8th International Conference on VLSI Design CODAC-a characterization system for digital and analog circuits New Delhi, India January 04-January 07 ISBN: 0-8186-6905-5
This paper describes CODAC, a CAD tool for characterization and analysis of analog and digital circuits. It is based primarily on the industry standard electrical simulator, SPICE. CODAC provides a powerful C like language for specifying the characterization problem. In addition to providing an extensive library of built-in analysis functions it also supports a procedural interface that facilitates the definition of customized analysis functions. A capability to distribute in parallel the large number of simulation runs for an extensive circuit analysis (e.g. Monte Carlo analysis) is provided which significantly reduces overall cycle time. CODAC is being successfully used for circuit analysis and as a part of analog and digital library development flow at Texas Instruments.
Index Terms:
circuit analysis computing; digital integrated circuits; analogue integrated circuits; circuit CAD; SPICE; Monte Carlo methods; parallel processing; CODAC; characterization system; digital circuits; analog circuits; SPICE; electrical simulator; procedural interface; customized analysis functions; circuit analysis; Monte Carlo analysis; CAD tool
Citation:
N. Subramanyam, K.G. Praveen, R. Ramani, D. Suryanarayana, "CODAC-a characterization system for digital and analog circuits," vlsid, pp.193, 8th International Conference on VLSI Design, 1995 Usage of this product signifies your acceptance of the Terms of Use. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||