Paper Info
Title
Using analog circuit behavior to generate SystemC events for an acceleration of mixed-signal simulation
Abstract
Analysis of mixed-signal circuits on system level demands for an accelerated simulation of analog blocks. We precompute state space representations that can be used to evaluate the circuit response and predict the occurrence of events triggered by analog components. Interfacing such models to SystemC digital simulation allows for very fast mixed-signal transient analysis. The key contribution of this paper is the dynamic generation of SystemC events from analog descriptions. We evaluate the performance of our approach using PWM (pulse width modulation) example circuits from the automotive domain which are interfaced to a SystemC microcontroller model. Accuracy and speed is compared to reference simulations utilizing traditional SPICE-like analog simulators. Our approach allows for a speedup of up to 70 for mixed-signal simulations compared to traditional analog and digital simulators.
Year
DOI
Venue
2011
10.1109/ICCD.2011.6081384
Computer Design
Keywords
Field
DocType
digital simulation,microcontrollers,mixed analogue-digital integrated circuits,transient analysis,PWM example circuit,SPICE-like analog simulator,SystemC digital simulation,SystemC event generation,SystemC microcontroller model,analog block accelerated simulation,analog circuit behavior,analog simulator,automotive domain,circuit response,digital simulator,mixed-signal accelerated simulation,mixed-signal circuit analysis,mixed-signal transient analysis,state space representation
Computer science,Interfacing,Pulse-width modulation,SystemC,Real-time computing,Electronic engineering,Microcontroller,Mixed-signal integrated circuit,Electronic circuit,State space,Speedup
Conference
ISSN
ISBN
Citations 
1063-6404
978-1-4577-1953-0
5
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.58
3
4
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
S. Hoelldampf1162.54
D. Zaum292.29
M. Olbrich3114.28
Barke, E.46612.44