Automated Design Tools for Integrated Mixed-Signal Microsystems (NeoCAD)
Abstract
Automated design tools and integrated design flow methodologies were developed that demonstrated more than an order- of-magnitude reduction in cycle time and cost for mixed signal (digital/analoglRF) and mixed electronic-photonic microsystems, such as high-clock-rate and wide-dynamic-range Analog-to-Digital (AID) converters, These tools and methodologies combined several innovative synthesis, simulation, and optimization techniques, including a fast time-domain circuit simulation method, Model Order Reduction (MOR) tools, system-level, mixed-signal circuit synthesis and optimization tools, and parsitic extraction tools. A unique combination of these innovative techniques enables efficient design of systems far beyond today's state-of-the-art. In the future, these tools will allow designers of high-performance, mixed-signl circuits, such as high-order tunable, delta-sigma modulators and the photonic AID converters operating at 10s of GHz clock rates, to optimize their designs with orders of magnitude more iterations, and hence, far better performance.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Feb 01, 2005
- Accession Number
- ADA457822
Entities
People
- F. Valley
- J. Visher
- Madhavan Swaminathan
- P. Petre
- R. Shringarpure
Organizations
- HRL Laboratories