本标准定义了IEEE 1076.1语言，这是一种用于描述和模拟、数字和混合信号系统的硬件描述语言。非正式地称为VHDL-AMS（VHSIC硬件描述语言，用于模拟和混合信号，其中VHSIC代表超高速 集成电路），该语言基于IEEE 1076（VHDL）语言构建，并对其进行扩展，以提供编写和模拟模拟和混合信号模型的能力。

This standard defines the IEEE 1076.1™ language, a hardware description language for the description and the simulation of analog, digital, and mixed-signal systems. Informally called VHDL-AMS (VHSIC Hardware Description Language for Analog and Mixed-Signal, where VHSIC stands for Very High Speed Integrated Circuits), the language is built on the IEEE 1076™ (VHDL) language and extends it to provide capabilities of writing and simulating analog and mixed-signal models.