Digital Analog Design: Enabling Mixed-Signal System Validation

Abstract

This paper proposes a method to validate mixed-signal circuits and systems using procedures similar to those used for digital model of the transistor implementation, the suitability of the design can be judged. The significance of this work is how these models are constructed and compared, and how this information is managed using existing digital CAD tools. Since analog test program content is typically compiled based on the specifications in the data sheet for the analog circuit, often without the benefit of fault coverage information, there are frequent redundancies in the overall test process.