Title :
Evaluating mixed-signal simulators
Author :
Overhauser, David ; Saleh, Resve
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Duke Univ., Durham, NC, USA
Abstract :
This paper describes various issues related to modes of failure in mixed-signal simulation and identifies how various benchmark circuits can be used to evaluate the implementation of various simulators. This paper serves as a companion paper to the CICC-94 paper which presented a set of mixed-mode benchmark circuits. Important aspects of the analog-to-digital and digital-to-analog interfaces are discussed along with mixed-signal circuit partitioning, analog-digital time synchronization, and digital modeling. This is followed by a survey of implementation techniques in various commercial and university mixed-signal simulators
Keywords :
analogue-digital conversion; circuit analysis computing; digital simulation; digital-analogue conversion; failure analysis; integrated circuit modelling; logic partitioning; mixed analogue-digital integrated circuits; synchronisation; analog-digital time synchronization; analog-to-digital interfaces; benchmark circuits; circuit partitioning; digital modeling; digital-to-analog interfaces; failure modes; mixed-signal simulators; Analog circuits; Application specific integrated circuits; Circuit simulation; Coupling circuits; Discrete event simulation; Logic circuits; Logic gates; Switches; Switching circuits; Voltage;
Conference_Titel :
Custom Integrated Circuits Conference, 1995., Proceedings of the IEEE 1995
Conference_Location :
Santa Clara, CA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-2584-2
DOI :
10.1109/CICC.1995.518148
