February 2025

Technical Paper

Catching the Elusive Voltage Spike with Analog/Mixed-Signal SVA/PSL Assertions

This DVCon US paper demonstrates how to combine SVA and XMODEL to enable true continuous-time assertion checks. Learn more

Tip of the Month

Modeling a VCO with digitally-selectable voltage-to-frequency characteristics

How would you model a voltage-controlled oscillator with both analog and digital control inputs? Learn more

Primitive of the Month

pwl_sel

This primitive can model a piecewise-linear function that changes with a set of digital input values. Learn more

XMODEL Release Updates

XMODEL 2025.02

This release introduces 'valueX' and 'valueZ' parameters to the primitives with digital inputs to enable customized handling of 'X' and 'Z' values, and more. Learn more

Latest Issues

July 2025

Analyzing the Power-Saving Benefits of DBI Encoding for High-Speed Transceivers and More

June 2025

Measuring Open-Loop Transfer Function of DC-DC Converter, Extracting Charge-Pump Converter Models, and More

May 2025

XMODEL at DAC 2025, Modeling an Asynchronous SAR-ADC, and More

April 2025

Modeling NAND Flash Memory, Measuring Comparator's Offset, and More

March 2025

Silicon Photonics Simulation with XMODEL, Measuring I-V Curves, and More