Sensors in automotive designs are used in a wide range of applications from measuring the pressure of gas tank vapor and exhaust to tracking magnetics for gear tooth and valve position. Regardless of ...

Validation ensures that a part will operate correctly in end-user applications. Design validation is the task of testing a part or a system adequately to ensure that all parts or systems manufactured ...

As every engineer learns at an early stage, clock edges must be obeyed. In the digital domain, synchronization through global and local clock trees, slew rate and rising/falling times all combine to ...

Several years ago, analog and mixed signal (AMS) content hit a wall. Its contribution to first-time chip failure doubled, and there is no evidence that anything has improved dramatically since then.

The complexity with system-on-chip (SoC) design continues to grow, creating greater complexity of the corresponding design-for-test (DFT) logic required for manufacturing tests. Design teams are ...

Designers must deal with multiple simulation domains, floorplanning, IP packaging, and other key issues. As CMOS technologies scale to greater densities, the ability to design and integrate complex ...