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ICCAD
2006
IEEE
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Analog placement with symmetry and other placement constraints
In order to handle device matching in analog circuits, some pairs of modules are required to be placed symmetrically. This paper addresses this device-level placement problem for ...
Yiu-Cheong Tam, Evangeline F. Y. Young, Chris C. N...
ICCAD
2006
IEEE
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Application-independent defect-tolerant crossbar nano-architectures
Defect tolerance is a major issue in nano computing. In this paper, an application-independent defect tolerant scheme for reconfigurable crossbar nano-architectures is presented....
Mehdi Baradaran Tahoori
ICCAD
2006
IEEE
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Improvements to combinational equivalence checking
The paper explores several ways to improve the speed and capacity of combinational equivalence checking based on Boolean satisfiability (SAT). State-of-the-art methods use simulat...
Alan Mishchenko, Satrajit Chatterjee, Robert K. Br...
ICCAD
2006
IEEE
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A unified non-rectangular device and circuit simulation model for timing and power
— For 65nm and below devices, even after optical proximity correction (OPC), the gate may still be non-rectangular. There are several limited works on the device and circuit char...
Sean X. Shi, Peng Yu, David Z. Pan
ICCAD
2006
IEEE
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Nanowire addressing with randomized-contact decoders
— Methods for assembling crossbars from nanowires (NWs) have been designed and implemented. Methods for controlling individual NWs within a crossbar have also been proposed, but ...
Eric Rachlin, John E. Savage
ICCAD
2006
IEEE
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Energy management for real-time embedded systems with reliability requirements
With the continued scaling of CMOS technologies and reduced design margins, the reliability concerns induced by transient faults have become prominent. Moreover, the popular energ...
Dakai Zhu, Hakan Aydin
ICCAD
2006
IEEE
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Post-routing redundant via insertion and line end extension with via density consideration
- Redundant via insertion and line end extension employed in the post-routing stage are two well known and highly recommended techniques to reduce yield loss due to via failure. Ho...
Kuang-Yao Lee, Ting-Chi Wang, Kai-Yuan Chao
ICCAD
2006
IEEE
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State re-encoding for peak current minimization
In a synchronous finite state machine (FSM), huge current peaks are often observed at the moment of state transition. Previous low power state encoding algorithms focus on the red...
Shih-Hsu Huang, Chia-Ming Chang, Yow-Tyng Nieh
ICCAD
2006
IEEE
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A fast block structure preserving model order reduction for inverse inductance circuits
Most existing RCL−1 circuit reductions stamp inverse inductance L−1 elements by a second-order nodal analysis (NA). The NA formulation uses nodal voltage variables and describ...
Hao Yu, Yiyu Shi, Lei He, David Smart
ICCAD
2006
IEEE
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Enhanced error vector magnitude (EVM) measurements for testing WLAN transceivers
As wireless LAN devices become more prevalent in the consumer electronics market, there is an ever increasing pressure to reduce their overall cost. The test cost of such devices ...
Erkan Acar, Sule Ozev, Kevin B. Redmond