Title :
Behavioural modelling of analogue faults in VHDL-AMS - a case study
Author :
Zwolinski, Mark ; Brown, Andrew D.
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Electron. & Comput. Sci., Southampton Univ., UK
Abstract :
Analogue fault simulation is needed to evaluate the quality of tests, but is very computationally intensive. Behavioural simulation is more abstract and thus faster than fault simulation. Using a phase-locked loop as a case study, we show how behavioural fault models can be derived from transistor-level fault simulations and that faulty behaviour can be accurately modeled.
Keywords :
fault simulation; hardware description languages; integrated circuit modelling; mixed analogue-digital integrated circuits; phase locked loops; VHDL-AMS; analogue fault simulation; behavioural analogue fault modelling; behavioural fault models; behavioural simulation; faulty behaviour modelling; intensive computation; phase-locked loop; transistor-level fault simulation; Circuit faults; Circuit simulation; Circuit testing; Computational modeling; Computer aided software engineering; Computer science; Computer simulation; Electronic equipment testing; Phase locked loops; Voltage-controlled oscillators;
Conference_Titel :
Circuits and Systems, 2004. ISCAS '04. Proceedings of the 2004 International Symposium on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8251-X
DOI :
10.1109/ISCAS.2004.1329887
