Optimizations have gained much consideration from the researchers working in the domains of analog and radio frequency (RF), recently. Dealing with highly nonlinear behavior of active components and aiming to meet design specifications are common issues in all nonlinear circuit designs. As a consequence and accordingly, many studies have been conducted on diverse optimization methods and algorithms for tackling the design problems and meeting optimal solutions with high accuracy. The main purpose of this article is to provide a comprehensive and systematic literature review for the optimization approaches applied by the researchers for designing various analog and microwave circuits. We focus on considering the existing optimization methods from the newly published optimization methods in the last decade. Thus, this study can guide and enlighten complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor analog and RF microwave circuit designers to consider optimization methods commonly used in both areas and to expand conventional performance figures used in their area.

最近，在模拟和射频（RF）领域工作的研究人员已对优化进行了很多考虑。在所有非线性电路设计中，处理有源元件的高度非线性行为并满足设计规范是常见问题。结果，因此，已经对用于解决设计问题并以高精度满足最优解决方案的各种优化方法和算法进行了许多研究。本文的主要目的是为研究人员用于设计各种模拟和微波电路的优化方法提供全面而系统的文献综述。我们着重考虑过去十年中新发布的优化方法中的现有优化方法。从而，