• DocumentCode
    648564
  • Title

    Extracting complete set of equations to analyze VHDL-AMS descriptions

  • Author

    Kamran, Arezoo ; Janfaza, Vahid ; Navabi, Zainalabedin

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of Tehran, Tehran, Iran
  • fYear
    2013
  • fDate
    27-30 Sept. 2013
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    4
  • Abstract
    System designers are increasingly interested in the use of tools and methods letting them describe and simulate mixed signal systems. A pioneer description language for this purpose is VHDL-AMS. Due to special features of this language, the traditional method of analog-circuits analysis, the nodal analysis method that is used in most analog simulators, such as SPICE, cannot be used in simulators using this language. In this paper we present an algorithm that can be used for analysis and simulation of analog parts of systems described in VHDL-AMS language. This algorithm has been used in the analysis engine of a mixed-signal simulator based on VHDL-AMS, and the validity of its operation has been shown.
  • Keywords
    circuit simulation; hardware description languages; integrated circuit design; integrated circuit modelling; mixed analogue-digital integrated circuits; VHDL-AMS descriptions; analog simulators; analog-circuits analysis; mixed signal systems; mixed-signal simulator; nodal analysis method;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Design & Test Symposium, 2013 East-West
  • Conference_Location
    Rostov-on-Don
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4799-2095-2
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/EWDTS.2013.6673149
  • Filename
    6673149