International Test Conference 2002 (ITC'02)
Automatic Generation of Design Constraints in Verifying High Performance Embedded Dynamic Circuits
Baltimore, MD, USA
October 07-October 10
ISBN: 0-7803-7543-2
Design constraints are artifacts that model an environment of a design under verification by restricting input stimuli to plausible valuations. Judicious usage of design constraints can be effective in eliminating false verification results. Given a particular verification problem, however, it is a difficult proposition to write down all the necessary constraints. We present a technique for automatic generation of design constraints from simple user-provided information about potential design environments. Our method generates a set of design constraints representing varying degrees of assumptions about potential environments of a dynamic circuit. We also present experimental results on verification of custom designed embedded dynamic circuits taken from the Motorola MPC74551 microprocessor.
Citation:
Jayanta Bhadra, Narayanan Krishnamurthy, "Automatic Generation of Design Constraints in Verifying High Performance Embedded Dynamic Circuits," itc, pp.213, International Test Conference 2002 (ITC'02), 2002