IP-based methodology for analog design flow: Application on neuromorphic engineering

Analog and Mixed Signal design flow has to be improved. In a specific application, neuromorphic engineering, we propose a definition of the analog IP (Intellectual Property) content and the structure of an IP-based library. The case study consists in the neuron-level integration of a complete system that emulates spiking neural networks. A reuse methodology based on the IP concept is developed and we show how it can be used to accelerate the design cycle of the next ASIC generation.