Title :
Circuit simulation: (Part 2) unified simulator: a new approach
Author :
Raahemifar, K. ; Ahmadi, M.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Ryerson Polytech. Univ., Toronto, Ont., Canada
Abstract :
For Part I see ibid., pp.116-9 (2000). This paper proposes a new approach to circuit simulation, where components are treated equally regardless of their type. The benefits gained through this approach is outlined in details. More specifically, this technique allows simulation of analog circuits from system-level point of view to a more sophisticated design where the complete topology of the circuit is known. A unified simulation algorithm has been developed for small size analog and digital circuits. Our experimental results show that not only unified simulation is feasible, it has better speed compared to traditional simulation techniques
Keywords :
circuit simulation; analog circuit; circuit design; circuit simulation; circuit topology; digital circuit; system-level simulation; unified simulation algorithm; Algorithms; Analog circuits; Books; Circuit simulation; Circuit testing; Circuit topology; Computational modeling; Engines; Integrated circuit modeling; SPICE;
Conference_Titel :
Circuits and Systems, 2000. Proceedings of the 43rd IEEE Midwest Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Lansing, MI
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-6475-9
DOI :
10.1109/MWSCAS.2000.951599