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ICCAD
2000
IEEE
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Simultaneous Gate Sizing and Fanout Optimization
This paper describes an algorithm for simultaneous gate sizing and fanout optimization along the timing-critical paths in a circuit. First, a continuous-variable delay model that ...
Wei Chen, Cheng-Ta Hsieh, Massoud Pedram
ICCAD
2000
IEEE
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Partial Simulation-Driven ATPG for Detection and Diagnosis of Faults in Analog Circuits
In this paper, we propose a novel fault-oriented test generation methodology for detection and isolation of faults in analog circuits. Given the description of the circuit-underte...
Sudip Chakrabarti, Abhijit Chatterjee
ICCAD
2000
IEEE
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Hierarchical Interconnect Circuit Models
The increasing size of integrated systems combined with deep submicron physical modeling details creates an explosion in RLC interconnect modeling complexity of unmanageable propo...
Michael W. Beattie, Satrajit Gupta, Lawrence T. Pi...
ICCAD
2000
IEEE
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Simulation and Optimization of the Power Distribution Network in VLSI Circuits
In this paper, we present simulation techniques to estimate the worst-case voltage variation using a RC model for the power distribution network. Pattern independent maximum envel...
Geng Bai, Sudhakar Bobba, Ibrahim N. Hajj