December 2023

Model of the Month

Modeling an SPAD-based time-of-flight sensor

This paper presents the system-level simulation of a direct time-of-flight sensor with 64 single-photon avalanche diodes (SPADs), a time-to-digital converter, and a histogram counter using XMODEL.

Tip of the Month

Measuring the average power of a circuit-level model

Here is a simple example of measuring the average power dissipation of a wireline transmitter using a 'meas_avg' primitive.

Primitive of the Month

meas_avg

This primitive can measure the average of an xreal-type signal within a given time interval, such as average power dissipation.

Upcoming Event

Meet XMODEL at ASP-DAC 2024

Scientific Analog is proud to sponsor, present, and exhibit at ASP-DAC 2024, held in Incheon, Korea on January 23-25.

Latest Issues

May 2026

Estimating Eye Openings and FFE/DFE Settings from Channel SBR

April 2026

Delay, Delay, Delay!

March 2026

EQCHECK, Adaptive Decision-Feedback Equalizer, and More

February 2026

XMODEL at DVCon US, Introducing EQCHECK, and More

January 2026

Generating Random Step Sequences for Stress-Testing, Measuring Single-Bit Responses, and More