Title :
Morphing digital functional verification to meet mixed signal challenges
Author :
Cianga, Alexandru I. ; Tepus, Cristian
Author_Institution :
Infineon Technol., Bucharest, Romania
Abstract :
This paper describes a new structured approach for mixed-signal system simulation. Traditional pre-silicon verification follows two separate tracks: one for analog, another for digital. Our paper shows how to make the two tracks converge. We have integrated analog simulation with digital functional verification. This is the “bridge head” for true mixed-signal pre-silicon verification.
Keywords :
elemental semiconductors; mixed analogue-digital integrated circuits; silicon; system-on-chip; SoC functional verification; analog simulation; digital functional verification; mixed signal challenges; mixed-signal pre-silicon verification; mixed-signal system simulation; pre-silicon verification; system-on-chip; Clocks; Engines; Hardware design languages; Load modeling; Runtime; System-on-chip; Transistors; Behavioral Models; Functional Verification; Mixed-Signal; System on Chip;
Conference_Titel :
Semiconductor Conference (CAS), 2014 International
Conference_Location :
Sinaia
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4799-3916-9
DOI :
10.1109/SMICND.2014.6966440
