A Top-Down, Constraint-Driven Design Methodology for Analog Integrated Circuits

1. Front Matter

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2. Introduction

   • Henry Chang, Edoardo Charbon, Umakanta Choudhury, Alper Demir, Eric Felt, Edward Liu et al.

   Pages 1-16

3. Design Methodology

   • Henry Chang, Edoardo Charbon, Umakanta Choudhury, Alper Demir, Eric Felt, Edward Liu et al.

   Pages 17-37

4. Simulation and Behavioral Modeling

   • Henry Chang, Edoardo Charbon, Umakanta Choudhury, Alper Demir, Eric Felt, Edward Liu et al.

   Pages 39-100

5. Architectural Mapping and Optimization

   • Henry Chang, Edoardo Charbon, Umakanta Choudhury, Alper Demir, Eric Felt, Edward Liu et al.

   Pages 101-114

6. Constraint-Driven Layout Synthesis

   • Henry Chang, Edoardo Charbon, Umakanta Choudhury, Alper Demir, Eric Felt, Edward Liu et al.

   Pages 115-152

7. Bottom-Up Verification

   • Henry Chang, Edoardo Charbon, Umakanta Choudhury, Alper Demir, Eric Felt, Edward Liu et al.

   Pages 153-189

8. Testing

   • Henry Chang, Edoardo Charbon, Umakanta Choudhury, Alper Demir, Eric Felt, Edward Liu et al.

   Pages 191-215

9. Module Generation

   • Henry Chang, Edoardo Charbon, Umakanta Choudhury, Alper Demir, Eric Felt, Edward Liu et al.

   Pages 217-222

10. Current Source Digital-To-Analog Converter Design Example

    • Henry Chang, Edoardo Charbon, Umakanta Choudhury, Alper Demir, Eric Felt, Edward Liu et al.

    Pages 223-245

11. Σ-Δ Analog-To-Digital Converter Design Example

    • Henry Chang, Edoardo Charbon, Umakanta Choudhury, Alper Demir, Eric Felt, Edward Liu et al.

    Pages 247-287

12. Video Driver Design Example

    • Henry Chang, Edoardo Charbon, Umakanta Choudhury, Alper Demir, Eric Felt, Edward Liu et al.

    Pages 289-332

13. Conclusions

    • Henry Chang, Edoardo Charbon, Umakanta Choudhury, Alper Demir, Eric Felt, Edward Liu et al.

    Pages 333-334

14. Back Matter

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Analog circuit design is often the bottleneck when designing mixed analog-digital systems. A Top-Down, Constraint-Driven Design Methodology for Analog Integrated Circuits presents a new methodology based on a top-down, constraint-driven design paradigm that provides a solution to this problem. This methodology has two principal advantages: (1) it provides a high probability for the first silicon which meets all specifications, and (2) it shortens the design cycle.
A Top-Down, Constraint-Driven Design Methodology for Analog Integrated Circuits is part of an ongoing research effort at the University of California at Berkeley in the Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences Department. Many faculty and students, past and present, are working on this design methodology and its supporting tools. The principal goals are: (1) developing the design methodology, (2) developing and applying new tools, and (3) `proving' the methodology by undertaking `industrial strength' design examples. The work presented here is neither a beginning nor an end in the development of a complete top-down, constraint-driven design methodology, but rather a step in its development.
This work is divided into three parts. Chapter 2 presents the design methodology along with foundation material. Chapters 3-8 describe supporting concepts for the methodology, from behavioral simulation and modeling to circuit module generators. Finally, Chapters 9-11 illustrate the methodology in detail by presenting the entire design cycle through three large-scale examples. These include the design of a current source D/A converter, a Sigma-Delta A/D converter, and a video driver system. Chapter 12 presents conclusions and current research topics.
A Top-Down, Constraint-Driven Design Methodology for Analog Integrated Circuits will be of interest to analog and mixed-signal designers as well as CAD tool developers.

• Generator
• Signal
• analog
• analog circuit design
• circuit design
• computer
• computer-aided design (CAD)
• development
• electrical engineering
• integrated circuit
• layout
• material
• modeling
• optimization
• simulation

• University of California, Berkeley, USA

  Henry Chang, Edoardo Charbon, Umakanta Choudhury, Alper Demir, Eric Felt, Edward Liu, Enrico Malavasi, Alberto Sangiovanni-Vincentelli, Iasson Vassiliou

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