Creator: Willy M.C. Sansen
Edition: 1
Publication date: 1992-12-31
Dewey code: 621.3815
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Review Analog Circuit Design: Operational Amplifiers, Analog to Digital Convertors, Analog Computer Aided Design / Springer:This volume of Analog Circuit Design concentrates on three topics: Operational Amplifiers. A-to-D converters and Analog CAD. The book comprises six papers on each topic written by internationally recognised experts. These papers have a tutorial nature aimed at improving the design of analog circuits. The book is divided into three parts. Part I, Operational Amplifiers, presents new technologies for the design of Op-Amps in both bipolar and CMOS technologies. Two papers demonstrate techniques for improving frequency and gain behavior at high voltage. Low voltage bipolar Op-Amp design is treated in another paper. The realization high-speed and high gain VLSI building blocks in CMOS is demonstrated in two papers. The final paper shows how to provide output power with CMOS buffer amplifiers. [+]Part II, Analog-to-Digital Conversion, presents papers which address very high conversion speeds and very high resolution implementations using sigma-delta modulation architectures. Analog to Digital converters provide the link between the analog world of transducers and the digital world of signal processing and computing. High-performance bipolar and MOS technologies result in high-resolution or high-speed convertors which can be applied in digital audio or video systems. Furthermore, the advanced high-speed bipolar technologies show an increase in conversion speed into the gigahertz range. Part III, Analog Computer Aided Design, presents the latest research towards providing analog circuit designers with the tools needed to automate much of the design process. The techniques and methodologies described demonstrate the advances being made in developing analog design tools comparable with those already available for digital design. The papers in this volume are based on those presented at the Workshop on Advances in Analog Circuit Design held in Delft, The Netherlands in 1992. The main intention of the workshop was to brainstorm with a group of about 100 analog design experts on the new possibilities and future developments on the above topics. The result of this brainstorming is contained in Analog Circuit Design, which is thus an important reference for researchers and design engineers working in the forefront of analog circuit design and research.
Authors
- Kenneth W. Martin
- Gábor Péceli
- Mukund Padmanabhan
Publication date: 1995-11-30
Dewey code: 621.3815324
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Review Feedback-Based Orthogonal Digital Filters: Theory, Applications, and Implementation (The Springer International Series in Engineering and Computer Science) / Springer:Feedback-Based Orthogonal Digital Filters: Theory, Applications, and Implementation develops the theory of a feedback-based orthogonal digital filter and examines several applications where the filter topology leads to a simple and efficient solution. The development of the filter structure is linked to concepts in observer theory. Several signal processing problems can be represented as estimation problems, where a parametric representation of the input is used, to try and replicate it locally. This estimation problem can be solved using an identity observer, and the filter topology falls in this framework. Hence the filter topology represents a universal building block that can find application in several problems, such as spectral estimation, time-recursive computation of transforms, etc. Further, because of the orthogonality constraints satisfied by the structure, it also represents a robust solution under finite precision conditions. The book also presents the observer-based viewpoint of several signal processing problems, and shows that problems that are typically treated independently in the literature are in fact linked and can be cast in a single unified framework. In addition to examining the theoretical issues, the book describes practical issues related to a hardware implementation of the building block, in both the digital and analog domain. On the digital side, issues relating to implementation using semi-custom chips (FPGA's), and ASIC design are examined. On the analog side, the design and testing of a fabricated chip, that functions as a multi-sinusoidal phase-locked-loop, are described. [+]Feedback-Based Orthogonal Digital Filters serves as an excellent reference. May be used as a text for advanced courses on the subject.
Creator: Natividad Martinez Madrid
Edition: 1
Publication date: 2000-10-31
Dewey code: 621.3815
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Review Virtual Components Design and Reuse / Springer:Design reuse is not just a topic of research but a real industrial necessity in the microelectronic domain and thus driving the competitiveness of relevant areas like for example telecommunication or automotive. Most companies have already dedicated a department or a central unit that transfer design reuse into reality. All main EDA conferences include a track to the topic, and even specific conferences have been established in this area, both in the USA and in Europe. Virtual Components Design and Reuse presents a selection of articles giving a mature and consolidated perspective to design reuse from different points of view. The authors stem from all relevant areas: research and academia, IP providers, EDA vendors and industry. Some classical topics in design reuse, like specification and generation of components, IP retrieval and cataloguing or interface customisation, are revisited and discussed in depth. Moreover, new hot topics are presented, among them IP quality, platform-based reuse, software IP, IP security, business models for design reuse, and major initiatives like the MEDEA EDA Roadmap.
Edition: 2002
Publication date: 2002-02
Dewey code: 621
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Review Electronic Design, Test, and Applications, 2002 International Workshop / Institute of Electrical & Electronics Enginee:This volume originates from the 2002 International Workshop on Electronic Design, Test and Applications examines computer hardware design and testing, and is aimed at researchers, professors, practitioners and students.
Edition: 1
Publication date: 2000-06-01
Dewey code: 621.3815
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Review Switched-Current Signal Processing and A/D Conversion Circuits - Design and Implementation (THE KLUWER INTERNATIONAL SERIES IN ENGINEERING AND) (The Springer ... Series in Engineering and Computer Science) / Springer:Switched-Current Signal Processing and A/D Conversion Circuits: Design and Implementation describes the design and implementation of switched-current (SI) circuits with emphasis on signal processing and data-conversion applications. The work includes theoretical analysis, high-level and circuit-level simulation results as well as measurement results from a few of the author's circuit implementations. An extensive overview of the SI field of research is also given. The book contains an extensive overview of the switched-current field of research, and can therefore be used as a quick-reference to the field. The description of each design example has been organized to describe the entire design flow from system level design and simulation, to circuit simulation, layout and measurement as accurately as possible. Thus it is possible to follow each step in the design process. Switched-Current Signal Processing and A/D Conversion Circuits: Design and Implementation is an invaluable reference for researchers and circuit designers working with one-chip mixed-signal system solutions, and low-voltage analog CMOS design. It will also be appreciated by anyone requiring a quick overview of what has been done in the SI field.
Authors
- Japan) Asia and South Pacific Design Automation Conference (2001 : Yokohama-shi
Dewey code: 670
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Review Proceedings of the Asp-Dac 2001: Asia and South Pacific Design Automation Conference 2001 : January 30-February 2, 2001 Pacifico Yokohama Yokohama, Japan / Institute of Electrical & Electronics Enginee:
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- Japan) Asia and South Pacific Design Automation Conference (2000 : Yokohama-shi
Publication date: 2000-06-15
Dewey code: 621.3815
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Review Proceedings 2000 37th Design Automation Conference / Institute of Electrical & Electronics Enginee:These two volumes feature papers from the Asia and South Pacific Design Automation Conference 2000.
Authors
- France) DATE (1998 : Paris
Dewey code: 621.381
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Review 1998 Design Automation and Test in Europe, Date '98 / Institute of Electrical & Electronics Enginee:This text on the design and testing of computer hardware in Europe covers such topics as: design optimization of building blocks; HW/SW partitioning and communication synthesis; asynchronous and hybrid VHDL-based design; and design methods for high performance applications.
Authors
- Gert Goossens
- Jan Vanhoof
- Ivo Bolsens
- Karl Van Rompaey
- Hugo De Man
Publication date: 1993-01-31
Dewey code: 621.3815
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Review High-Level Synthesis for Real-Time Digital Signal Processing: The CATHEDRAL-II Silicon Compiler (The Springer International Series in Engineering and Computer Science) / Springer:High-Level Synthesis for Real-Time Digital Signal Processing is a comprehensive reference work for researchers and practicing ASIC design engineers. It focuses on methods for compiling complex, low to medium throughput DSP system, and on the implementation of these methods in the CATHEDRAL-II compiler. The emergence of independent silicon foundries, the reduced price of silicon real estate and the shortened processing turn-around time bring silicon technology within reach of system houses. Even for low volumes, digital systems on application-specific integrated circuits (ASICs) are becoming an economically meaningful alternative for traditional boards with analogue and digital commodity chips. ASICs cover the application region where inefficiencies inherent to general-purpose components cannot be tolerated. However, full-custom handcrafted ASIC design is often not affordable in this competitive market. Long design times, a high development cost for a low production volume, the lack of silicon designers and the lack of suited design facilities are inherent difficulties to manual full-custom chip design. To overcome these drawbacks, complex systems have to be integrated in ASICs much faster and without losing too much efficiency in silicon area and operation speed compared to handcrafted chips. The gap between system design and silicon design can only be bridged by new design (CAD). The idea of a silicon compiler, translating a behavioural system specification directly into silicon, was born from the awareness that the ability to fabricate chips is indeed outrunning the ability to design them. [+]At this moment, CAD is one order of magnitude behind schedule. Conceptual CAD is the keyword to mastering the design complexity in ASIC design and the topic of this book.
Edition: 1st
Publication date: 1999-11-01
Dewey code: 621
List Price: $239.00
Price: $215.05
Review Bandpass Sigma Delta Modulators - Stability Analysis, Performance and Design Aspects / Springer:Sigma delta modulation has become a very useful and widely applied technique for high performance Analog-to-Digital (A/D) conversion of narrow band signals. Through the use of oversampling and negative feedback, the quantization errors of a coarse quantizer are suppressed in a narrow signal band in the output of the modulator. Bandpass sigma delta modulation is well suited for A/D conversion of narrow band signals modulated on a carrier, as occurs in communication systems such as AM/FM receivers and mobile phones. Due to the nonlinearity of the quantizer in the feedback loop, a sigma delta modulator may exhibit input signal dependent stability properties. The same combination of the nonlinearity and the feedback loop complicates the stability analysis. In Bandpass Sigma Delta Modulators, the describing function method is used to analyze the stability of the sigma delta modulator. The linear gain model commonly used for the quantizer fails to predict small signal stability properties and idle patterns accurately. In Bandpass Sigma Delta Modulators an improved model for the quantizer is introduced, extending the linear gain model with a phase shift. Analysis shows that the phase shift of a sampled quantizer is in fact a phase uncertainty. Stability analysis of sigma delta modulators using the extended model allows accurate prediction of idle patterns and calculation of small-signal stability boundaries for loop filter parameters. [+]A simplified rule of thumb is derived and applied to bandpass sigma delta modulators. The stability properties have a considerable impact on the design of single-loop, one-bit, high-order continuous-time bandpass sigma delta modulators. The continuous-time bandpass loop filter structure should have sufficient degrees of freedom to implement the desired (small-signal stable) sigma delta modulator behavior. Bandpass Sigma Delta Modulators will be of interest to practicing engineers and researchers in the areas of mixed-signal and analog integrated circuit design.
Creator: Graham A. Julien
Edition: 1
Publication date: 2002-10-31
Dewey code: 621.395
List Price: $244.00
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Review System-on-Chip for Real-Time Applications (The Springer International Series in Engineering and Computer Science) / Springer:Of interest to engineers, both in industry and academic, working in the area of SoC VLSI design and application. Useful to undergraduate students in electrical and computer engineering and computer science.
Publication date: 2002-08
Dewey code: 621.381
List Price: $262.00
Price: $262.00
Review 2002 Design, Automation and Test in Europe: Conference and Exhibition : March 4-8, 2002 Paris, France: Proceedings / Ieee:This volume originated from the 2002 Design, Automation and Test in Europe Conference and Exhibition, and examines computer hardware design and testing. It is aimed at researchers, professors, practitioners and students.
Creator: Willy M.C. Sansen
Edition: 1st
Publication date: 1998-12-31
Dewey code: 621.3815
List Price: $235.00
Price: $201.33
Review Analog Circuit Design: Volt Electronics; Mixed-Mode Systems; Low-Noise and RF Power Amplifiers for Telecommunication / Springer:This volume of Analog Circuit Design concentrates on three topics: Volt Electronics; Design and Implementation of Mixed-Mode Systems; Low-Noise and RF Power Amplifiers for Telecommunication. The book comprises six papers on each topic written by internationally recognised experts. These papers are tutorial in nature and together make a substantial contribution to improving the design of analog circuits. The book is divided into three parts: Part I, Volt Electronics, presents some of the circuit design challenges which are having to be met as the need for more electronics on a chip forces smaller transistor dimensions, and thus lower breakdown voltages. The papers cover techniques for 1-Volt electronics. Part II, Design and Implementation of Mixed-Mode Systems, deals with the various problems that are encountered in mixed analog-digital design. In the future, all integrated circuits are bound to contain both digital and analog sub-blocks. Problems such as substrate bounce and other substrate coupling effects cause deterioration in signal integrity. Both aspects of mixed-signal design have been addressed in this section and it illustrates that careful layout techniques embedded in a hierarchical design methodology can allow us to cope with most of the challenges presented by mixed analog-digital design. Part III, Low-noise and RF Power Amplifiers for Telecommunication, focuses on telecommunications systems. [+]In these systems low-noise amplifiers are front-ends of receiver designs. At the transmitter part a high-performance, high-efficiency power amplifier is a critical design. Examples of both system parts are described in this section. Analog Circuit Design is an essential reference source for analog design engineers and researchers wishing to keep abreast with the latest developments in the field. The tutorial nature of the contributions also makes it suitable for use in an advanced course.
Authors
- Automation, and Test in Europe Conference and Exhibition (2004 : Paris, France) Design
Publication date: 2004-01-31
Dewey code: 670
List Price: $385.00
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Review 2004 Design, Automation And Test In Europe Conference Date 2004 / Institute of Electrical & Electronics Enginee:
Authors
- Piet Wambacq
- Willy M.C. Sansen
Publication date: 1998-06-30
Dewey code: 621.3815
List Price: $369.00
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Review Distortion Analysis of Analog Integrated Circuits (The Springer International Series in Engineering and Computer Science) / Springer:With the increased efforts of the analog design community to integrate analog high-frequency front-ends for telecommunications, there has been heightened interest in the behaviour of nonlinear circuits since this can cause considerable degradation of signals. In analog integrated circuits at lower frequencies, such as filters, nonlinear behaviour limits the dynamic range. Analog integrated circuit designers often lack insight into nonlinear circuit behaviour. Indeed, designers are trained to reason in linear or linearized circuits but not in nonlinear ones. Numerical circuit simulations of nonlinear circuit behavior do not provide enough insight to the designer. Distortion Analysis of Analog Integrated Circuits, with a foreword by Robert G. Meyer, provides both qualitative and quantitative insight into the nonlinear behavior of analog integrated circuits at low and high frequencies. General techniques to suppress nonlinear behavior such as pre-distortion, linear and nonlinear feedback are explained in detail and illustrated with realistic examples. In this way the book fills the gap between the theory of nonlinear systems and practical analog integrated circuits. Distortion Analysis of Analog Integrated Circuits provides the reader with an in-depth analysis of elementary transistor stages, both CMOS and bipolar, as well as an analysis of several larger circuits. [+]Hereby use is made of advanced transistor models that are also discussed in the book. The analyses take into account many more effects than in existing publications, thanks to the use of a calculation method that yields closed-form expressions for nonlinear behavior. These expressions are interpreted and illustrated with realistic numerical examples. Distortion Analysis of Analog Integrated Circuits is essential reading for practicing analog and mixed-signal design engineers and researchers in the field. It is also suitable as a text for an advanced course on the subject. From the foreword: `I am sure that the analog circuit design community will [. ] welcome this work by Dr. Wambacq and Prof. Sansen as a major contribution to the analog circuit design literature in the area of distortion analysis of electronic circuits. I am personally looking forward to having a copy readily available for reference when designing integrated circuits for communication systems. ' Robert G. Meyer, Professor, Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences, University of California, Berkeley.
Authors
- John M. Cohn
- L. Richard Carley
- Rob A. Rutenbar
- David J. Garrod
Publication date: 1994-01-31
Dewey code: 621.3815
List Price: $255.00
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Review Analog Device-Level Layout Automation (The Kluwer International Series in Engineering and Computer Science) / Kluwer Academic Publishers:This monograph addresses the problem of device layout for high-performance custom analog cells. In particular, an alternative placement and routing formulation is proposed that is designed to minimize the cost in layout quality that is traditionally associated with analog layout automation. The goal of analog layout is to minimize the effects of layout induced performance degradation while, at the same time, to maximize the area utilization of the circuit. Human layout experts observe a variety of analog-specific layout constraints and exploit a range of geometric optimizations to achieve these performance and density goals. This work is directed at discovering how these constraints and optimizations can best be incorporated into automatic layout optimization. Two of the products of this research are a new analog device-level placer, KOAN, and a new analog device-level router, ANAGRAM II [40], which incorporate a more comprehensive set of layout constraints and geometric optimizations than in any previous systems. Analog Device-Level Layout Automation focuses on the formulation, algorithms, and certain relevant implementation details of KOAN and ANAGRAM II.
Authors
- X. Aragones
- Antonio Rubio
- J.L. Gonzalez
Publication date: 1999-04-30
Dewey code: 621.3815
List Price: $195.00
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Review Analysis and Solutions for Switching Noise Coupling in Mixed-Signal ICs / Springer:Modern microelectronic design is characterized by the integration of full systems on a single die. These systems often include large high performance digital circuitry, high resolution analog parts, high driving I/O, and maybe RF sections. Designers of such systems are constantly faced with the challenge to achieve compatibility in electrical characteristics of every section: some circuitry presents fast transients and large consumption spikes, whereas others require quiet environments to achieve resolutions well beyond millivolts. Coupling between those sections is usually unavoidable, since the entire system shares the same silicon substrate bulk and the same package. Understanding the way coupling is produced, and knowing methods to isolate coupled circuitry, and how to apply every method, is then mandatory knowledge for every IC designer. Analysis and Solutions for Switching Noise Coupling in Mixed-Signal ICs is an in-depth look at coupling through the common silicon substrate, and noise at the power supply lines. It explains the elementary knowledge needed to understand these phenomena and presents a review of previous works and new research results. The aim is to provide an understanding of the reasons for these particular ways of coupling, review and suggest solutions to noise coupling, and provide criteria to apply noise reduction. Analysis and Solutions for Switching Noise Coupling in Mixed-Signal ICs is an ideal book, both as introductory material to noise-coupling problems in mixed-signal ICs, and for more advanced designers facing this problem.
Edition: 1999
Publication date: 1999-11
List Price: $196.00
Price: $196.00
Review International Conference on Computer-Aided Design (Iccad '99) Proceedings / IEEE Standards Office:This text constitutes proceedings from the 1999 International Conference on Computer-Aided Design (ICCAD'99). Topics covered include placement, BDDs in formal verification and practical issues in order reduction.
Creator: Willy M.C. Sansen
Edition: 1st
Publication date: 2000-01-15
Dewey code: 621.3815
List Price: $279.00
Price: $223.20
Review High Speed Analog-to-Digital Converters; PLLs and Synthesizers / Springer:This volume of Analog Circuit Design concentrates on 3 topics: High-Speed Analog-to-Digital Converters, Mixed Signal Design and PLLs and Synthesizers. The book comprises 6 papers on each topic written by internationally recognized experts. These papers have a tutorial nature aimed at improving the design of analog circuits. The book is divided into 3 parts: Part I, High-Speed Analog-to-Digital Converters, describes the latest techniques for producing analog-to-digital converters for applications in disk drives, radio circuits, XDSL and super HiFi audio conversion. Converters having resolutions between 7-bit and 12-bit using CMOS techniques are presented. A 13-bit bandpass sigma-delta modulator for IF signal conversion concludes this part. Part II, Mixed Signal Design, presents papers that detail nearly all known techniques and design issues for mixed signal circuits using CAD tools. Applications for telecom, sigma-delta converters, systems-on-a-chip and RF circuitry are described. Part III, PLLs and Synthesizers, illustrates up-to-date techniques for combination of inductors on a CMOS chip together with PLL techniques to obtain low-noise frequency synthesizers for telecom applications. Special attention is paid to fractional N synthesizers using sigma-delta algorithms. [+]Analog Circuit Design is an essential reference source for analog design engineers and researchers wishing to keep abreast with the latest developments in the field. The tutorial nature of the contributions also makes it suitable for use in an advanced design course.
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- India) Asia and South Pacific Design Automation Conference (7th : 2002 : Bangalore
Dewey code: 621.3815
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Review 7th Asia and South Pacific Design Automation Conference 15th International Conference on Vlsi Design: Proceedings 7-11 January 2002 Bangalore, India / Inst Elect & Electronic Engineers:
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