Title :
Effectiveness of circuit-level continuation methods for Trojan State Elimination verification
Author :
Yen-Ting Wang ; Chen, Degang J. ; Geiger, Randall L.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Iowa State Univ., Ames, IA, USA
Abstract :
A circuit is vulnerable if Trojan state appears, verification processes are needed to ensure the circuit is robust over temperature and process variation. Circuit-level continuation methods finding all DC operating points are summarized in this work. The discussion of where to apply continuation methods in the circuit and the minimum requirement of simulation steps in a circuit will be shown.
Keywords :
circuit simulation; invasive software; DC operating points; Trojan state elimination verification; circuit-level continuation methods; process variation; Bandgap references; Multiple operating points; Start-up Circuit; Trojan state elimination; equilibrium points; self-bias generators;
Conference_Titel :
Circuits and Systems (MWSCAS), 2013 IEEE 56th International Midwest Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Columbus, OH
DOI :
10.1109/MWSCAS.2013.6674831
