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ICCAD
1997
IEEE
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13 years 11 months ago
Circuit optimization via adjoint Lagrangians
The circuit tuning problem is best approached by means of gradient-based nonlinear optimization algorithms. For large circuits, gradient computation can be the bottleneck in the o...
Andrew R. Conn, Ruud A. Haring, Chandramouli Viswe...
VTS
2006
IEEE
101views Hardware» more  VTS 2006»
14 years 21 days ago
Design Optimization for Robustness to Single Event Upsets
Abstract: An optimization algorithm for the design of combinational circuits that are robust to single-event upsets (SEUs) is described. A simple, highly accurate model for the SEU...
Quming Zhou, Mihir R. Choudhury, Kartik Mohanram
DAC
2005
ACM
13 years 8 months ago
Total power reduction in CMOS circuits via gate sizing and multiple threshold voltages
Minimizing power consumption is one of the most important objectives in IC design. Resizing gates and assigning different Vt’s are common ways to meet power and timing budgets. ...
Feng Gao, John P. Hayes
ICCAD
1999
IEEE
86views Hardware» more  ICCAD 1999»
13 years 11 months ago
Clock skew scheduling for improved reliability via quadratic programming
This paper considers the problem of determining an optimal clock skew schedule for a synchronous VLSI circuit. A novel formulation of clock skew scheduling as a constrained quadrat...
Ivan S. Kourtev, Eby G. Friedman
ICCAD
2001
IEEE
102views Hardware» more  ICCAD 2001»
14 years 3 months ago
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...