Analog Modeling - Part 3
Welcome to the third installment in my Analog Modeling blog series. In Part 1 I wrote about why equations are important for simulation. In Part 2 I suggested a process flow for turning device equations into a simulation model, and introduced the basic structure of a VHDL-AMS model. Now it’s time to begin the model definition process. As I outlined in Part 2, the first step is deciding what you want … Read More
Tags: HDL, Mixed-Technology, analog modeling, System Modeling, System Simulation, Modeling, Simulation
As with all good inventions, you quickly wonder how on earth you could have done without them before. Relieving thermal bottlenecks reduce temperatures; it’s so blindingly obvious. Now that we have the ability to visualise with FloTHERM exactly where the thermal bottlenecks are in a design, the job of the (overworked/underpaid) thermal design engineer just got that more productive.
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One candidate – and we’ll have … 
Do it right the first time – we all first heard this from our parents as kids, and throughout our lives. It’s no different now in our work as electronic design professionals. Do more up front planning, simulation and analysis, follow good design practices, etc. Are you really doing it though?
As electronic design professionals, we’re done when we get our product manufactured. At the end of … 
New technology is cool but… with most new processes there are risks to be managed.
Usually new technologies promises/offers higher design performance, lower product costs and or faster design turn around but, failing to manage the risks can cause all the benefits to go down the drain. Embedded Passives are no exception –on the contrary, there are many pitfalls that can result in bad boards –expensive … 
Some weeks ago, I published a posting from my colleague Richard Vlamynck, who was explaining the ideas behind System-C and modeling at different levels of abstraction. He promised to write more and I was very pleased to receive a new contribution …
It’s just me again, blogging about hardware models in general and System-C in particular.
Earlier, I’d mentioned the fact that System-C can be used … 
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This geek previously discussed the Middle Eastern debut of the Bell Boeing V-22 … 
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