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Cluster Activities
Presentations from the Course on CMOS Data Converters for Communications (Bellaterra, Barcelona, Spain; May 6-10, 2002)
 
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Presentations from the Workshop on Mixed-Signal IP Blocks (DATE'2002, Paris, March 8, 2002) 
 
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Presentations from the Workshop on A/D Converters for Telecommunications (ETHZ, Pfäffikon, October 22, 2001)
 
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Presentations from the Workshop on Substrate Effects in Smart-Power ICs (ESSDERC'2001, Nuremberg; September 14, 2001)
 
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Presentations from the Workshop on Substrate Noise-Coupling in Mixed-Signal ICs (IMEC, Leuven; September 5-6, 2001)
 
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Presentations from the Workshop on Mixed-Signal Design Tools (DATE-2001; March 12, 2001)
 
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Presentations from the Workshop on Embedded Data Converters (ESSCIRC-2000; September 22, 2000)
 
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Presentations from the Workshop on Substrate-Effects in Smart-Power and Mixed-Signal ICs (ESSDERC'2000; September 14, 2000)
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Presentations from the Special Session on Mixed-Signal Testing (ETW'2000; May 23, 2000)
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Presentations from the First ESD-MSD Test Workshop (DATE'2000; March 27, 2000)
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Project Contributions
ABACUS: Active Bus Adaptor and Controller for Remote Units
Tutorial on IC Technology and Layout (PDF, 128 kB) 

Tutorial on Layout of Mixed-Signal Circuits (PDF, 469 kB) 


Design of a Mixed-Signal ASIC for Satellite OBDH Bus

Presentation (PDF,  748 kB) 
Accompanying Text (PDF, 622 kB)
Mixed-Signal Design Methodologies for Space Applications
Presentation (PDF, 38 kB) 
Accompanying Figures (PDF, 478 kB) 
Accompanying Text (PDF, 50 kB)
BANDIT: Embedding Analof-to-Digital Converters on Digital Telecom ASICs
  D-1.4.2. Design Case Report About Noise Coupling Analysis and Reduction Methodology PDF (2905kB)
 

Additional related documents available from the BANDIT Web Page

HIPADS: High-Performance Deep Submicron CMOS Analog-to-Digital Converters using Low-Noise Logic
Paper at ISIC'2001  PDF (240kB)
Implementation of High-Speed Continuous-Time Delta-Sigma Converters for Video Application  PDF (1751kB)
The Reduction of Switching Noise in Mixed-Signal Design Using Current-Steering Logic
Course         ZIP file (478 kB)
Presentation PDF   (217 kB)
Cell Edit: CAD tool for fast design of digital CMOS libraries (static logic and current-steering logic).  Self-extracting compressed file (704 kB) 

Aslib: CAD tool for the design of optimal Current-Steering Logic libraries in term of power consumption and transistor area for a given frequency and load capacitance. Self-extracting compressed file (227 kB)

MADBRIC: Mixed Analog-Digital Broadband IC for Internet Power-Line Data Synchronous Link
  DS2 Power-Line Communication Technology PPT (1689kB)
DS2 Design Flow for System-on-Chip including Mixed-Signal Design, PDF (177kB) 
Codesign HW/SW in High-Speed Communication Modems for Low-Voltage Pawer Lines,  PDF (322kB) 
MIXMODEST: Mixed Mode in Deep Submicron Technology
 
Presentations at Internal Project Workshops
Dealing with:
Elements Matching
Self Oscillatory Power Amplifier
High-Speed Data Converters
Oversampling Converters
Decimation Filters
Pipeline Converters
Presentations at ICECS'01

Requirements for Embedded Data Converters in an ADSL Communication System

Paper (PDF, 75 kB) 
Presentation (PDF, 139 kB) 
Design of High-Speed Analog-to-Digital Interface in Digital Technologies
Paper (PDF, 197 kB) 
Design Considerations for High-Resolution Pipeline ADCs in Digital CMOS Technology
Paper (PDF, 101 kB) 
Presentation (PDF, 693 kB) 
A High-Performance Sigma-Delta ADC for ADSL Applications in 0,35 um CMOS Digital Technology
Paper (PDF, 367 kB) 
Presentation  ( PDF, 887 kB)
Design Solutions for Low-Power Digital Filters
Presentation (PDF, 724 kB)

Low-Pass Sigma-Delta Modulators: Principles and Architectures
Course presentation       PDF file (16251 kB)
Low-Pass Sigma-Delta Modulators: Continuous-Time Sigma-Delta Modulators
Course presentation       PDF file (2276 kB)
Low-Pass Sigma-Delta Modulators: Errors in Discrete-Time Circuits
Course presentation       PDF file (2176 kB)
Band-Pass Sigma-Delta Modulators: Principles, Architectures and Circuits
Course presentation       PDF file (4380 kB)
Comparators: Parameters, Specifications, Architectures and Circuits
Course presentation       PDF file (819 kB)
OPTIMISTIC: Optimization Methodologies in Mixed-Signal Testing of ICs
  Principles of A/D and D/A Mixed-Signal Testing in the Context of the OPTIMISTIC Generic Device Testing,  PDF (2108kB) 
Advancing State-of-the-Art Mixed-Signal Testing by Use of the OPTIMISTIC Approach, Paper at IMSTW'2002, PDF (2734kB) 
Model Based Test Generation: A Means of Improving Test Quality and Time-to-Market in Mixed-Signal Test, Paper at IMSTW'2001, PDF  (213kB) 
Model Based Test Generation: A Means of Improving Test Quality and Time-to-Market in Mixed-Signal Test, Presentation at IMSTW'2001, PDF (800kB) 
Panel on IP Demands for Mixed-Signal Testing: Validation Test Methodologies to Meet Mixed-Signal SoC Challenges, Presentation at Panel Session in IMSTW'2002, PDF (140kB) 
Behavioral Test Generation Modeling Approach for Mixed-Signal IC Verification, Presentation at IMSTW'2002, PDF (387kB) 
Behavioral Test Generation Modeling Approach for Mixed-Signal IC Verification, Paper at IMSTW'2002, PDF (93kB) 
RAPID: Retargetability for Reusability of Application-Driven Quadrature D/A Interface Block Design
  D-3: Case-Study of Methodology for Design Reusability  PDF(481kB)


Demonstration of the Retargeting Methodology for Reuse
Power Point presentation with voice transcript.
Office 2000 version (ZIP file, 15 803 kB) 
Office XP version (ZIP file, 14 502 kB)
See instructions for downloading and running. 
Retargeting of Mixed-Signal Blocks for SoCs
Paper at DATE'01. PDF(31 kB)
A Complete Retargeting Methodology for Mixed-Signal IC Designs
Paper at ECCTD'01. PDF(83 kB) 
Poster at ECCTD'01. PDF(657 kB) 
Creating Flexible Analogue IP Blocks
Paper at ESSCIRC'01. PDF(185 kB) 
Poster at ESSCIRC'01. PDF(550 kB) 
Layout-constrained Retargeting of Analog Blocks 
Paper at DCIS'00. PDF(225 kB) 
Slides of presentation at DCIS'00. PDF (2300 kB) 
RAPID: Retargetability for Reusability of Application-Driven Quadrature D/A Interface Block Design 
Paper at DCIS'99. PDF(106 kB) 
D-2: Design for Reusability Methodology. PDF(1231 kB) 
SUBSAFE: Substrate Current Safe Smart-Power IC Design Methodology
  D-6.2.1.6: Methodology for Substrate Current Robust Design by Device and Circuit Simulation PDF (4468 kB)

D-6.2.1.4: Methodology for Characterizing Substrate CurrentsPDF (1753 kB)


D-6.2.1.5: Transient Minority Carrier Collection from the Substrate in Smart Power Design PDF (517 kB)


D-6.2.1.1: Measurement Techniques of Substrate Currents; Exemplary Results. PDF (1595 kB) 


D-6.2.1.2: Simulation Results of Basic Structures. PDF (451 kB) 


D-6.2.1.3: Report on Methodology for Characterizing Substrate Current on Test Chip I. PDF (1054 kB)


The reports above are good accompanying texts for the SUBSAFE presentations in the Substrate-Current Effects Workshop

SYSCONV: Systematic Top-Down Design and System Modeling of Oversampling Converters
DAISY Tutorial  PDF (415kB)

DAISY is a software tool for high-level simulation of Delta-Sigma Converters.

A Web-accessible limited demonstration version is available. 


Selection of the Simulation Approach for Sigma-Delta Modulators PDF (57kB)

D-3.1.1: Multibit Oversampling D/A Converters Using Dynamic Element Matching Methods.  PDF (354 kB) 

D-2.2.1: Optimized topologies for multibit oversampling A/D converters. PostScript (1689 kB) 


D-1.2.1: Basic concepts of oversampling converter models. PDF (142 kB) 


D-1.1.1: Analysis of major nonidealities of multibit oversampling converters. PDF (228 kB) 


D-2.1.1: Guidelines for implementation of CMOS multibit oversampling modulators. PDF (1074 kB), PostScript (4959 kB) 


Additional information can be found at the SYSCONV Web Page

TERMIS: High-Temperature / High-Voltage Mixed-Signal SOI ASICs for Aerospace Applications
  SOI Hall Plate Characterization. PDF (177 kB)



User Manual for Hall Sensor Demonstration Kit. PDF(239 kB)



Links to information on X-FAB SOI Technology:
X-FAB Home Page
X-FAB SOI description
SOI technology Data Sheet (PDF, 66kB)
X-FAB Technical Server
D-2.3: Hall Sensor Implementation. PDF (1100 kB) 



D-2.2: Power Bridge for High-Temperature Applications in Partially Depleted 1.0um - SOI CMOS Technology. PDF (1245 kB) 



System Design Considerations for Motor Controller. PPT presentation as compressed ZIP file (804 kB) 


VDP: Video Decoder Platform
  Management Story Book. PDF (136 kB)

Digital Signal Processing: Short and Simple.HTML document as compressed ZIP file (1792 kB) 
 

Make sure the "Use folder names" option is selected when extracting the files.



An Introduction to Low-Voltage, Low-Power Analog CMOS Design.PDF (344 kB) 
 

The course is suitable for professional designers of analog circuits and graduate engineers wishing to acquire knowledge in this area.



Course on Sigma-Delta Converters. PDF (107 kB)

Last update: October 29, 2002