High-level simulation and power modelling of mixed-signal front-ends for digital telecommunications

Author

Wambacq, P. ; Vandersteen, G. ; Donnay, S. ; Engels, M. ; Bolsens, I. ; Lauwers, E. ; Vanassche, P. ; Gielen, G.

Author_Institution

IMEC, Heverlee, Belgium

Volume

1

fYear

1999

fDate

1999

Firstpage

525

Abstract

In this paper a methodology is described for architectural exploration of mixed-signal front-ends of transceivers for digital telecommunications. The methodology couples high-level simulations with high-level power estimators. In this way, both the performance (e.g. signal-to-noise-ratio) and the power consumption can be estimated at a high level, prior to implementation. The approach is illustrated with an architectural study of front-ends for upstream CATV modems

Keywords

circuit noise; circuit simulation; digital communication; digital simulation; modems; telecommunication computing; transceivers; SNR estimation; digital telecommunications; high-level power estimators; high-level simulation; mixed-signal front-ends; power consumption estimation; power modelling; signal-to-noise-ratio; transceivers; upstream CATV modems; Bandwidth; Computational modeling; Computer architecture; Digital communication; Energy consumption; Mathematical model; Modems; Power system modeling; Signal to noise ratio; Transceivers;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Electronics, Circuits and Systems, 1999. Proceedings of ICECS '99. The 6th IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

Pafos

Print_ISBN

0-7803-5682-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICECS.1999.812338

Filename

812338