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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Integrated circuit design; System-on-chip; Voltage regulators
English
12th IEEE Latin American Symposium on Circuits and Systems, LASCAS 2021 - 22 February 2021 through 25 February 2021
2021
2021 IEEE 12th Latin American Symposium on Circuits and Systems, LASCAS 2021
9781728176703
2021
9459163
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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].
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