RE: Valid Numeric Suffixes for Verilog-A/AMS

You are welcome to propose a new format.

Shalom

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-verilog-ams@eda.org [mailto:owner-verilog-
> ams@eda.org] On Behalf Of Ken Kundert
> Sent: Thursday, March 09, 2006 9:50 AM
> To: j.david@ieee.org
> Cc: verilog-ams@eda.org
> Subject: Re: Valid Numeric Suffixes for Verilog-A/AMS
> 
> Jonathan,
>     The complete set can be found here:
> http://physics.nist.gov/cuu/Units/prefixes.html
> 
> Personally, I'd like to see us add a function or a special
> %code that
> converts numbers into strings with scale factors and perhaps
> units. I
> find the way verilog prints out real numbers to be quite
> difficult to read.
> 
> -Ken
> 
> Jonathan David wrote:
> > Friends,
> > I just notices that 'z' (Zeta = 1e-21) and 'y' (Yeta =
> > 1e-24 ) are not accepted in numbers in my favorite
> > verilog-A simulator.. I suspect because its not in the
> > spec..
> > I find it painful to hand edit my noise tables to fix
> > these..
> > Can we add these to the Spec Please?
> > Change the Definition of "Scale_factor" (in 2.5 and
> > 2.53 and A.9 from
> >
> > Largest Smallest
> > T = 10^12 m = 10^-3
> > G = 10^9 u = 10^-6
> > M = 10^6 n = 10^-9
> > K = 10^3; k = 10^3 p = 10^-12
> > f = 10^-15
> > a = 10^-18
> >
> > To:
> > Largest Smallest
> > T = 10^12 m = 10^-3
> > G = 10^9 u = 10^-6
> > M = 10^6 n = 10^-9
> > K = 10^3; k = 10^3 p = 10^-12
> > f = 10^-15
> > a = 10^-18
> > z = 10^-21
> > y = 10^-24
> >
> >
> > thanks
> >
> >