Title :
Smart AD and DA converters
Author :
Van Roermund, Arthur ; Hegt, Hans ; Harpe, Pieter ; Radulov, Georgi ; Zanikopoulos, Athon ; Doris, Konstantinos ; Quinn, Patrick
Author_Institution :
Mixed-signal Microelectron. Group, Eindhoven Univ. of Technol., Netherlands
Abstract :
In this paper, a concept is proposed to solve the problems related to the embedding of AD and DA converters in system-on-chips, FPGAs or other VLSI solutions. Problems like embedded testing, yield, reliability and reduced design space become crucial bottlenecks in the integration of high-performance mixed-signal cores in VLSI chips. On the other hand, a trend of increasing digital processing power can be observed in almost all these systems. The presented smart approach takes full advantage of this trend in order to solve the before mentioned problems and to achieve true system integration.
Keywords :
VLSI; analogue-digital conversion; digital-analogue conversion; field programmable gate arrays; mixed analogue-digital integrated circuits; system-on-chip; FPGA; SoC; VLSI chips; digital processing; embedded converters; embedded testing; mixed-signal cores; reduced design space; reliability; smart AD converters; smart DA converters; system integration; system-on-chip; yield; Analog integrated circuits; Application specific integrated circuits; Circuit testing; Field programmable gate arrays; Hardware; Microelectronics; Noise level; Power system reliability; System-on-a-chip; Very large scale integration;
Conference_Titel :
Circuits and Systems, 2005. ISCAS 2005. IEEE International Symposium on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8834-8
DOI :
10.1109/ISCAS.2005.1465523
