Throughout the design exploration process, FDA provides designers with a powerful frequency domain noise analysis capability to assess and visualize noise before and after optimization.
Understanding the impact of design decisions in the frequency domain is particularly useful during the design of mixed-signal SoC sensitive to noise in specific frequency bands. This effectively bridges the existing gap between analog and digital design optimization.
FloorDirector's DPS feature provides significant noise improvements across a broad spectrum of frequencies. Early noise optimization allows for robust, low-noise designs while reducing on-chip decoupling capacitance; thereby saving silicon area and reducing leakage power.
- Real world example of Frequency Domain Analysis: Focusing on noise in specific frequency bands can offer significant improvements at design implementation. Click on picture to enlarge.
