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SWITCH LEVEL SIMULATION IN THE PRESENCE OF UNCERTAINTIES
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RAGUPATHY, MANOJ KUMAR
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Year and Degree
2008, MS, University of Cincinnati, Engineering : Computer Engineering.
Abstract
Process variation plays a critical role in the nanometer era. There has been an increasing trend to consider the effects of process variation during the design stage, thus emphasizing the need for a simulator that considers the effect of these variations. Monte Carlo and corner case techniques are too expensive and hence not suitable for simulating large designs. This thesis presents an efficient switch level simulation technique, that allows the user to present all circuit parameters as intervals. Also in this work, we identify problems due to reconvergent fanout, common buffer path and negative feedback loops. We suggest techniques to work around those problems. Experiments have shown that the simulation result is guaranteed to contain all possible outputs for different dimensions of each transistor. Also, we have shown that, our method results in significant savings in simulation time. IRSIM - an existing switch level simulator has been modified to simulate designs in the presence of parameter variations.
Committee
Dr. Ranga Vemuri (Advisor)
Pages
125 p.
Keywords
switch-level
;
IRSIM
;
interval arithmetic
;
affine arithmetic
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RAGUPATHY, M. K. (2008).
SWITCH LEVEL SIMULATION IN THE PRESENCE OF UNCERTAINTIES
[Master's thesis, University of Cincinnati]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1201512323
APA Style (7th edition)
RAGUPATHY, MANOJ KUMAR.
SWITCH LEVEL SIMULATION IN THE PRESENCE OF UNCERTAINTIES.
2008. University of Cincinnati, Master's thesis.
OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center
, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1201512323.
MLA Style (8th edition)
RAGUPATHY, MANOJ KUMAR. "SWITCH LEVEL SIMULATION IN THE PRESENCE OF UNCERTAINTIES." Master's thesis, University of Cincinnati, 2008. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1201512323
Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)
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