Title :
MILES: a mixed level simulator for analog/digital design
Author :
Stroucken, A.C.J. ; van de Ven, G.J.J.M.
Author_Institution :
Philips Res. Lab., Eindhoven, Netherlands
Abstract :
MILES is a mixed-level simulator for analog and analog/digital system design. Its purpose is to combine many simulation levels and methods in one simulation, thus allowing verification of mixed analog/digital systems even before implementation at circuit level is done. A mathematical description is derived for such a mixed-level system, and a waveform-relaxation-based algorithm for simulating it is given. One of the test runs involved the simulation of a sigma-delta modulator for more than 65000 clock periods, taking several performance aspects into account. It is concluded that, using the proposed approach, analog/digital circuits can be simulated which are beyond the capabilities of both circuit simulation and purely logical simulators
Keywords :
circuit CAD; circuit analysis computing; MILES; analog/digital design; logical simulators; mixed level simulator; sigma-delta modulator; waveform-relaxation-based algorithm; Circuit simulation; Circuit testing; Clocks; Delta-sigma modulation; Design automation; Digital systems; Laboratories; Libraries; Switches; Virtual prototyping;
Conference_Titel :
Computer Design: VLSI in Computers and Processors, 1988. ICCD '88., Proceedings of the 1988 IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Rye Brook, NY
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-0872-2
DOI :
10.1109/ICCD.1988.25674
