Title
Semi-formal verification of the steady state behavior of mixed-signal circuits by SAT-based property checking
Abstract
In this article, a verification methodology for mixed-signal circuits is presented that can easily be integrated into industrial design flows. The proposed verification methodology is based on formal verification methods. A VHDL behavioral description of a mixed-signal circuit is transformed into a discrete model and then verified using well-established tools from formal digital verification. Using the presented methodology, a much higher coverage of the functionality of a mixed-signal circuit can be achieved than with simulation based verification methods. The approach has already been successfully applied to industrial mixed-signal circuits.
Year
DOI
Venue
2008
10.1016/j.tcs.2008.03.032
Theor. Comput. Sci.
Keywords
DocType
Volume
VHDL behavioral description,Semi-formal verification,mixed-signal circuit,steady state behavior,SAT-based property checking,Property checking,verification method,discrete model,industrial design flow,proposed verification methodology,formal digital verification,formal verification method,industrial mixed-signal circuit,Mixed-signal,verification methodology,Formal verification
Journal
404
Issue
ISSN
Citations 
3
Theoretical Computer Science
0
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.34
18
4
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Jens Schönherr185.40
Martin Freibothe252.27
Bernd Straube319537.41
Jörg Bormann4459.95