High-Level Modeling and Synthesis of Analog Integrated Systems

Preface. List of Figures. List of Tables. 1. Introduction. 1.1 The world of electronics. 1.2 Analog design automation. References. Part I Analog Design Methodologies. 2. Foundations of Design Flows for AMS Systems. 2.1 Instroduction. 2.2 Analog and mixed-signal systems. 2.3 Description and abstraction levels. 2.4 Parameters and performance. 2.5 Design flows for analog and mixed-signal systems. 2.6 Conclusions. References. 3. Analog and Mixed-Signal Design Strategies. 3.1 Introduction. 3.2 Classification. 3.3 Historic overview. 3.4 Design strategy based on generic behavior. 3.5 Conclusions. References. Part II General Behavioral Modeling. 4. Time-Domain Generic Behavioral Models. 4.1 Introduction. 4.2 Time-domain modeling approaches. 4.3 A model for continuous-time delta sigma modulators. 4.4 A generic behavioral model for sampled-data systems. 4.5 Conclusions. References. 5. Frequency-Domain Generic Behavioral Models. 5.1 Introduction. 5.2 Frequency-domain modeling approaches. 5.3 A new frequency-domain framework. 5.4 Generic behavioral models for front-ends. 5.5 Conclusions. References. Part III Top-Down Heterogeneous Synthesis. 6. Top-Down Heterogeneous Optimization. 6.1 Introduction. 6.2 Objectives for synthesis strategy. 6.3 Top-down heterogeneous optimization methodology. 6.4 Application: analog-to-digital conversion. 6.5 Conclusions. References. 7. Conclusions. Symbols and Abbreviations. Index.

Ewout S.J. MARTENS obtained the MsC and PhD degrees in Electrical Engineering from the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium in 2001 and 2007, respectively. For his PhD work, he has been awarded a research fellowship from the Fund for Scientific Research (FWO) of Flanders, Belgium. Currently, he is working as a research assistant at the ESAT-MICAS laboratories of the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven.

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