Experiences on VHDL based methodologies on industrial ASIC design

Author

Moré, Manel ; Vidal, Joan ; Lecha, Eduard ; Rincon, F. ; Terés, Lluis

Author_Institution

Centre Nacional de Microelectron., Bellaterra, Spain

Volume

1

fYear

1998

fDate

6-10 Oct 1998

Firstpage

167

Abstract

This paper presents the design of two ASICs (CIMCO, PEC31750), both implemented following a VHDL based top-down methodology. CIMCO is an adaptive equaliser based on a Decision Feedback Equaliser (DFE) which is intended to be included in a cellular phone improving the demodulation stage in a DECT path. PEC31750 is a radiation hardened peripheral controller for embedded space applications. This chip is designed to work with the MA31750 processor, and both chips together form a general-purpose microcontroller system core for embedded space applications on-board spacecraft

Keywords

application specific integrated circuits; hardware description languages; integrated circuit design; CIMCO; DECT; MA31750 processor; PEC31750; VHDL; adaptive equaliser; cellular phone; decision feedback equaliser; demodulation; embedded spacecraft electronics; industrial ASIC design; microcontroller; peripheral controller; radiation hardening; Adaptive equalizers; Application specific integrated circuits; Base stations; Buffer storage; Decision feedback equalizers; Demodulation; Filters; Frequency conversion; Radiation hardening; Space technology;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Semiconductor Conference, 1998. CAS '98 Proceedings. 1998 International

Conference_Location

Sinaia

Print_ISBN

0-7803-4432-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/SMICND.1998.732327

Filename

732327