With gate counts and system complexity growing exponentially, new submicron technologies pose many challenges in both the design and verification domains. Nowadays, many high-performance ...

DESIGN VIEW is the summary of the complete DESIGN SOLUTION contributed article, which begins on Page 2. There are many ways, and just as many opinions on the best method, to configure grounds for ADCs ...

A methodology to create efficient manufacturing mixed-signal tests that reduce both test costs and test escapes.

In Mixed-Signal Circuits, Part 1: From s to z – The Discrete Complex-Frequency Domain, discrete-time analog circuit analysis introduced the z-domain, a simple shortcut from discrete time-domain ...

Figuring out how to integrate more and more analog and digital blocks on a single chip has become a difficult task. A primary challenge is that these mixed-signal blocks have diverse design styles.

Analog circuit design is increasingly encountering mixed-signal circuits, and analog engineers need some understanding of discrete-time sampling circuits, whether they are sample-and-hold circuits or ...

Digital transition switching is the primary cause of noise in mixed-signal devices. Signal noise and immunity to power, ground, and substrate noise all benefit from using differential circuits. Design ...