Title :
APA: a design system for PLL based demodulator circuits
Author :
S.-A. Spanoche;S.-M. Popescu
Author_Institution :
Politehnic Univ. of Bucharest, Romania
Abstract :
This paper describes several implementation issues of a competitive design system for PLL based circuits. The APA system offers automated circuit characteristics estimation that is done by transient simulation. New and efficient solutions for noise and distortion circuit characteristic estimation are demonstrated. The efficiency/flexibility compromise is addressed by using different simulators.
Keywords :
"Phase locked loops","Demodulation","Circuit simulation","Signal to noise ratio","Spectral analysis","Analytical models","Discrete Fourier transforms","Circuit noise","Distortion","SPICE"
Conference_Titel :
Semiconductor Conference, 1996., International
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-3223-7
DOI :
10.1109/SMICND.1996.557446