CLANS: a high-level synthesis tool for high resolution data converters

Author

Kenney, J.G. ; Carley, L.R.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Carnegie-Mellon Univ., Pittsburgh, PA, USA

fYear

1988

fDate

7-10 Nov. 1988

Firstpage

496

Lastpage

499

Abstract

A high-level synthesis tool, CLANS, that accepts data converter performance specifications and selects optimal block-level component specifications for noise-shaping coders is presented. CLANS both predicts the performance of multibit noise-shaping coders (both A/D and D/A converters) and determines optimal loop-filter transfer functions. The performance of CLANS´ designs has been verified using both block-level simulation and experimental measurements on a CMOS prototype D/A converter.<>

Keywords

CMOS integrated circuits; analogue-digital conversion; circuit CAD; digital-analogue conversion; A/D convertors; CLANS; CMOS prototype D/A converter; block-level simulation; data converter performance specifications; experimental measurements; high resolution data converters; high-level synthesis tool; multibit noise-shaping coders; noise-shaping coders; optimal block-level component specifications; optimal loop-filter transfer functions; Audio tapes; Computational modeling; Dynamic range; Feedback loop; Filters; High level synthesis; Noise shaping; Semiconductor device noise; Signal to noise ratio; Topology;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Computer-Aided Design, 1988. ICCAD-88. Digest of Technical Papers., IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

Santa Clara, CA, USA

Print_ISBN

0-8186-0869-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICCAD.1988.122557

Filename

122557