As a chair for the AMS track at DesignCon, I wanted to talk about a special event I put together for DesignCon AMS track. I specifically created this year a tutorial to emphasize on behavioral ...

With the semiconductor industry adopting 45nm and smaller technology nodes, process variation has become an increasingly challenging issue for both integrate circuit (IC) design and manufacturing, ...

Very often when simulating an electrical circuit in SPICE, there is a need for a variable passive element such as a resistor, a capacitor or an inductor. Very often when simulating an electrical ...

This paper describes the use of behavioral models and mixed-signal simulation as a means to verify the proper instantiation, connectivity and control of analog and mixed-signal (AMS) intellectual ...

Experts at the table, part one: The evolving analog-digital relationship; communicating with the system; single-vendor flows; behavioral modeling; automation in the mixed-signal verification flow.

Different design perspectives begin creeping into analog world as systems engineers enter the market with big-picture ideas and training. The analog/mixed signal world is being shaken up by a mix of ...

This article provides an insight into various approaches followed for Analog and Mixed Signal (AMS) modeling and the associated challenges. The emphasis is on analyzing various approaches and finally ...

For the PDF version of this article, click here. Click to read part I and part III of this article. In part one of this article (see “SPICE Analog Behavioral Modeling of Variable Passives,” March 2005 ...