2- https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-36329-0_1
Towards Automatic Structural Analysis of Mixed-Signal Circuits
- Jan 1, 2013
- Michael Eick +1 more
A new approach for the structural analysis of integrated circuits is presented in this chapter. As a unique feature this approach can handle circuits that contain analog and digital components at the same time. Such a situation occurs, e.g., in mixed-signal circuits. First, the approach analyzes the circuit for basic analog and digital building blocks. Next, a structural signal flow analysis partitions the circuit into an analog and digital part. It is also used to determine true pass-gate directions and break feedback loops. Finally, the logic functions of the building blocks as well as the complete digital circuit part are extracted. The chapter presents application examples for digital standard cell libraries and mixed-signal circuits. For industrial grade standard cell libraries more than 95% of the contained cells are analyzed correctly. The mixed-signal examples include a charge pump as well as voltage-controlled ring oscillator.
- # Digital Part
- # Voltage-controlled Ring Oscillator
- # Digital Building Blocks
- # Mixed-signal Circuits
- # Standard Cell Libraries
- # Digital Components
- # Basic Analog Building
- # Industrial Standard Cell
- # Analog Building Blocks
- # Application Examples
