High-Level Synthesis

Abstract

In chapter 4 the theoretical principles of high-level design have been introduced. An actual high-level design for a given application and a given architecture is given in this chapter with the GSM system taken as demonstrator. The complete high-level design of a highly integrated transceiver front-end will be performed for a mobile GSM handset. All the new techniques presented in chapters 3 and 4 will be used to propose a topology that achieves a level of integration and performance that goes far beyond present day state-of-the-art realizations. Starting from the specification for the GSM system and an architecture selection, the most optimimal building block specifications for the chosen architecture are derived.