Model-Based Engineering for Complex Electronic Systems

In the Electronics industry today, consumer demand for devices with hyper-connectivity and mobility has resulted in the development of a complete system on a chip (SoC). Using the old ‘rule of thumb’ design methods of the past is no longer feasible for these new complex electronic systems. To develop highly successful systems that meet the requirements and quality expectations of customers, engineers now need to use a rigorous, model-based approach in their designs. This book provides the definitive guide to the techniques, methods and technologies to carry out model- based electronic system design. Based on the authors’ considerable industrial experience, the book shows how to implement the methods in the context of integrated circuit design flows.

• Complete guide to methods, techniques and technologies of model-based engineering design for developing robust electronic systems. 
• Written by world experts in model-based design who have considerable industrial experience.
• Shows how to adopt the methods using numerous industrial examples in the context of integrated circuit design.

All the methods, techniques and technologies needed to design rigorous complex electronic systems that meet the requirements and quality expectations of customers.

Dr. Peter Wilson is part of the Electronic Systems Design research group within the School of Electronics & Computer Science (ECS) at the University of Southampton. He worked for many years as a Senior Design Engineer in industry with Ferranti plc (Edinburgh, Scotland) and as an EDA technical specialist with Analogy Inc. (Beaverton, Oregon), before joining the University of Southampton in 1999. He currently lectures on analogue electronics, integrated circuit design, cryptography, and System-on-Chip design techniques and is leading the School’s new MSc in system on a chip. He is also a consultant for Integra Design Ltd. In various aspects of embedded systems including design and modeling with VHDL, Verilog, Verilog-AMS and VHDL-AMS.H. Alan Mantooth received the B.S. (summa cum laude) and M. S. Degrees in Electrical Engineering from the University of Arkansas in 1985, and 1987, respectively, and the Ph.D. Degree from Georgia Institute of Technology in 1990. He joined Analogy, Inc. in 1990 where he focused on semiconductor device modeling and the research and development of HDL-based modeling tools and techniques. In addition to modeling, his interests include analog and mixed-signal design, test, analysis and simulation. In 1996, Dr. Mantooth was named Distinguished Member of Technical Staff at Analogy. In 1998, he joined the faculty of the Department of Electrical Engineering at the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, as an Associate Professor. He was given the Eta Kappa Nu Outstanding Electrical Engineering Faculty Award and the Arkansas Academy of Electrical Engineers Outstanding Faculty Award for 1999-2000, his first full year appointment. He was named the Outstanding Teacher in Electrical Engineering in 2000-2001. Dr. Mantooth has published numerous articles on models, modeling techniques, and modeling strategies. He holds 3 patents on software architecture and algorithms for modeling tools. He is co-author of the book Modeling with an Analog Hardware Description Language by Kluwer Academic Publishers (1995) and has served on several technical program committees for IEEE conferences. He was the Technical Program Chair for the IEEE/ACM International Workshop on Behavioral Modeling and Simulation (BMAS) in 2000 and General Chair in 2001. Dr. Mantooth is a member of Tau Beta Pi, Eta Kappa Nu and numerous other academic honor societies.

University of Arkansas, USA