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DAC
2005
ACM
13 years 6 months ago
Response compaction with any number of unknowns using a new LFSR architecture
This paper presents a new test response compaction technique with any number of unknown logic values (X’s) in the test response bits. The technique leverages an X-tolerant respo...
Erik H. Volkerink, Subhasish Mitra
DAC
2005
ACM
13 years 6 months ago
Differentiate and deliver: leveraging your partners
For the past 25 years, the EDA industry has played a major role in the growth of the semiconductor industry, providing tools and services that have helped companies develop electr...
Jay Vleeschhouwer, Warren East, Michael J. Fister,...
DAC
2005
ACM
13 years 6 months ago
Simulation of the effects of timing jitter in track-and-hold and sample-and-hold circuits
In this paper, we analyze the effect of jitter in track and hold circuits. The output spectrum is obtained in terms of the system function of the track and hold. It is a fairly g...
V. Vasudevan
DAC
2005
ACM
13 years 6 months ago
Variation-tolerant circuits: circuit solutions and techniques
Die-to-die and within-die variations impact the frequency and power of fabricated dies, affecting functionality, performance, and revenue. Variation-tolerant circuits and post-sil...
James Tschanz, Keith A. Bowman, Vivek De
DAC
2005
ACM
13 years 6 months ago
Efficient and accurate gate sizing with piecewise convex delay models
We present an efficient and accurate gate sizing tool that employs a novel piecewise convex delay model, handling both rise and fall delays, for static CMOS gates. The delay model...
Hiran Tennakoon, Carl Sechen
DAC
2005
ACM
13 years 6 months ago
Unified high-level synthesis and module placement for defect-tolerant microfluidic biochips
Microfluidic biochips promise to revolutionize biosensing and clinical diagnostics. As more bioassays are executed concurrently on a biochip, system integration and design complex...
Fei Su, Krishnendu Chakrabarty
DAC
2005
ACM
13 years 6 months ago
DFM rules!
Naveed A. Sherwani, Susan Lippincott Mack, Alex Al...
DAC
2005
ACM
13 years 6 months ago
Modular domain-specific implementation and exploration framework for embedded software platforms
This paper focuses on designing network processing software for embedded processors. Our design flow CRACC represents an efficient path to implementation based on a modular applic...
Christian Sauer, Matthias Gries, Sören Sonnta...
DAC
2005
ACM
13 years 6 months ago
Sign bit reduction encoding for low power applications
This paper proposes a low power technique, called SBR (Sign Bit Reduction) which may reduce the switching activity in multipliers as well as data buses. Utilizing the multipliers ...
M. Saneei, Ali Afzali-Kusha, Zainalabedin Navabi
DAC
2005
ACM
13 years 6 months ago
A design platform for 90-nm leakage reduction techniques
Methodology, EDA Flow, scripts, and documentation plays a tremendous role in the deployment and standardization of advanced design techniques. In this paper we focus not only on l...
Philippe Royannez, Hugh Mair, Franck Dahan, Mike W...