Bisim: a simulator for custom ECL circuits

Author

Kao, R. ; Alverson, B. ; Horowitz, Mark ; Stark, D.

Author_Institution

Comput. Syst. Lab., Stanford Univ., CA, USA

fYear

1988

fDate

7-10 Nov. 1988

Firstpage

62

Lastpage

65

Abstract

Bisim is an event-driven, transistor-level, logic simulator that models both the logical and timing characteristics of custom emitter-coupled-logic/current-mode-logic circuits. Node voltages are represented by piecewise-linear waveforms, transistor currents are represented by piecewise-constant waveforms, and transistors are modeled as voltage-controlled current switches. Bisim´s realistic circuit models enable it to simulate correctly a wide variety of circuit topologies while retaining much of the speed of higher level simulators.<>

Keywords

bipolar integrated circuits; circuit CAD; digital simulation; emitter-coupled logic; logic CAD; logic circuits; logic testing; piecewise-linear techniques; Bisim; circuit models; current-mode-logic circuits; custom ECL circuits; emitter-coupled-logic; logic simulator; piecewise-constant waveforms; piecewise-linear waveforms; timing characteristics; timing simulation; transistor level simulator; voltage-controlled current switches; Circuit simulation; Latches; Switches; Switching circuits; Voltage;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Computer-Aided Design, 1988. ICCAD-88. Digest of Technical Papers., IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

Santa Clara, CA, USA

Print_ISBN

0-8186-0869-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICCAD.1988.122463

Filename

122463