Ron Rohrer Papers
Updated: 12 December 1998
- L.T. Pillage and R.A. Rohrer,
Asymptotic Waveform Evaluation,
IEEE Transactions on Computer-Aided Design,
pp. 352-366,
April 1990.
- L.T. Pillage, X. Huang and R.A. Rohrer,
Tree Link Partitioning for the Implicit Solution of Circuits,
Proceedings IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems,
May 1987.
- L.T. Pillage, X. Huang and R.A. Rohrer,
TALISMAN: A Piecewise Linear Circuit Simulator Based on Tree Link Analysis, Proceedings IEEE International Conference on Computer-Aided Design,
November 1987.
- L.T. Pillage and R.A. Rohrer,
A Quadratic Metric for the Initial Placement Problem with a Simple Solution Scheme,
Proceedings Design Automation Conference,
June 1988.
- L.T. Pillage and R.A. Rohrer,
Delay Evaluation with Lumped Linear RLC Interconnect Circuit Models, Proceedings Decennial Caltech Conference on VLSI,
March 1989.
- L.T. Pillage, C. Wolff and R.A. Rohrer,
Frequency Response Simulation,
Proceedings Custom Integrated Circuits Conference,
May 1989.
- L.T. Pillage, X. Huang and R.A. Rohrer,
AWEsim: Asymptotic Waveform Evaluation for Timing Analysis,
Proceedings Design Automation Conference,
June 1989.
- L.T. Pillage, X. Zhang and R.A. Rohrer,
Efficient Final Placement Based on Nets-as-Points,
Proceedings Design Automation Conference,
June 1989.
- L.T. Pillage, X. Huang and R.A. Rohrer,
Asymptotic Waveform Evaluation for Circuits Containing Floating Nodes, Proceedings IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems,
May 1990.
- V. Raghavan, R.A. Rohrer, L.T. Pillage, J.Y. Lee, J.E. Braken, M.M. Alaybeyi,
AWE-Inspired,
Proceedings Custom Integrated Circuits Conference,
May 1993.
- Ronald A. Rohrer
"Successive Secants in the Solution of Non-Linear Network Equations,"
Volume III SIAM-AMS PROCEEDINGS of the Symposium on Applied Mathematics,
Mathematical Aspects of Electrical Network Analysis,
New York,
pp103-112;
April 2-3, 1969 (published in 1971).
- R. A. Rohrer
"Digital Circuit Simulation Programs Acceptance and Capabilities,"
PROCEEDINGS of the 1972 IEEE EASCON Conference,
Boston, Massachusetts;
March, 1972.
- R. A. Rohrer,
"A Tourguide to the AEDCAP Roadmap,
" PROCEEDINGS of the 1972 ACM/IEEE Annual Design Automation Workshop,
Dallas, Texas;
June 26-28, 1972.
- Sydney B. Newell, Aart J. de Geus, and Ronald A. Rohrer,
"Design Automation for Integrated Circuits,"
SCIENCE, Volume 220,
pp. 465-471;
April 29, 1983.
- Ronald A. Rohrer,
"Mixed-Mode Simulation: Overview; Point of View; and the TALISMAN and SPECS Circuit and Timing Simulators,"
IEEE Solid-State Circuits & Technology Committee Workshop,
Napa, CA,
Sept. 2-4, 1987.
- Ronald A. Rohrer,
"Evolution of the Electronic Design Automation Industry," Plenary talk.
25th ACM/IEEE Design Automation Conference,
Anaheim, CA,
June 12-16, 1988.
- Ronald A. Rohrer,
"Evolution of the Electronic Design Automation Industry,"
IEEE Design and Test of Computers,
pp. 8-13;
December 1988.
- Ronald A. Rohrer,
"Asymptotic Waveform Evaluation for Interconnect Analysis,"
IEEE Solid-State Circuits & Technology Committee Workshop on Interconnect Modeling and Technology,
San Diego, CA,
May 15, 1989.
- Ronald A. Rohrer,
"AWE: Asymptotic Waveform Evaluation,"
First Bilkent-Carnegie Mellon Joint Conference,
Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey;
May 29-30, 1989.
- Ronald A. Rohrer,
"Taking Circuits Seriously," Keynote Address,
32nd Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems,
University of Illinois Champaign-Urbana,
Urbana, IL;
August 14, 1989.
- Ronald A. Rohrer,
"Taking Circuits Seriously," Plenary Address,
IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems,
New Orleans, LA;
April 30-May 1, 1990.
- R.A. Rohrer,
"Taking Circuits Seriously,"
IEEE Circuits and Devices Magazine,
pp. 27-31;
July, 1990.
- Ronald A. Rohrer,
"AWE: Asymptotic Waveform Evaluation"
University of Washington,
Seattle, Washington,
May 6, 1991.
- Ronald A. Rohrer,
"What's Wrong with it! and What can be Done to Make it Right!"
University of Washington,
Seattle, Washington,
May 7, 1991.
- Ronald A. Rohrer,
"Electronic Design Automation: How It Was, Is, Will Be... And Should Be",
University of Washington,
Seattle, Washington,
May 7, 1991.
- Ronald A. Rohrer,
"Why Does Engineering Education Insist On Shooting Itself In The Foot?" Keynote Address,
New Approaches to Undergraduate Engineering Education III Conference,
Banff, Alberta,
Canada,
July, 1991.
- Ronald A. Rohrer,
"Analog Circuit Simulation: An Essential Tool, or a Dangerous Crutch?",
Panel Moderator, Analog Design Conference & Exhibit,
Santa Clara, CA,
October 2-3, 1991.
- Ronald A. Rohrer,
"Why Does Engineering Education Insist on Shooting Itself in the Foot?"
IEEE, Syracuse Section,
Syracuse University,
Syracuse, NY,
October 17, 1991.
- Ronald A. Rohrer,
"[Why are we Engineering Educators] Shooting Ourselves in the Foot[?],"
American Society for Engineering Education PRISM Magazine;
November 1991.
- Ronald A. Rohrer,
"Confesions of a CAD (Computer Aided Designer)",
ASEE Newsletter, (Spring 1992)
April 1992.
- R.A. Rohrer,
"Circuit Simulation- The Early Years",
IEEE Circuits and Devices,
vol. 8,pp. 32-37,
May, 1992.
- R. A. Rohrer,
"Limitations on the Transient Response of Positive Real Functions,"
IEEE TRANSACTIONS on Circuit Theory,
Vol. CT-10, No. 1,
pp. 110-111;
March, 1963.
- R. A. Rohrer,
"Minimum Sensitivity RC-NIC Driving-Point Synthesis',
IEEE TRANSACTIONS on Circuit Theory,
Vol. CT-10, No. 3,
pp. 442-443;
September, 1963.
- R. A. Rohrer,
"Transformation Techniques for the Application of Liapunov's Direct Method to Linear Systems," IEEE TRANSACTIONS on Circuit Theory,
Vol. CT-11, No. 1,
pp. 171-173;
March 1964.
- R. A. Rohrer,
"Analytical Mechanics and the Analysis of Linear, Time Varying Networks,"
Journal of the Franklin Institute,
Vol. 278, No. 2,
pp. 84-107;
August, 1964.
- R. A. Rohrer and M. Sobral, Jr.,
"Sensitivity Considerations in Optimal System Design,"
IEEE TRANSACTIONS on Automatic Control,
Vol. AC-10, No. 1,
pp. 43-48;
January, 1965.
- R. A. Rohrer,
"The Scattering Matrix: Normalized to Complex n-Port Load Networks,"
IEEE TRANSACTIONS on Circuit Theory,
Vol. CT-12, No. 2,
pp. 223-230;
June, 1965.
- E. S. Kuh and R. A. Rohrer,
"The State-Variable Approach to Network Analysis"
PROCEEDINGS of the IEEE,
Vol, 53, No. 7,
pp. 672-686;
July, 1965.
- L. O. Chua and R. A. Rohrer
, "On the Dynamic Equations of a Class of Nonlinear RLC Networks,"
IEEE TRANSACTIONS on Circuit Theory,
Vol. CT-12, No. 4,
pp. 475-489;
December, 1965.
- R. A. Rohrer and M. Sobral, Jr.,
"Optimal Singular Solutions for Linear, Multi-input Systems," T
RANSACTIONS of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Journal on Basic Engineering,
Vol. 88, No. 2,
pp. 323-328;
June 1966.
- R. A. Rohrer,
"Fully Automated Network Design by Digital Computer, Preliminary Considerations,"
PROCEEDINGS of the IEEE,
Vol. 55, No. 11,
pp. 1929-1939;
November, 1967.
- G. D. Hachtel and R. A. Rohrer,
"Techniques for the Optimal Design and Synthesis of Switching Circuits,"
PROCEEDINGS of the IEEE,
Vol. 55, No. 11,
pp. 1864-1877;
November 1967.