Simulation-based High-level Synthesis of Pipeline Analog-to-Digital Converters

This paper presents a toolbox for the time-domain simulation and optimization-based high-level synthesis of pipeline analog-to-digital converters in MATLAB®. Behavioral models of building blocks, including their critical error mechanisms, are described and incorporated into SIMULINK® as C-compiled S...

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Autores: Ruiz Amaya, Jesús, Rosa, José M. de la, Delgado-Restituto, Manuel
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2004
País:España
Institución:Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)
Repositorio:DIGITAL.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSIC
OAI Identifier:oai:digital.csic.es:10261/3843
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10261/3843
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Pipeline Analog-to-Digital Converters
High-level Synthesis
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Sumario:This paper presents a toolbox for the time-domain simulation and optimization-based high-level synthesis of pipeline analog-to-digital converters in MATLAB®. Behavioral models of building blocks, including their critical error mechanisms, are described and incorporated into SIMULINK® as C-compiled S-functions. This approach significantly speeds up system-level simulations while keeping high accuracy −verified with HSPICE− and interoperability of different subcircuit models. Moreover, their combined use with an efficient optimizer makes the proposed toolbox a valuable alternative for the design of broadband communication analog front-ends. As a case study, an embedded 0.13μm CMOS 12bit@80MS/s ADC for a PLC chipset is designed to show the capabilities of the presented tool.