Symbolic synthesis of non-linear data converters

Author

Guilherme, J. ; Horta, N.C. ; Franca, J.E.

Author_Institution

Quinta do Contador, Escola Superior de Tecnologia de Tomar, Portugal

Volume

3

fYear

1998

fDate

1998

Firstpage

219

Abstract

This paper discusses the use of symbolic methods applied to the design automation of non-linear data converters. The proposed approach is an extension of an already proved methodology, for the symbolic synthesis of linear data converters, by both introducing non-linear characteristics in a modified signal flow graph approach and reusing library functional blocks by an appropriate retargeting for the new design goals. The design process is here exemplified with recently proposed architectures for logarithmic data converters

Keywords

circuit CAD; data conversion; integrated circuit design; nonlinear network synthesis; signal flow graphs; symbol manipulation; design automation; library functional blocks reuse; logarithmic data converters; modified SFG approach; nonlinear characteristics; nonlinear data converters; signal flow graph approach; symbolic synthesis; CMOS technology; Data conversion; Design automation; Distributed control; Libraries; Pulse width modulation converters; Quantization; Signal processing algorithms; Signal synthesis; Topology;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Electronics, Circuits and Systems, 1998 IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

Lisboa

Print_ISBN

0-7803-5008-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICECS.1998.813971

Filename

813971