AND BACKGROUND 1. 1 CAD Specification and Simulation Computer Aided Design (CA...AND BACKGROUND 1. 1 CAD Specification and Simulation Computer Aided Design (CAD) is today a widely used expression referring to the study of ways in which computers can be used to expedite the design process. This can include the design of physical...more
AND BACKGROUND 1. 1 CAD Specification and Simulation Computer Aided Design (CA...AND BACKGROUND 1. 1 CAD Specification and Simulation Computer Aided Design (CAD) is today a widely used expression referring to the study of ways in which computers can be used to expedite the design process. This can include the design of physical...more
AND BACKGROUND 1. 1 CAD Specification and Simulation Computer Aided Design (CA...AND BACKGROUND 1. 1 CAD Specification and Simulation Computer Aided Design (CAD) is today a widely used expression referring to the study of ways in which computers can be used to expedite the design process. This can include the design of physical...more
Circuit simulation has been a topic of great interest to the integrated circui...Circuit simulation has been a topic of great interest to the integrated circuit design community for many years. It is a difficult and interesting problem be- cause circuit simulators are very heavily used consuming thousands of computer hours every...more
Only two decades ago most electronic circuits were designed with a slide-rule ...Only two decades ago most electronic circuits were designed with a slide-rule and the designs were verified using breadboard techniques. Simulation tools were a research curiosity and in general were mistrusted by most designers and test engineers....more
This book proposes a new approach to circuit simulation that is still in its i...This book proposes a new approach to circuit simulation that is still in its infancy. The reason for publishing this work as a monograph at this time is to quickly distribute these ideas to the research community for further study. The book is based...more
This book proposes a new approach to circuit simulation that is still in its i...This book proposes a new approach to circuit simulation that is still in its infancy. The reason for publishing this work as a monograph at this time is to quickly distribute these ideas to the research community for further study. The book is based...more
Digital Timing Macromodeling forVLSIDesign Verification first of all provide...Digital Timing Macromodeling for VLSI Design Verification first of all provides an extensive history of the development of simulation techniques. It presents detailed discussion of the various techniques implemented in circuit timing fast-timing...more
This monograph represents a summary of our work in the last two years in apply...This monograph represents a summary of our work in the last two years in applying the method of simulated annealing to the solution of problems that arise in the physical design of VLSI circuits. Our study is experimental in nature in that we are...more
One of the keys to success in the IC industry is getting a new product to mark...One of the keys to success in the IC industry is getting a new product to market in a timely fashion and being able to produce that product with sufficient yield to be profitable. There are two ways to increase yield: by improving the control of the...more
Very large scale integration (VLSI) technologies are now maturing with a curre...Very large scale integration (VLSI) technologies are now maturing with a current emphasis toward submicron structures and sophisticated applications combining digital as well as analog circuits on a single chip. Abundant examples are found on today...more
As MOS devices are scaled to meet increasingly demanding circuit specification...As MOS devices are scaled to meet increasingly demanding circuit specifications process variations have a greater effect on the reliability of circuit performance. For this reason statistical techniques are required to design integrated circuits...more