Single channel measurements play a minor role in today physics, but they are sometimes unavoidable. Comparing to multichannel measurements, there is distribution of measurement time to be chosen in an experiment design. A method to optimize distribution of measurement time is given, where optimal distribution minimizes standard deviation of a selected fit parameter. As an example, the method is...

The integration of logic synthesis and physical design stages will become more important to meet the challenges of integrated circuit design as device densities continue to grow and feature sizes continue to shrink [1, 2]. Many contemporary designs use a combination of macro cells and standard cells to implement the desired system functions. In a typical design, there are usually many more stan...

Several regular circuit structures are proposed. They provide alternatives to the widely used standard-cell structure and have better predictability and a simpler design methodology. A regular global routing scheme is developed. A design flow for use with of all these regular fabrics is discussed.

This work presents the design methodology and the architecture of simple, efficient and easy-to-use test circuits for evaluating and validating any set of library cells (combinational and sequential logic gates), both in the design environment and for on silicon prototyping. Evaluation and validation are accomplished considering functionality, performance, power consumption and impact in operat...

The JBIG2 standard for lossy and lossless bi-level image coding is a very flexible encoding strategy based on pattern matching techniques. The encoder collects a set of symbols in a dictionary and encodes a page by reference to the dictionary symbols. JBIG2 allows the encoder to view all symbols and choose a good set for the dictionary. We propose a two-pass technique for choosing the dictionar...

An integrated standard-cell physical design algorithm (ISCPD) is presented. A spine net topology is adopted, enabling quick construction of the placement and routing of a standard-cell design with guaranteed routability. Experiments show that ISCPD is comparable to commercial placement and routing tools in terms of area and wire length but several times faster, making it very suitable for physi...

Commercial tools and some recent work have done a great job in redundant via insertion. However, they are found with limited capability of inserting more vias (called via1) between metal 1 and metal 2. Such a limitation is caused by the way the standard cells are designed. In this paper we propose a standard cell design methodology to facilitate via1s insertion. We design two cell libraries DV1...

OBJECTIVE This case study article examines a formal risk assessment as part of the decision making process for design solutions in high risk areas. The overview of the Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (FMEA) tool with examples of its application in hospital building projects will demonstrate the benefit of those structured conversations. BACKGROUND This article illustrates how two hospitals...