Benchmark circuits for mixed-mode simulators

Author

Saleh, R. ; Jou, S.J. ; Overhauser, D. ; Xu, X. ; Wang, Y.

Author_Institution

Coordinated Sci. Lab., Illinois Univ., Urbana, IL, USA

fYear

1994

fDate

1-4 May 1994

Firstpage

441

Lastpage

448

Abstract

This paper presents the first set of benchmark circuits to evaluate and probe the characteristics of various mixed-mode simulators. The set of benchmark circuits consists of six small circuits that test the classical problems in mixed-mode simulation and four large circuits that represent the target application areas for mixed-mode simulation. We have also included the mainstream technologies used in mixed-signal circuit fabrication-CMOS, bipolar and BiCMOS. Results from transistor-level SPICE simulation will be used as a bases for the evaluation

Keywords

SPICE; circuit analysis computing; digital simulation; integrated circuit design; mixed analogue-digital integrated circuits; BiCMOS; CMOS; benchmark circuits; bipolar technology; mainstream technologies; mixed-mode simulators; mixed-signal circuit fabrication; transistor-level SPICE simulation; Analytical models; Application specific integrated circuits; Benchmark testing; Circuit simulation; Circuit testing; Computational modeling; Contracts; Coupling circuits; Design automation; Logic circuits;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Custom Integrated Circuits Conference, 1994., Proceedings of the IEEE 1994

Conference_Location

San Diego, CA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-1886-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CICC.1994.379686

Filename

379686