DocumentCode
2002184
Title
Importance sampling for SPICE-level verification of analog decoders
Author
Winstead, Chris ; Schlegel, Christian
Author_Institution
Electr. & Comput. Eng., Alberta Univ., Edmonton, Alta., Canada
fYear
2003
fDate
29 June-4 July 2003
Firstpage
103
Abstract
This paper proposes the analog circuits for implementing soft decoding algorithms. Importance sampling permits evaluation of analog designs using precise physical models in SPICE simulations. SPICE provides extremely accurate circuit simulations, but requires large simulation time. This allows evaluation and optimization of analog decoder designs. With importance sampling, the decoder´s performance can be accurately estimated for any SNR.
Keywords
SPICE; analogue integrated circuits; analogue simulation; circuit simulation; decoding; importance sampling; optimisation; SNR; SPICE simulation; analog circuit; analog decoder design evaluation; analog design optimization; importance sampling; soft decoding algorithm; Analog circuits; CMOS analog integrated circuits; CMOS technology; Circuit simulation; Circuit testing; Decoding; Density functional theory; Gaussian noise; Monte Carlo methods; SPICE;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Information Theory, 2003. Proceedings. IEEE International Symposium on
Print_ISBN
0-7803-7728-1
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/ISIT.2003.1228117
Filename
1228117
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