A new algorithm is presented that combines performance and variation objectives in a behavioural model for a given analogue circuit topology and process. The tradeoffs between per...
Sawal Ali, Reuben Wilcock, Peter R. Wilson, Andrew...
A novel approach to testing CMOS digital circuits is presented that is based on an analysis of IDD switching transients on the supply rails and voltage transients at selected test...
James F. Plusquellic, Donald M. Chiarulli, Steven ...
— It has been the conventional assumption that, due to the superlinear dependence of leakage power consumption on temperature, and widely varying on-chip temperature profiles, a...
Yongpan Liu, Robert P. Dick, Li Shang, Huazhong Ya...
The purpose of the paper is to introduce a new failure rate-based methodology for reliability simulation of deep submicron CMOS integrated circuits. Firstly, two of the state-of-t...
Xiaojun Li, Bing Huang, J. Qin, X. Zhang, Michael ...
This paper describes a systematic approach that facilitates yield improvement of integrated circuits at the post-manufacture stage. A new Configurable Analogue Transistor (CAT) st...