Title :
Behavioral simulation of a 3-bit flash ADC
Author :
Mantooth, H. Alan ; Allen, Phillip E.
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Electr. Eng., Georgia Inst. of Technol., Atlanta, GA, USA
Abstract :
A behavioral-level simulation of a 3-b flash analog-digital converter (ADC) is presented. This application illustrates the usefulness of higher-level modeling of analog circuits. Such models allow efficient simulation of analog or mixed analog-digital systems while providing meaningful results. This particular example illustrates how comparator delays affect the functionality of a flash ADC and how behavioral-level simulation can preserve this information
Keywords :
analogue-digital conversion; circuit analysis computing; analog-digital converter; behavioral-level simulation; comparator delays; flash ADC; higher-level modeling; Analog circuits; Analog-digital conversion; Application software; Circuit simulation; Computational modeling; Computer simulation; Delay; Integrated circuit technology; Semiconductor device modeling; Voltage;
Conference_Titel :
Circuits and Systems, 1990., IEEE International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
New Orleans, LA
DOI :
10.1109/ISCAS.1990.112382
