ECE894Z Hierarchical Design, Capture, and Verification of Mixed Signal Systems

Instructor

Class Sheets:

• Initial Syllabus
• Useful Analog in a Digital World
• Mixed Signal System
• Wireless Sensor Node
• System Decomposition in Wireless Sensor Networks
• Abstraction in Digital vs. Analog

Documents:

• System Spec to Layout , Slides on System Spec to Layout
• Spice as an HDL
• DupaixAMSreport
• Roadblocks for RF/Analog HDLs
• AMS Characterization Environments
• Mixed Signal Synthesis for High Speed I/O Channels
• Mixed Signal Design review
• SpectreRF review
• Invited Paper on Ultra-Wide Freq. domain ADC
  ADC in Freq. domain , UWB using Freq. domain ADC

Class presentation on UWB receiver design
• Adaptive Mixed Signal Systems presentation
• Adaptive Analog Filter Overview , Digital LMS for Adaptive Analog
• VerilogAMS for Performance Characterization
• Cadence AMS Environment User guide (with tutorial)
• Cadence Verilog-AMS Reference
• Agilent ADS Verilog-A Reference
• HDL-AMS verication paper of a Digital PLL
Note verication discoveries mentioned on the bottom of pg. 61
• Non-thesis report on Digital PLL verification
• Non-thesis report on PLL verification in SystemVision
• Mixed Signal Library Building

Meetings:

• Thurs. Feb 23 ConnectionOne meeting agenda
• Tues. Feb 28 SRC meeting agenda

Links:

• Schematics for Telos Wireless Sensor Mote
• Data Sheet for tmote sky (formerly telos mote - rev. B)