Automation in mixed-signal design: Challenges and solutions in the wake of the nano era

IEEE/ACM International Conference on Computer-Aided Design, Digest of Technical Papers, ICCAD

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 461-463

  McConaghy, Trent ^a   Gielen, Georges ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Analog; Computer aided design; Integrated circuits; Mixed signal

Indexed keywords

DESIGN;

(OTDR) TECHNOLOGY; COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; DESIGN COMPLEXITIES; EDA TOOLS; INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES; LEAKAGE POWER; MIXED-SIGNAL DESIGNS; MIXED-SIGNAL INTEGRATED SYSTEMS; NANOMETER TECHNOLOGIES; NEW DESIGN; NEW PROCESSES; SUPPLY VOLTAGES; TIME-TO-MARKET (TTM);

INTEGRATED CONTROL;

EID: 46149125307     PISSN: 10923152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICCAD.2006.320158     Document Type: Conference Paper

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