve (Tmax = 242.857)
    Point 15 of 50 on the tradeoff curve (Tmax = 250)
    Point 16 of 50 on the tradeoff curve (Tmax = 257.143)
    Point 17 of 50 on the tradeoff curve (Tmax = 264.286)
    Point 18 of 50 on the tradeoff curve (Tmax = 271.429)
    Point 19 of 50 on the tradeoff curve (Tmax = 278.571)
    Point 20 of 50 on the tradeoff curve (Tmax = 285.714)
    Point 21 of 50 on the tradeoff curve (Tmax = 292.857)
    Point 22 of 50 on the tradeoff curve (Tmax = 300)
    Point 23 of 50 on the tradeoff curve (Tmax = 307.143)
    Point 24 of 50 on the tradeoff curve (Tmax = 314.286)
    Point 25 of 50 on the tradeoff curve (Tmax = 321.429)
    Point 26 of 50 on the tradeoff curve (Tmax = 328.571)
    Point 27 of 50 on the tradeoff curve (Tmax = 335.714)
    Point 28 of 50 on the tradeoff curve (Tmax = 342.857)
    Point 29 of 50 on the tradeoff curve (Tmax = 350)
    Point 30 of 50 on the tradeoff curve (Tmax = 357.143)
    Point 31 of 50 on the tradeoff curve (Tmax = 364.286)
    Point 32 of 50 on the tradeoff curve (Tmax = 371.429)
    Point 33 of 50 on the tradeoff curve (Tmax = 378.571)
    Point 34 of 50 on the tradeoff curve (Tmax = 385.714)
    Point 35 of 50 on the tradeoff curve (Tmax = 392.857)
    Point 36 of 50 on the tradeoff curve (Tmax = 400)
    Point 37 of 50 on the tradeoff curve (Tmax = 407.143)
    Point 38 of 50 on the tradeoff curve (Tmax = 414.286)
    Point 39 of 50 on the tradeoff curve (Tmax = 421.429)
    Point 40 of 50 on the tradeoff curve (Tmax = 428.571)
    Point 41 of 50 on the tradeoff curve (Tmax = 435.714)
    Point 42 of 50 on the tradeoff curve (Tmax = 442.857)
    Point 43 of 50 on the tradeoff curve (Tmax = 450)
    Point 44 of 50 on the tradeoff curve (Tmax = 457.143)
    Point 45 of 50 on the tradeoff curve (Tmax = 464.286)
    Point 46 of 50 on the tradeoff curve (Tmax = 471.429)
    Point 47 of 50 on the tradeoff curve (Tmax = 478.571)
    Point 48 of 50 on the tradeoff curve (Tmax = 485.714)
    Point 49 of 50 on the tradeoff curve (Tmax = 492.857)
    Point 50 of 50 on the tradeoff curve (Tmax = 500)
    Particular solution 1 of 1 (Tmax = 189)