Title :
TOSCA: a user-friendly behavioural simulator for oversampling A/D converters
Author :
Dias, V.F. ; Liberali, V. ; Maloberti, F.
Author_Institution :
Dipartimento di Elettronica, Pavia Univ., Italy
Abstract :
The potential and flexibility of use of the software tool TOSCA is presented. The tool proved to be fully user-friendly for the design of ΣΔ A/D converters. Modulator and decimator structures can easily be designed simply by using a set of basic building blocks and applying adequate analysis commands. Simulation results were presented for the example of a two-stage MASH ΣΔ A/D converter
Keywords :
analogue-digital conversion; circuit CAD; circuit analysis computing; digital simulation; modulators; switched capacitor networks; user interfaces; CAD; MASH sigma-delta ADC; SC integrators; TOSCA; behavioural simulator; decimator structures; modulator structures; oversampling A/D converters; software tool; user-friendly; Analytical models; Circuit analysis; Circuit optimization; Circuit simulation; Circuit testing; Multi-stage noise shaping; Noise shaping; Performance analysis; Signal resolution; Software tools;
Conference_Titel :
Circuits and Systems, 1991., IEEE International Sympoisum on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-0050-5
DOI :
10.1109/ISCAS.1991.176097
