Model of the Month
Modeling digital-to-analog converters (DAC)
This application note shows how to model a few basic types of DAC circuits and characterize their INL, DNL, SINAD, ENOB, etc.
October 2022
Primitive of the Month
probe_value
This primitive samples the value of an xreal-typed signal at specified triggering events and record the results to a text file for further post-processing.
Tip of the Month
Recording signal values to a text file
Here is an example of recording the signal values to a text file using the 'probe_value' primitives.
XMODEL Release Updates
XMODEL 2022.10
This release introduces new primitives such as 'vlimit', 'ilimit', and 'probe_value' and new measurement scripts that simulate the BER bathtub curves, jitter transfer (JTRAN), and jitter tolerance (JTOL) of a high-speed receiver.
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