CAD tools for data converter design: an overview

IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems II: Analog and Digital Signal Processing

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 77-89

  Gielen, Georges G E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALOG TO DIGITAL CONVERSION; APPLICATION SPECIFIC INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSING; DIGITAL TO ANALOG CONVERSION; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEMS; INTERFACES (COMPUTER); TRANSISTORS; VLSI CIRCUITS;

ELECTRICAL SIMULATORS; INTEGRATED DATA CONVERTER DESIGN; MIXED SIGNAL SYSTEMS;

COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN;

EID: 0030084385     PISSN: 10577130     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/82.486454     Document Type: Article

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