Patent ID: 6813597
Filing Date: 2004-11-02
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
A method of making a synthesis plan for use in mixed signal circuit synthesis, comprising the steps of:developing a mixed signal synthesis library, said mixed signal synthesis library including simulation models specified in a mixed signal synthesis language that represent digital and analog library functions parameterized to a users performance specifications, characteristic functions of design parameters, test harnesses, and netlists of mixed-signal functions parameterized for sizing to achieve a user's performance specifications; and developing a mixed signal synthesis plan for use with said mixed signal synthesis library, comprising the substeps of determining a circuit comprising at least one set of circuit elements, identifying a set of parameters for construction of said circuit elements, simulating operation of said circuit at a set of points, each point defined by varying at least one of said parameters, consolidating results from the simulation operation, and storing the consolidated results of said simulation in a behavioral model of said plan; wherein the mixed signal synthesis plan can be subsequently executed to invoke a synthesis toolset upon the library in a particular sequence to synthesize a circuit.