Title :
A new method for reuse-driven design of digital circuits
Author :
Heuser, Olaf ; Fiedler, Horst-Lothar
Author_Institution :
Fraunhofer-Inst. of Microelectron Circuits & Syst., Duisburg, Germany
Abstract :
This paper describes a method for the design of digital systems that emphasizes a bottom-up procedure and reuse of existing components. Our method is based on an object-oriented hierarchy of classes describing the structure of components. Descriptions of all classes in a new language, HDLC++, are transformed into RTL-Verilog code for the complete system
Keywords :
hardware description languages; logic CAD; object-oriented methods; software reusability; HDLC++; RTL-Verilog code; bottom-up procedure; digital circuits; object-oriented hierarchy; reuse-driven design; Circuit synthesis; Control systems; Design methodology; Digital circuits; Digital systems; Hardware design languages; Integrated circuit synthesis; Microelectronics; Object oriented modeling; System-on-a-chip;
Conference_Titel :
Custom Integrated Circuits, 1999. Proceedings of the IEEE 1999
Conference_Location :
San Diego, CA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-5443-5
DOI :
10.1109/CICC.1999.777314
