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ICCAD
2001
IEEE
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Partition-Based Decision Heuristics for Image Computation Using SAT and BDDs
Methods based on Boolean satisfiability (SAT) typically use a Conjunctive Normal Form (CNF) representation of the Boolean formula, and exploit the structure of the given problem ...
Aarti Gupta, Zijiang Yang, Pranav Ashar, Lintao Zh...
ICCAD
2001
IEEE
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The Sizing Rules Method for Analog Integrated Circuit Design
This paper presents the sizing rules method for analog CMOS circuit design that consists of: first, the development of a hierarchical library of transistor pair groups as basic b...
Helmut E. Graeb, Stephan Zizala, Josef Eckmueller,...
ICCAD
2001
IEEE
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Addressing the Timing Closure Problem by Integrating Logic Optimization and Placement
Timing closure problems occur when timing estimates computed during logic synthesis do not match with timing estimates computed from the layout of the circuit. In such a situation...
Wilsin Gosti, Sunil P. Khatri, Alberto L. Sangiova...
ICCAD
2001
IEEE
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System-Level Exploration for Pareto-Optimal Configurations in Parameterized Systems-on-a-Chip
In this work, we provide a technique for efficiently exploring the configuration space of a parameterized system-on-a-chip (SOC) architecture to find all Pareto-optimal configurat...
Tony Givargis, Frank Vahid, Jörg Henkel
ICCAD
2001
IEEE
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Local Search for Final Placement in VLSI Design
Oluf Faroe, David Pisinger, Martin Zachariasen
ICCAD
2001
IEEE
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Techniques for Including Dielectrics when Extracting Passive Low-Order Models of High Speed Interconnect
Interconnect structures including dielectrics can be modeled by an integral equation method using volume currents and surface charges for the conductors, and volume polarization c...
Luca Daniel, Alberto L. Sangiovanni-Vincentelli, J...
ICCAD
2001
IEEE
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Simulation-Based Automatic Generation of Signomial and Posynomial Performance Models for Analog Integrated Circuit Sizing
This paper presents a method to automatically generate posynomial response surface models for the performance parameters of analog integrated circuits. The posynomial models enabl...
Walter Daems, Georges G. E. Gielen, Willy M. C. Sa...
ICCAD
2001
IEEE
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Multilevel Approach to Full-Chip Gridless Routing
Jason Cong, Jie Fang, Yan Zhang VI
ICCAD
2001
IEEE
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A Convex Programming Approach to Positive Real Rational Approximation
As system integration evolves and tighter design constraints must be met, it becomes necessary to account for the non-ideal behavior of all the elements in a system. Certain devic...
Carlos P. Coelho, Joel R. Phillips, Luis Miguel Si...
ICCAD
2001
IEEE
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Compact Modeling and SPICE-Based Simulation for Electrothermal Analysis of Multilevel ULSI Interconnects
This paper presents both compact analytical models and fast SPICE based 3-D electro-thermal simulation methodology to characterize thermal effects due to Joule heating in high per...
TingYen Chiang, Kaustav Banerjee, Krishna Saraswat