EDN

How Verilog-AMS accelerates transistor modeling

Before circuit design can begin on any advanced semiconductor manufacturing process, the electrical behavior of the devices — transistors, diodes, resistors — must be described accurately in so-called ...
Electronic Design

SystemC AMS Modeling Standards Continue To Evolve

The Open SystemC Initiative, the industry association that has shepherded various standards initiatives involving the SystemC language, is on the move again and has recently released its SystemC ...
EDN

Using VHDL-AMS to model complex heterogeneous systems, part 1

Motion-control-system development poses many challenges for conventional simulation tools. These systems are extremely complex, and they also traverse technology (domain) boundaries as well as ...
Design-Reuse

Analog and Mixed Signal Modeling Approaches

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 ...
Electronic Design

Ansoft certifies VHDL-AMS models for Simplorer

Ansoft Corporation (www.ansoft.com) has certified the VHDL-AMS models available from the FAT-AK30 working group of the German Association of the Automotive Industry (Verband der Automobilindustrie - ...
Semiconductor Engineering

Extending The Benefits Of UVM To Include AMS: An Update On Accellera’s UVM-AMS Standard Development

SoC teams can be divided up into design and verification groups. For digital designs, the Universal Verification Methodology (UVM), initially developed by Accellera and now standardized as IEEE 1800.2 ...
Semiconductor Engineering

Filling In The Gaps For Mixed-Signal Verification

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.
Design-Reuse

How Verilog-AMS accelerates transistor modeling

Before circuit design can begin on any advanced semiconductor manufacturing process, the electrical behavior of the devices — transistors, diodes, resistors — must be described accurately in so-called ...