Re-use Based Methodologies and Tools in the Design of Analog and Mixed-signal Integrated Circuits

Aiming at the core of the problem, "Reuse Based Methodologies and Tools in the Design of Analog and Mixed-Signal Integrated Circuits" presents a framework for the reuse-based design of AMS circuits. The framework is founded on three key elements: a CAD-supported hierarchical design flow that facilitates the incorporation of AMS reusable blocks, reduces the overall design time, and expedites the management of increasing AMS design complexity; a complete, clear definition of the AMS reusable block, structured into three separate facets or views: the behavioral, structural, and layout facets, the first two for top-down electrical synthesis and bottom-up verification, the latter used during bottom-up physical synthesis; and, the design for reusability set of tools, methods, and guidelines that, relying on intensive parameterization as well as on design knowledge capture and encapsulation, allows to produce fully reusable AMS blocks.