Title :
RAPID-retargetability for reusability of application-driven quadrature D/A interface block design
Author :
Franca, J. ; Horta, N. ; Pereira, M. ; Vital, J. ; Castro-Lopez, R. ; Delgado-Restituto, M. ; Fernandez, F. ; Rodriguez-Vazquez, A. ; Ramos, J. ; Santos, P.
Author_Institution :
IST Center for Microsyst., Inst. Superior Tecnico, Lisbon, Portugal
Abstract :
This paper describes ESPRIT 29648, concerning the development of an advanced methodology for the design of a mixed-signal application-driven quadrature D/A interface sub-system, aiming at its reusability by a retargetting procedure with minimal changes to their structural sub-blocks. The methodology is demonstrated, first, by developing a nominal design platform for the implementation in 0.35 μm double-poly CMOS technology of a quadrature D/A interface block design for the GSM standard, and, then, by an automatic retargeting in an evolutionary technology through the realization of a silicon prototype in 0.25 μm CMOS
Keywords :
CMOS integrated circuits; cellular radio; circuit CAD; digital-analogue conversion; integrated circuit design; mixed analogue-digital integrated circuits; radio equipment; research initiatives; 0.25 micron; 0.35 micron; D/A interface block design; ESPRIT 29648; GSM standard; RAPID; application-drive quadrature D/A interface; automatic retargeting; double-poly CMOS technology; evolutionary technology; mixed-signal; retargetability; reusability; silicon prototype; Analog-digital conversion; Application software; CMOS technology; Calibration; Circuits; Design methodology; Digital-analog conversion; Signal design; Signal processing; Very large scale integration;
Conference_Titel :
Electronics, Circuits and Systems, 1999. Proceedings of ICECS '99. The 6th IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Pafos
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-5682-9
DOI :
10.1109/ICECS.1999.814498
