Using top-down CAD tools for mixed analog/digital ASICs: A practical design case

Analog Integrated Circuits and Signal Processing

Volumn 10, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 101-117

  Donnay, Stéphane ^a,d   Gielen, Georges ^a,e   Sansen, Willy ^a   Kruiskamp, Wim ^b   Leenaerts, Domine ^b   Buytaert, Steven ^c   Marent, Katrien ^c   Buckens, Marc ^c   Das, Carl ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^c IMEC   (Belgium)

^d ESAT Laboratory

^e IEEE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DESIGN AIDS; DIGITAL INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEMS; INTEGRATED CIRCUIT LAYOUT; LINEAR INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

MIXED SIGNAL CIRCUITS; TOP DOWN METHODOLOGY; VERIFICATION;

APPLICATION SPECIFIC INTEGRATED CIRCUITS;

EID: 0030169393     PISSN: 09251030     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00713982     Document Type: Article

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