mixed analogue-digital integrated circuits

Invited: Advances in formal methods for the design of analog/mixed-signal systems

Analog/mixed-signal (AMS) systems are rapidly expanding in all domains of information and communication technology. They are a critical part of the support for large-scale high-performance digital systems, provide important functionalities in …

Design of Mixed-Signal Systems With Asynchronous Control

This paper presents a novel workflow for the design of mixed-signal systems with asynchronous control. Current methods rely on synchronous control logic and full-system simulation, which might lead to suboptimal results and even project respins due …

LEMA: A tool for the formal verification of digitally-intensive analog/mixed-signal circuits

The increasing integration of analog/mixed-signal (AMS) circuits into system designs has further complicated an already difficult verification problem. Recently, formal verification, which has been successful in the purely digital domain, has made …

Verification of Analog/Mixed-Signal Circuits Using Labeled Hybrid Petri Nets

Mixed-signal designs integrate digital and analog circuits which complicates the already difficult verification problem. This paper presents a model, labeled hybrid Petri nets (LHPNs), that is developed to model this heterogeneous set of components. …

Verification of Analog/Mixed-Signal Circuits Using Symbolic Methods

This paper presents two symbolic model checking algorithms for the verification of analog/mixed-signal circuits. The first model checker utilizes binary decision diagrams while the second is a bounded model checker that uses a satisfiability modulo …

Application of Automated Model Generation Techniques to Analog/Mixed-Signal Circuits

Abstract models of analog/mixed-signal (AMS) circuits can be used for formal verification and system-level simulation. The difficulty of creating these models precludes their widespread use. This paper presents an automated method to generate …

Symbolic Model Checking of Analog/Mixed-Signal Circuits

This paper presents a Boolean based symbolic model checking algorithm for the verification of analog/mixed-signal (AMS) circuits. The systems are modeled in VHDL-AMS, a hardware description language for AMS circuits. The VHDL-AMS description is …

Verification of Analog/Mixed-Signal Circuits Using Labeled Hybrid Petri Nets

System on a chip design results in the integration of digital, analog, and mixed-signal circuits on the same substrate which further complicates the already difficult validation problem. This paper presents a new model, labeled hybrid Petri nets …