MIX-SYN: A Framework for Fast-tracking Analogue and Mixed-Signals Design
Speaker: Eric Liao, ITEE
When: 2005-04-07 13:00:00
Venue: 50-S201
Host: Adam Postula
Abstract:Analogue and mixed-signal designs are rapidly becoming significant
in System-On-Chip (SoC) designs as digital computational cores need
to interface with the real world. Cellular phones, magnetic disk
drives, speech recognition hardware and other 'digital' innovations
in fact rely on a core of analogue circuitry. Mature digital CAD
tools competently handle the digital portions of SoC designs. This
is not true for analogue components, still designed manually using
time-consuming techniques. Analogue circuits may consume 90% of the
design time, yet consuming only 10% of the chip area. During my
industrial experience with Nano Silicon, a provider in analogue and
mixed-signals solutions, these deficiencies in the typical design
process were easily observed.
Thus we propose the MIX-SYN Framework, a platform for fast-tracking
analogue and mixed-signals exploration and design for the
industry. It is implemented in MATLAB/Simulink and consists of three
major components: MIX-SYN Design Blocks, MIX-SYN Design Library, and
Seamless SPICE. The Design Blocks' hierarchical templates allow
rapid prototyping of analogue and mixed-signals circuits. These are
easily accessible from the Design Library and simulated in a circuit
simulator using Seamless-SPICE. This flexibility is aimed at
streamlining the analogue and mixed-signals design process.
In this seminar, I will first present a critical survey of current
design methodologies and tools. Then I will describe the MIX-SYN
Framework and its potential in the analogue and mixed-signal design
industry. Finally the project tasks, its implementation, and plan
will be discussed.
Biography:(biography unavailable)
Type: M.Phil confirmation
Contact:Adam Postula, seminar host (postula@itee.uq.edu.au)
or Guido Governatori (ITEE seminar co-ordinator)
(guido@itee.uq.edu.au)