2014 · 10 citations · 0 references
EngineeringComputer EngineeringElectrical EngineeringComputer-aided DesignHardware Description LanguagesSystem-on-chip DesignDesign For TestabilityDigital Integrated Circuit DesignFunctional VerificationMixed-signal Integrated Circuit DesignMixed-signal IntegrationVerificationConstrained Random VerificationConstraint-based VerificationFunctional CoverageHardware VerificationIntegration VerificationMixed-signal TestabilityMixed-signal VerificationVerification Of Integrated Circuits
With a constantly increasing complexity, developing today's IC is more challenging not only in design, but also in integration and verification. The new approach is to use the same tools and methodologies from digital verification and to extended them to mixed signal, resulting a metric driven functional and electrical verification. In this paper the reasons for using this technique will be described, together with methodology and environment, providing also, as a demonstration and an argument, a practical example.