Title :
Development strategies for durable hardware language descriptions of analog and mixed signal circuits
Author :
Murphy, Edward ; Bibyk, Steven
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Ohio State Univ., Columbus, OH, USA
Abstract :
VHDL-AMS, or VHSIC hardware description language - analog and mixed signal extensions is being supported in a variety of design automation tools for circuit design. Although there are a number of published examples on the use of VHDL-AMS for modeling of mixed signal circuits, it is still not clear what are examples of "best practice" methods. This paper discusses research efforts to identify analog macros, or descriptions that can be reused by other designers that are possibly targeting different fabrication processes
Keywords :
analogue integrated circuits; circuit CAD; hardware description languages; mixed analogue-digital integrated circuits; very high speed integrated circuits; VHDL-AMS; VHSIC; analog macros; circuit design; design automation tools; development strategies; durable hardware language descriptions; fabrication processes; mixed signal circuits; 1f noise; Best practices; Circuit synthesis; Design automation; Fabrication; Hardware design languages; Performance gain; Signal design; Very high speed integrated circuits; Voltage;
Conference_Titel :
Circuits and Systems, 2001. MWSCAS 2001. Proceedings of the 44th IEEE 2001 Midwest Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Dayton, OH
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7150-X
DOI :
10.1109/MWSCAS.2001.986280
