While formal verification has become part of the design process of
digital circuits, its application to analog and mixed-signal design
is still in its infancy. This is mainly due to the fact that the
mathematical models for such circuits are very different from the
discrete, finite-state transition systems that underly verification
of digital systems. Such models are based on continuous dynamical
systems governed by differential equations and their verification calls
for different techniques, like those developed in the analysis
of hybrid systems. This workshop intends to bring together
practitioners in circuit design and in EDA tools together with researchers in
verification of discrete and hybrid systems in order to understand the
problems faced by designers of analog circuits and to see what support
can be provided by existing and new verification techniques.
This is the second FAC workshop. Information about the first workshop, held in Edinburgh at 2005, can be found here.
