BRASIL: the Braunschweig mixed-mode-simulator for integrated circuits

Author

Bretthauer, Ulrich ; Horneber, Emst-Helmut

Author_Institution

Inst. for Network Theory & Circuit Design, Tech. Univ. of Braunschweig, Germany

fYear

1996

fDate

16-20 Sep 1996

Firstpage

10

Lastpage

14

Abstract

BRASIL consists of a timing simulator for digital MOS circuits coupled with an algorithm for circuit simulation. The timing simulation is based upon a fast macromodelling approach and the calculation of time-variant RC networks. The circuit simulator takes advantage out of structuring the system of nodal equations. With BRASIL a fast simulation of large circuits, with special regards to systems with the need of higher accuracy, is possible

Keywords

MOS integrated circuits; circuit analysis computing; integrated circuit modelling; mixed analogue-digital integrated circuits; timing; BRASIL; Braunschweig mixed-mode-simulator; circuit simulation; digital MOS circuits; fast macromodelling approach; integrated circuits; nodal equations; time-variant RC networks; timing simulator; CMOS technology; Capacitance; Circuits; Delay effects; Inverters; MOS devices; Narrowband; Semiconductor device modeling; Tin; Voltage;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Design Automation Conference, 1996, with EURO-VHDL '96 and Exhibition, Proceedings EURO-DAC '96, European

Conference_Location

Geneva

Print_ISBN

0-8186-7573-X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/EURDAC.1996.558016

Filename

558016