Design of a SPDIF receiver using protocol compiler

  • Authors:
  • Ulrich Holtmann;Peter Blinzer

  • Affiliations:
  • Synopsys, Inc., 700 E. Middlefield Rd., 2.31, Mountain View, CA;Technical University of Braunschweig, Dept. of Integrated Circuit Design (E.I.S.), P.O. Box 33 29, D-38023 Braunschweig

  • Venue:
  • DAC '98 Proceedings of the 35th annual Design Automation Conference
  • Year:
  • 1998

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Abstract

This paper describes the design of a receiver for the digital audio signal SPDIF used by CD-ROM players. The design was done with Protocol Compiler, a high-level synthesis tool for the design of structured data stream processing controllers.Compared to traditional RTL design, Protocol Compiler makes entry, debugging, and re-use easier. Design time was cut by factor 2 while the results in terms of area and delay are competitive.