Various approaches for finding optimal values for the parameters of analog cells have made their entrance in commercial applications. However, a larger impact on the performance is expected if tools are developed which operate on a higher abstraction level and consider multiple architectural choices to realize a particular functionality. This book examines the opportunities, conditions, problems, solutions and systematic methodologies for this new generation of analog CAD tools.
Author(s): Ewout S.J. Martens, Georges Gielen
Edition: 1
Year: 2008
Language: English
Pages: 297
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Contents......Page 9
1.1.1 A historic perspective......Page 20
1.1.2 An economic perspective......Page 21
1.1.3 A technological perspective......Page 24
1.1.4 A design perspective......Page 27
1.2.1 Research areas......Page 28
1.2.2 High-level synthesis of analog and mixed-signal systems......Page 30
References......Page 31
Part I: Analog Design Methodologies......Page 33
2.2 Analog and mixed-signal systems......Page 34
2.3 Description and abstraction levels......Page 36
2.4 Parameters and performance......Page 42
2.5 Design flows for analog and mixed-signal systems......Page 45
2.6 Conclusions......Page 49
References......Page 50
3.2 Classification......Page 54
3.3 Historic overview......Page 56
3.4 Design strategy based on generic behavior......Page 80
3.5 Conclusions......Page 87
References......Page 88
Part II: Generic Behavioral Modeling......Page 99
4.1 Introduction......Page 100
4.2 Time-domain modeling approaches......Page 101
4.3 A model for continuous-time ΔΣ modulators......Page 107
4.4 A generic behavioral model for sampled-data systems......Page 144
4.5 Conclusions......Page 154
References......Page 155
5.2 Frequency-domain modeling approaches......Page 160
5.3 A new frequency-domain framework......Page 166
5.4 Generic behavioral models for front-ends......Page 202
5.5 Conclusions......Page 219
References......Page 220
Part III: Top-Down Heterogeneous Synthesis......Page 225
6.2 Objectives for synthesis strategy......Page 226
6.3 Top-down heterogeneous optimization methodology......Page 232
6.4 Application: analog-to-digital conversion......Page 257
6.5 Conclusions......Page 266
References......Page 267
7. Conclusions......Page 270
Symbols and Abbreviations......Page 274
C......Page 283
L......Page 284
R......Page 285
T......Page 286
Y......Page 287
