Simulation of mixed switched-capacitor/analog/digital circuits with arbitrary clocks and signals

Author

Chian, M.C.

Author_Institution

Harris Semicond., Melbourne, FL, USA

fYear

1991

fDate

14-17 May 1991

Firstpage

566

Abstract

The author describes a novel mixed-signal simulator, Spice-SCAN, for nonlinear transient analysis of SC (switched capacitor) A/D (analog-digital) circuits. Spice-SCAN partitions the input netlist into A/D and SC blocks. The A/D blocks are simulated by SPIC, while the SC blocks are simulated by SCAN with all the inputs and clocks dynamically supplied by SPICE. With this methodology there are no restrictions on the number of clocks, clock patterns, or input waveforms for the SC blocks. Any number of SC and analog/digital blocks with random interconnections are allowed

Keywords

SPICE; circuit analysis computing; digital simulation; mixed analogue-digital integrated circuits; nonlinear network analysis; switched capacitor networks; transient response; Spice-SCAN; input netlist; mixed SC/analog/digital circuits; mixed-signal simulator; nonlinear transient analysis; switched-capacitor; Analog-digital conversion; Analytical models; Circuit simulation; Clocks; Digital circuits; Integrated circuit interconnections; SPICE; Switched capacitor circuits; Switching circuits; Transient analysis;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Circuits and Systems, 1991., Proceedings of the 34th Midwest Symposium on

Conference_Location

Monterey, CA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-0620-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MWSCAS.1991.252098

Filename

252098