Towards a specification notation for high-level synthesis of mixed-signal and analog systems

Author

Doboli, Alex ; Vemuri, Ranga

Author_Institution

Lab. of Digital Design Environ., Cincinnati Univ., OH, USA

fYear

2000

fDate

2000

Firstpage

109

Lastpage

116

Abstract

This paper discusses aBlox-a specification notation that we defined for automated synthesis of mixed-signal systems. aBlox addresses two important aspects of mixed-signal system specification: (1) description of functionality and performance issues; and (2) expression of analog-digital interactions. The semantics of aBlox embeds concepts and rules of a computational model that we developed for mixed-signal systems. Finally, the paper shows some mixed-signal specifications that we developed in aBlox

Keywords

analogue integrated circuits; circuit CAD; high level synthesis; integrated circuit design; mixed analogue-digital integrated circuits; aBlox; analog systems; analog-digital interactions expression; automated synthesis; computational model; functionality description; high-level synthesis; mixed-signal specifications; mixed-signal systems; performance issues; semantics; specification notation; Analog-digital conversion; Circuit synthesis; Concrete; Embedded computing; High level synthesis; Object oriented modeling; Signal processing; Signal processing algorithms; Signal synthesis; Specification languages;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Behavioral Modeling and Simulation, 2000. Proceedings. 2000 IEEE/ACM International Workshop on

Conference_Location

Orlando, FL

Print_ISBN

0-7695-0893-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/BMAS.2000.888373

Filename

888373