Custom integrated DC-DC converters are frequently used to power system-on-chip architectures for achieving high-quality voltage regulation at the best possible efficiency. However, high-level models of such converters are usually incompatible with analog simulators and require the designer to re-assemble the circuit in the final design environment to verify the design with real transistor models. This process is both time consuming and error-prone. This paper presents a library of parameterizable, high-level macro-models for DC-DC converters, consisting of custom Verilog-A modules and cells from the standard libraries. The macro-models are compatible with analog simulators and offer a significant amount of flexibility to the designer.
Kizas, T., Crespi, L., Malcovati, P., Baschirotto, A. (2021). A Library of High-Level Models for the Simulation of DC-DC Converters. In 2021 IEEE 12th Latin American Symposium on Circuits and Systems, LASCAS 2021. IEEE [10.1109/LASCAS51355.2021.9459163].
A Library of High-Level Models for the Simulation of DC-DC Converters
Baschirotto A.
2021
Abstract
Custom integrated DC-DC converters are frequently used to power system-on-chip architectures for achieving high-quality voltage regulation at the best possible efficiency. However, high-level models of such converters are usually incompatible with analog simulators and require the designer to re-assemble the circuit in the final design environment to verify the design with real transistor models. This process is both time consuming and error-prone. This paper presents a library of parameterizable, high-level macro-models for DC-DC converters, consisting of custom Verilog-A modules and cells from the standard libraries. The macro-models are compatible with analog simulators and offer a significant amount of flexibility to the designer.
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