An Interactive Environment for Analog Characterization and Behavioral Modeling

In order to help analog designers to apply the top-down methodology, a new interactive environment is proposed. It provides a functional library for both high-level and low-level modeling. Model parameters can be computed from circuit characterization data, the characterization program being automatically generated from parsing parameter expressions. Characterization procedures are saved in a library and can also be used only for data-sheet extraction. Finally, language translators are provided to migrate behavioral models from one language to another.