ROOMMS-a relaxation-based, object-oriented, mixed-mode simulator

Author

Watts, Jeff ; Kwasniewski, T.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electron., Carleton Univ., Ottawa, Ont., Canada

fYear

1990

fDate

13-16 May 1990

Abstract

A novel simulator has been developed to facilitate vertical circuit design integration. Written in Objective C, it allows the incorporation of new system/intermediate/device level models and modifications to the simulation algorithms. The analog simulation capability of the simulator is demonstrated. A simulator model is presented and the simulator´s implementation of that model is shown. The necessary steps to add a new simulation capability, Elogic, are outlined. Code size and execution speed gains are discussed. The current ROOMMS implements the iterated timing analysis algorithm and packages this proven analog algorithm with a proven relaxation-based logic algorithm

Keywords

circuit CAD; circuit analysis computing; hybrid simulation; iterative methods; logic CAD; Elogic; Objective C; analog simulation capability; execution speed gains; iterated timing analysis algorithm; mixed-mode simulator; object oriented simulator; relaxation-based logic algorithm; vertical circuit design integration; Algorithm design and analysis; Analytical models; Circuit simulation; Computational modeling; Logic programming; MOSFETs; Object oriented modeling; Object oriented programming; Timing; Voltage;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Custom Integrated Circuits Conference, 1990., Proceedings of the IEEE 1990

Conference_Location

Boston, MA

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CICC.1990.124665

Filename

124665