Title :
MIXER: Mixed-signal fault simulator
Author :
Nagi, Naveena ; Chatterjee, Abhijit ; Abraham, Jacob A.
Author_Institution :
Comput. Eng. Res. Center, Texas Univ., Austin, TX, USA
Abstract :
This paper presents an efficient unified approach to mixed-signal fault simulation. A common fault simulation platform is developed for continuous valued analog circuits, discrete time switched-capacitor circuits and binary valued digital circuits, by discretizing the analog circuit, using discrete models of switched-capacitor circuits and complementing the stuck-at digital fault models with comprehensive behavioral analog fault models
Keywords :
circuit analysis computing; fault diagnosis; formal verification; mixed analogue-digital integrated circuits; behavioral analog fault models; binary valued digital circuits; common fault simulation platform; continuous valued analog circuits; discrete models; discrete time switched-capacitor circuits; mixed-signal fault simulation; stuck-at digital fault models; Analog circuits; Circuit faults; Circuit simulation; Circuit testing; Computational modeling; Digital circuits; Electronic equipment testing; Feedback circuits; Switched capacitor circuits; Switching circuits;
Conference_Titel :
Computer Design: VLSI in Computers and Processors, 1993. ICCD '93. Proceedings., 1993 IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Cambridge, MA
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-4230-0
DOI :
10.1109/ICCD.1993.393313