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Design, Automation and Test in Europe (DATE '99)
Integrating Symbolic Techniques in ATPG-Based Sequential Logic Optimization
Munich, Germany
March 09-March 12
ISBN: 0-7695-0078-1
Enrique San Millán, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid
Luis Entrena, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid
José A. Espejo, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid
Silvia Chiusano, Politecnico di Torino
Fulvio Corno, Politecnico di Torino
This paper presents a new integrated approach to logic optimization for sequential circuits. The approach is based on the Redundancy Addition and Removal algorithm, which is based on Automatic Test Pattern Generation (ATPG) techniques, and improves it using Symbolic Techniques based on BDDs. The advantage of the integrated approach lies in the ability of Symbolic Techniques to provide exact and extensive information about the sequential behavior of the portion of the circuit that is of interest to the logic optimization algorithm. Experimental results are provided that show the superiority of the approach to the original ATPG-based optimization approach.
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Enrique San Millán, Luis Entrena, José A. Espejo, Silvia Chiusano, Fulvio Corno, "Integrating Symbolic Techniques in ATPG-Based Sequential Logic Optimization," date, pp.516, Design, Automation and Test in Europe (DATE '99), 1999
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