Title :
Mixed signal system design verification accelerated with detector-based diagnostic method
Author :
Dammers, D. ; Domingues, C. ; Schollän, D. ; Vosskamper, L.M.
Author_Institution :
Dolphin Integration, Duisburg, Germany
Abstract :
Mixed-signal simulation of complete systems, i.e. pure analog/digital systems or electronics with its attached peripherals, such as sensor and actuator systems, already have a firm place in today´s design process. While the digital part verification has gained a speed increase through the use of Accllera´s Property Specification Language (PSL), the analog part suffers from not being supported by this language. To speed up the verification of the analog part innovation is needed. Based on assertion concepts, this paper presents an innovative methodology for the verification of mixed-signal circuits. Electrical validation of a sensor amplifier design serves as demonstrator for this methodology.
Keywords :
amplifiers; electric sensing devices; hardware description languages; integrated circuit design; mixed analogue-digital integrated circuits; VHDL; detector-based diagnostic method; electrical validation; mixed signal system design verification; mixed-signal circuits; sensor amplifier design; Acceleration; Circuit faults; Circuit testing; Electrodes; Microfluidics; Micromechanical devices; Optimization; Routing; System testing; Voltage control;
Conference_Titel :
Behavioral Modeling and Simulation Workshop, 2009. BMAS 2009. IEEE
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-5358-0
DOI :
10.1109/BMAS.2009.5338887
