A Top-Down, Constraint-Driven Design Methodology for Analog Integrated Circuits

1997
ISBN: 978-0-7923-9794-6
Verlag: Springer US

Buch, Englisch, 369 Seiten, HC runder Rücken kaschiert, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 241 mm, Gewicht: 1580 g

Analog circuit design is often the bottleneck when designing mixed analog-digital systems. presents a new methodology based on a top-down, constraint-driven design paradigm that provides a solution to this problem. This methodology has two principal advantages: (1) it provides a high probability for the first silicon which meets all specifications, and (2) it shortens the design cycle.
is part of an ongoing research effort at the University of California at Berkeley in the Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences Department. Many faculty and students, past and present, are working on this design methodology and its supporting tools. The principal goals are: (1) developing the design methodology, (2) developing and applying new tools, and (3) `proving' the methodology by undertaking `industrial strength' design examples. The work presented here is neither a beginning nor an end in the development of a complete top-down, constraint-driven design methodology, but rather a step in its development.
This work is divided into three parts. Chapter 2 presents the design methodology along with foundation material. Chapters 3-8 describe supporting concepts for the methodology, from behavioral simulation and modeling to circuit module generators. Finally, Chapters 9-11 illustrate the methodology in detail by presenting the entire design cycle through three large-scale examples. These include the design of a current source D/A converter, a Sigma-Delta A/D converter, and a video driver system. Chapter 12 presents conclusions and current research topics.
will be of interest to analog and mixed-signal designers as well as CAD tool developers.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Chang, Henry

Charbon, Edoardo

Choudhury, Umakanta

Demir, Alper

Vassiliou, Iasson

Felt, Eric

Liu, Edward

Malavasi, Enrico

Sangiovanni-Vincentelli, Alberto

Fachgebiete

• Technische Wissenschaften Technik Allgemein Konstruktionslehre und -technik
• Technische Wissenschaften Elektronik | Nachrichtentechnik Elektronik Bauelemente, Schaltkreise
• Mathematik | Informatik EDV | Informatik Professionelle Anwendung Computer-Aided Design (CAD)
• Technische Wissenschaften Technik Allgemein Computeranwendungen in der Technik
• Mathematik | Informatik EDV | Informatik Angewandte Informatik Computeranwendungen in Wissenschaft & Technologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Design Produktdesign, Industriedesign
• Technische Wissenschaften Elektronik | Nachrichtentechnik Elektronik Mikroprozessoren

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1 INTRODUCTION.- 2 DESIGN METHODOLOGY.- 3 SIMULATION AND BEHAVIORAL MODELING.- 4 ARCHITECTURAL MAPPING AND OPTIMIZATION.- 5 CONSTRAINT-DRIVEN LAYOUT SYNTHESIS.- 6 BOTTOM-UP VERIFICATION.- 7 TESTING.- 8 MODULE GENERATION.- 9 CURRENT SOURCE DIGITAL-TO-ANALOG CONVERTER DESIGN EXAMPLE.- 10 ?-? ANALOG-TO-DIGITAL CONVERTER DESIGN EXAMPLE.- 11 VIDEO DRIVER DESIGN EXAMPLE.- 12 CONCLUSIONS.- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.- REFERENCES.