Title :
Behavioral simulation techniques for phase/delay-locked systems
Author :
Demir, Alper ; Liu, Edward ; Sangiovanni-Vincentelli, Alberto L. ; Vassiliou, Iasson
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng. & Comput. Sci., California Univ., Berkeley, CA, USA
Abstract :
This paper presents behavioral simulation techniques for phase/delay-locked systems. Numerical simulation algorithms are compared and the issue of numerical noise is discussed. Behavioral phase noise simulation for phase/delay-locked systems is described. The role of behavioral simulation for phase/delay-locked systems in our top-down constraint-driven design methodology, and in bottom-up verification of designs, is explained with examples. Accuracy and efficiency comparisons with other methods are made. Simulation techniques are described in the framework of phase/delay-locked systems, but simulation methodology and the results attained in this work are applicable to the behavioral simulation of mixed-mode nonlinear dynamic systems
Keywords :
circuit CAD; circuit analysis computing; delay circuits; digital simulation; integrated circuit design; mixed analogue-digital integrated circuits; phase locked loops; PLLs; behavioral simulation techniques; bottom-up verification; delay-locked loops; mixed-mode nonlinear dynamic systems; numerical simulation algorithms; phase/delay-locked systems; simulation methodology; top-down constraint-driven design; Analog circuits; Circuit simulation; Clocks; Computational modeling; Delay systems; Design methodology; Digital circuits; Discrete event simulation; Phase locked loops; Phase noise;
Conference_Titel :
Custom Integrated Circuits Conference, 1994., Proceedings of the IEEE 1994
Conference_Location :
San Diego, CA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-1886-2
DOI :
10.1109/CICC.1994.379684
