Making Friends With Parasitic Effects
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Nigel Bleasdale
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December 13, 2010
OK, so the title is perhaps a little optimistic but I'm playing off the saying "keep your friends close, but your enemies closer" (The Godfather Part II: Francis Ford Coppola and Mario Puza). The corollary in custom design is to bring the
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Analog Design vs. Automation -- Why Are They At Odds?
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Nigel Bleasdale
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August 17, 2010
Back in 2002 and 2003 there was a lot of talk about analog synthesis being the "next new thing" to close the productivity gap between analog and digital designers. Well, I hope you didn't hold your breath for this! That promise failed mostly
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Analog Design Validation: What is Your Recipe for Success?
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Nigel Bleasdale
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March 31, 2009
Every analog circuit design goes through some kind of electrical validation step before release to manufacture. The depth and breadth of this testing depend on the design itself, the end application and of course that all important deadline. When it comes
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So, where is that mixed-signal behavioral model I ordered?
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Nigel Bleasdale
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July 12, 2008
It has been said many time that SPICE, the analog engineers tool of choice, is virtually the same as it was 20 years ago, while digital engineers have been happily zooming up the evolutionary chain. There have been a number of attempts to prod analog
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