Optimization of ASIC Verification Flow: A Decimation Filter Case Study
2022 (English)Independent thesis Advanced level (degree of Master (Two Years)), 20 credits / 30 HE credits
Student thesis
Abstract [en]
Application Specific Integrated Circuits (ASICs) have been playing a vital role in the semiconductor industry due to advantages like compact design, better power consumption, and better performance, among other things in comparison to general application integrated circuits (ICs). Unlike software applications, which can be tested post-deployment, thorough testing and verification are of utmost importance during the design of an ASIC, which is one of the reasons why a major portion of time is spent on ASIC verification. Having an optimized and reusable verification flow significantly reduces the time-to-market in a competitive industry like IC manufacturing. UVM-based verification is widely adopted for Intellectual Property (IP) verification due to its ability to reuse verification environments for multiple IPs. This thesis focuses on optimizing an existing verification flow for an ASIC IP by using a decimation filter as a case study. The filter is used as a reference model to test the Device Under Test (DUT) model by integrating it into a UVM testbench. The flow developed in the thesis is aimed at providing an efficient, reusable, and good time-to-market verification environment for ASICs.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
2022. , p. 44
Keywords [en]
Application Specific Integrated Circuits, UVM verification, decimation filter, FIR filter
National Category
Other Electrical Engineering, Electronic Engineering, Information Engineering
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-185886ISRN: LiTH-ISY-EX--21/5449--SEOAI: oai:DiVA.org:liu-185886DiVA, id: diva2:1669188
External cooperation
Ericsson
Subject / course
Electrical Engineering
Presentation
2021-11-29, Zoom, https://liu-se.zoom.us/j/66303583652?pwd=TkVVdGNhcThWSEhETXZWVWxManpndz09, Linköping, 15:15 (English)
Supervisors
Examiners
2022-06-152022-06-142022-06-15Bibliographically approved