A baseband filter synthesizer that takes a behavioural description of the design and produces an efficient transistor level implementation is presented. The tool optimizes the filter at the cascade level, providing the best trade-off between power consumption and dynamic range, and at the cell level, selecting minimum power solutions, through accurate analytical models and an efficient bi-quad topology. Differently from past cascade design techniques based on dynamic range optimization through linear programming [2], we focus on power minimization while guaranteeing minimum performance levels, given the increasing importance of power savings in hand-held devices. A synthesized filter has been realized in silicon demonstrating the effectiveness of our approach
Giannini, V., Nuzzo, P., De Bernardinis, F., Craninckx, J., Come, B., D'Amico, S., et al. (2006). A synthesis tool for power-efficient base-band filter design. In Proceedings -Design, Automation and Test in Europe, DATE (pp.160-+). 345 E 47TH ST, NEW YORK, NY 10017 USA : IEEE [10.1109/DATE.2006.244059].
A synthesis tool for power-efficient base-band filter design
BASCHIROTTO, ANDREA
2006
Abstract
A baseband filter synthesizer that takes a behavioural description of the design and produces an efficient transistor level implementation is presented. The tool optimizes the filter at the cascade level, providing the best trade-off between power consumption and dynamic range, and at the cell level, selecting minimum power solutions, through accurate analytical models and an efficient bi-quad topology. Differently from past cascade design techniques based on dynamic range optimization through linear programming [2], we focus on power minimization while guaranteeing minimum performance levels, given the increasing importance of power savings in hand-held devices. A synthesized filter has been realized in silicon demonstrating the effectiveness of our approach
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