Title :
VHDL-A: a new language for modeling and simulation of heterogeneous systems
Author :
Glesner, Manfred ; Hofmann, Klaus
Author_Institution :
Inst. of Microelectron. Syst., Tech. Hochschule Darmstadt, Germany
Abstract :
The need for a common hardware description language (HDL) for mixed analog/digital ASICs has been realized and efforts are currently underway to define and implement an extension of VHDL towards analog language constructs. The authors discuss the progress in implementation and some of the main features of VHDL-A, which will be part of the final VHDL´97 standard. The CAD tools available for preliminary versions of VHDL-A are mentioned briefly
Keywords :
circuit analysis computing; hardware description languages; integrated circuit design; integrated circuit modelling; mixed analogue-digital integrated circuits; software standards; CAD tools; VHDL´97 standard; VHDL-A; analog language constructs; analogue HDL; hardware description language; heterogeneous systems; mixed analog/digital ASICs; modeling; simulation; Defense industry; Design automation; Hardware design languages; Joining processes; Logic design; Logic gates; Microelectronics; Microprocessors; Propagation delay; Very high speed integrated circuits;
Conference_Titel :
Semiconductor Conference, 1995. CAS'95 Proceedings., 1995 International
Conference_Location :
Sinaia
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-2647-4
DOI :
10.1109/SMICND.1995.494860
