• DocumentCode
    3220881
  • Title

    On acceleration of logic circuits optimization using implication relations

  • Author

    Ichihara, Hideyuki ; Kinoshita, Kozo

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Appl. Phys., Osaka Univ., Japan
  • fYear
    1997
  • fDate
    17-19 Nov 1997
  • Firstpage
    222
  • Lastpage
    227
  • Abstract
    In logic synthesis the multi-level logic optimization methods using implication analysis has high performance but it needs a lot of computational time because of using test pattern generation to identify redundant faults. In this paper we proposed a fast redundancy identification method using implication relation instead of test pattern generation. Experimental results for benchmark circuits clearly show that the proposed method can accelerate the speed to identify redundancies without declining of the ability of the optimization
  • Keywords
    automatic testing; circuit optimisation; combinational circuits; logic CAD; logic testing; redundancy; ATPG; acceleration of logic circuits; benchmark circuits; computational time; fast redundancy identification; implication relation; multi-level logic optimization; optimization; redundant faults; test pattern generation; Acceleration; Circuit synthesis; High performance computing; Logic circuits; Logic testing; Optimization methods; Pattern analysis; Performance analysis; Redundancy; Test pattern generators;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Test Symposium, 1997. (ATS '97) Proceedings., Sixth Asian
  • Conference_Location
    Akita
  • ISSN
    1081-7735
  • Print_ISBN
    0-8186-8209-4
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ATS.1997.643962
  • Filename
    643962