Tutorial A-D:
VHDL 1076.1 Through Examples
Speaker
- Alain Vachoux: EPF Lausanne
Abstract
As VHDL 1076.1 is about to go through an IEEE standard ballot process, it
is appropriate to get a good idea of the capabilities the language will
offer as an analog and a mixed-signal description and simulation language.
This tutorial intends to present both basic and advanced capabilities of
VHDL 1076.1 through a number of significant examples both in electrical and
non electrical disciplines. The tutorial will stress functionalities rather
than pure language issues. As a specific application example, an approach
to migrate from SPICE descriptions will also be presented.
Curriculum Vitae
Alain Vachoux holds a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the Swiss Federal
Institute of Technology of Lausanne, Switzerland. He is currently a senior
research staff member of the Integrated Systems Center at the same
Institute. His main task is the management and the development of EDA
tools, with a particular emphasis on modeling, simulation and synthesis
with hardware description languages, such as VHDL. Since 1992, he is a
member of the IEEE DASC 1076.1 working group for analog extensions to VHDL.
He currently is the secretary of the 1076.1 working group and is
participating to the design of the 1076.1 language.
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