IEC 61691-8:2021

Behavioural languages - Part 8: Standard SystemC Analog/Mixed-Signal Extensions Language Reference Manual

IEC 61691-8:2021(E) defines the Analog/Mixed-Signal extensions for SystemC®, as an ANSI standard C++ class
library based on SystemC for system and hardware design including analog/mixed-signal elements. The general purpose of the SystemC AMS extensions is to provide a C++ standard for designers and architects, who need to address complex heterogeneous systems that are a hybrid between hardware and software. This standard is built on the IEEE Std 1666™-2011 (SystemC Language Reference Manual) and extends it to create analog/mixed-signal, multi-disciplinary models to simulate continuous-time, discrete-time, and discrete-event behavior simultaneously.
This standard is published as a double logo IEC-IEEE standard.

General Information

• Status: Published
• Publication Date: 25-Jul-2021
• ICS: 25.040.01 - Industrial automation systems in general
• ICS: 35.060 - Languages used in information technology
• Technical Committee: TC 91 - Electronics assembly technology
• Current Stage: PPUB - Publication issued
• Start Date: 04-Jun-2021
• Completion Date: 26-Jul-2021

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IEC 61691-8 ®
Edition 1.0 2021-07
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IEEE Std 1666.1
INTERNATIONAL
STANDARD
Behavioural languages –
Part 8: Standard SystemC® Analog/Mixed-Signal Extensions Language
Reference Manual
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IEC 61691-8 ®
Edition 1.0 2021-07
IEEE Std 1666.1™
INTERNATIONAL
STANDARD
Behavioural languages –
Part 8: Standard SystemC® Analog/Mixed-Signal Extensions Language

Reference Manual
INTERNATIONAL
ELECTROTECHNICAL
COMMISSION
ICS 25.040.01; 35.060 ISBN 978-2-8322-9951-7

IEEE Std 1666.1™-2016
Contents
1. Overview. 1
1.1 Scope.1
1.2 Purpose.1
1.3 Subsets. 2
1.4 Relationship with C++. 2
1.5 Relationship with SystemC. 2
1.6 Guidance for readers. 2
2. Normative references.4
3. Terminology and conventions used in this standard.5
3.1 Terminology.5
3.1.1 Shall, should, may, can.5
3.1.2 Implementation, application. 5
3.1.3 Call, called from, derived from. 5
3.1.4 Specific technical terms. 5
3.2 Syntactical conventions. 6
3.2.1 Implementation-defined.6
3.2.2 Disabled. 6
3.2.3 Ellipsis (.). 6
3.2.4 Class names. 6
3.2.5 Prefixes. 7
3.3 Typographical conventions.7
3.4 Semantic conventions. 7
3.4.1 Class definitions and the inheritance hierarchy. 7
3.4.2 Function definitions and side-effects. 7
3.4.3 Functions whose return type is a reference or a pointer.8
3.4.4 Namespaces and internal naming.8
3.4.5 Non-compliant applications and errors.9
3.5 Notes and examples.9
4. Core language definitions.10
4.1 Class header files.10
4.1.1 #include “systemc-ams”. 10
4.1.2 #include “systemc-ams.h”. 10
4.2 Base class definitions. 11
4.2.1 sca_core::sca_module. 11
4.2.2 sca_core::sca_interface. 13
4.2.3 sca_core::sca_prim_channel. 14
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4.2.4 sca_core::sca_port.15
4.2.5 sca_core::sca_time. 16
4.2.6 sca_core::sca_max_time. 16
4.2.7 sca_core::sca_parameter_base. 16
4.2.8 sca_core::sca_parameter. 18
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4.2.9 sca_core::sca_assign_from_proxy .20
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4.2.10 sca_core::sca_assign_to_proxy .21
5. Timed data flow model of computation.22
5.1 Class definitions. 22
5.1.1 sca_tdf::sca_module.22
5.1.2 sca_tdf::sca_signal_if.29
5.1.3 sca_tdf::sca_signal. 30
5.1.4 sca_tdf::sca_default_interpolator.31
5.1.5 sca_tdf::sca_in. 32
5.1.6 sca_tdf::sca_out. 37
5.1.7 sca_tdf::sca_out. 39
5.1.8 sca_tdf::sca_out.44
5.1.9 sca_tdf::sca_out. 50
5.1.10 sca_tdf::sca_de::sca_in, sca_tdf::sc_in.55
5.1.11 sca_tdf::sca_de::sca_in, sca_tdf::sc_in.62
5.1.12 sca_tdf::sca_de::sca_in, sca_tdf::sc_in. 69
5.1.13 sca_tdf::sca_de::sca_out, sca_tdf::sc_out.75
5.1.14 sca_tdf::sca_trace_variable.82
5.2 Hierarchical composition and port binding.83
5.3 Elaboration and simulation.83
5.3.1 Elaboration.84
5.3.2 Simulation.85
5.4 Embedded linear dynamic equations. 87
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5.4.1 sca_tdf::sca_ct_proxy .88
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5.4.2 sca_tdf::sca_ct_vector_proxy .89
5.4.3 sca_tdf::sca_ltf_nd.91
5.4.4 sca_tdf::sca_ltf_zp. 96
5.4.5 sca_tdf::sca_ss. 102
6. Linear signal flow model of computation.110
6.1 Class definitions. 110
6.1.1 sca_lsf::sca_module. 110
6.1.2 sca_lsf::sca_signal_if. 110
6.1.3 sca_lsf::sca_signal. 111
6.1.4 sca_lsf::sca_in.111
6.1.5 sca_lsf::sca_out.112
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6.1.6 sca_lsf::sca_add. 113
6.1.7 sca_lsf::sca_sub. 114
6.1.8 sca_lsf::sca_gain. 115
6.1.9 sca_lsf::sca_dot.115
6.1.10 sca_lsf::sca_integ.116
6.1.11 sca_lsf::sca_delay.
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