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DAC
2006
ACM
16 years 19 days ago
Statistical logic cell delay analysis using a current-based model
A statistical model for the purpose of logic cell timing analysis in the presence of process variations is presented. A new current-based cell delay model is utilized, which can a...
Hanif Fatemi, Shahin Nazarian, Massoud Pedram
DAC
2006
ACM
16 years 19 days ago
Symmetry detection for large Boolean functions using circuit representation, simulation, and satisfiability
- Classical two-variable symmetries play an important role in many EDA applications, ranging from logic synthesis to formal verification. This paper proposes a complete circuit-bas...
Jin S. Zhang, Alan Mishchenko, Robert K. Brayton, ...
DATE
2010
IEEE
170views Hardware» more  DATE 2010»
15 years 4 months ago
Analytical model for TDDB-based performance degradation in combinational logic
With aggressive gate oxide scaling, latent defects in the gate oxide manifest as traps that, in time, lead to gate oxide breakdown. Progressive gate oxide breakdown, also referred...
Mihir Choudhury, Vikas Chandra, Kartik Mohanram, R...
CEC
2008
IEEE
15 years 6 months ago
Fitness functions for the unconstrained evolution of digital circuits
— This work is part of a project that aims to develop and operate integrated evolvable hardware systems using unconstrained evolution. Experiments are carried out on an evolvable...
Tüze Kuyucu, Martin Trefzer, Andrew J. Greens...
DAC
2006
ACM
15 years 5 months ago
Modeling and minimization of PMOS NBTI effect for robust nanometer design
Negative bias temperature instability (NBTI) has become the dominant reliability concern for nanoscale PMOS transistors. In this paper, a predictive model is developed for the deg...
Rakesh Vattikonda, Wenping Wang, Yu Cao