Circuit-level considerations for mixed signals programmable components

  • Authors:
  • Luigi Carro

  • Affiliations:
  • Departamento de Engenharia Eletrica, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brasil

  • Venue:
  • SBCCI'99 Proceedings of the XIIth conference on Integrated circuits and systems design
  • Year:
  • 1999

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Abstract

This paper presents some architectural studies regarding mixed signals Programmable Components (FPGAs em Gate Arrays). The effect of programmability through the use of switches is analyzed, and it is shown that the result is a tranfer jitnction modification when real characteristics of the switches are assumed. Moreover, the paper proposes the use of externally linear, internally non-linear analog circuits, since this procedure could eliminate the error introduced by the switches. Using this approach, analog area is greatly reduced, and circuits can be built on top of digital technologies. Some experimental results in the analog and digital domain support the proposed approach to mixed circuits reprogrammability, being the basis for a mixed signal FPGA.