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Some insights on the behavior of EAs in the optimal design automation of analog ICs are given. Finally, several open research problems are listed mainly devoted to improve the electronic design automation tools for analog ICs by applying EAs.]]>Adeyemo, J.A. and F.A.O. Otieno,2009936523661Aggarwal, V.,20032003pp: 6776Aggarwal, V.,2004408385Aguirre, H. and K. Tanaka,2003E86A22702279Aminzadeh, H. and R. Lotfi,2007327587Amiri, M., N. Karimi and S.F. Jamshidi,2008831993206Badran, K. and P.I. Rockett,201011533Bao, Z.G. and T. Watanabe,2010E93A281290Barros, M., J. Guilherme and N. Horta,201043136155Baskaya, F., D.V. Anderson and S.K. Lim,200956565569Burmen, A., J. Puhan and T. Tuma,2004348894Burmen, A., D. Strle, F. Bratkovic, J. Puhan, I. Fajfar and T. Tuma,200232149156Burmen, A., T. Tuma and I. Fajfar,200817123140Castro-Lopez, R., O. Guerra, E. Roca and F.V. Fernandez,20082711791189Castro-Lopez, R., E. Roca and F.V. Fernandez,2009459596Chang, H. and K. Kundert,200795622639Chan, H. and Z. 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