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This paper presents our experience on high-level synthesis of Σ - Δ analog to digital converters (ADC) from VHDL-AMS descriptions. The proposed VHDL-AMS subset for synthesis is discussed. The subset has the composition semantics, so that specifications offer enough insight into the system structure for automated architecture generation and optimization. A case study for the synthesis of a fourth order Σ - Δ ADC is detailed. Compared to similar work, the method is more flexible in tackling new designs, and more tolerant to layout parasitic.
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Tang, H., Zhang, H., Doboli, A. (2004). Towards High-Level Analog and Mixed-Signal Synthesis From VHDL-AMS Specifications. In: Grimm, C. (eds) Languages for System Specification. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-7991-5_13
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