Journal: VLSI Design

Volume 2001, Issue 4

0 -- 0Sunil R. Das. Guest Editorial
457 -- 474W. B. Jones, D.-C. Huang, S.-C. Chang, S. R. Das. Defect Level Estimation for Pseudorandom Testing Using Stochastic Analysis
475 -- 486Anshuman Chandra, Krishnendu Chakrabarty, Mark C. Hansen. Efficient Test Application for Core-Based Systems Using Twisted-Ring Counters
487 -- 500Jacob Savir. BIST-Based Fault Diagnosis in the Presence of Embedded Memories
501 -- 513Xiaomei Liu, Prachi Sathe, Samiha Mourad. Effect of Reverse Body Bias on Current Testing of 0.18 μm Gates
515 -- 525Jacob Savir. Test Generators Need to be Modified to Handle CMOS Designs
527 -- 536Parag K. Lala, Alvernon Walker. A Fine Grain Configurable Logic Block for Self-checking FPGAs
537 -- 549Shih-Chieh Chang, Kwen-Yo Chen, Ching-Hsiang Cheng, Wen-Ben Jone, Sunil R. Das. Random Pattern Testability Enhancement by Circuit Rewiring
551 -- 562B. K. S. V. L. Varaprasad, L. M. Patnaik, Hirisave S. Jamadagni, V. K. Agrawal. An Efficient Test Pattern Generation Scheme for an On Chip BIST
563 -- 578Jacob Savir. BIST Analysis of an Embedded Memory Associated Logic

Volume 2001, Issue 3

0 -- 0Jun Dong Cho. Preface
301 -- 315Koon-Shik Cho, Jun Dong Cho. Low Power Digital Multimedia Telecommunication Designs
317 -- 331Alvar Dean, David Garrett, Mircea R. Stan, Sebastian Ventrone. Low Power Design for ASIC Cores
333 -- 348Mike J. G. Lewis, Linda E. M. Brackenbury. CADRE: A Low-power, Low-EMI DSP Architecture for Digital Mobile Phones
349 -- 363V. A. Bartlett, Eckhard Grass. Exploiting Data-dependencies in Ultra Low-power DSP Arithmetic
365 -- 376Martin Kuhlmann, Keshab K. Parhi. A Novel Low-power Shared Division and Square-root Architecture Using the GST Algorithm
377 -- 390Rong Lin. A Regularly Structured Parallel Multiplier with Low-power Non-binary-logic Counter Circuits
391 -- 397Jun-Mo Jung, Jong-Wha Chong. A Low Power FIR Filter Design for Image Processing
399 -- 406Geun Rae Cho, Tom Chen. On Mixed PTL/Static Logic for Low-power and High-speed Circuits
407 -- 414Esther Rodríguez-Villegas, Alberto Yufera, Adoración Rueda. A Low-Voltage Floating-Gate MOS Biquad
415 -- 429Abdoul Rjoub, Odysseas G. Koufopavlou. Efficient Low Power/Low Swing Bus Design Architectures
431 -- 448D. Bakalist, Xrysovalantis Kavousianos, Haridimos T. Vergos, Dimitris Nikolos, G. Ph. Alexiou. Low Power Built-In Self-Test Schemes for Array and Booth Multipliers
449 -- 455Yongha Lee, Jongho Choi, Gyu Moon, Jeomkeun Kim. Simultaneous Switching Noise Minimization Technique Using Dual Layer Power Line Mutual Inductors

Volume 2001, Issue 2

0 -- 0Jun Dong Cho. Preface
101 -- 111Koen Danckaert, Chidamber Kulkarni, Francky Catthoor, Hugo De Man, Vivek Tiwari. A Systematic Approach to Reduce the System Bus Load and Power in Multimedia Algorithms
113 -- 124Mao-Hsu Yen, Sao-Jie Chen, Sanko Lan. Symmetric and Programmable Multi-Chip Module for Low-Power Prototyping System
125 -- 138Anshuman Nayak, Malay Haldar, Prith Banerjee, Chunhong Chen, Majid Sarrafzadeh. Power Optimization of Delay Constrained Circuits
139 -- 150Youngsoo Shin, Kiyoung Choi, Takayasu Sakurai. Power-conscious Scheduling for Real-time Embedded Systems Design
151 -- 165G. Esakkimuthu, Hyun Suk Kim, Mahmut T. Kandemir, Narayanan Vijaykrishnan, Mary Jane Irwin. Investigating Memory System Energy Behavior Using Software and Hardware Optimizations
167 -- 186Bengt Oelmann, Kalle Tammemäe, Margus Kruus, Mattias O'Nils. Automatic FSM Synthesis for Low-power Mixed Synchronous/Asynchronous Implementation
187 -- 203Miriam E. Leeser, Valerie Ohm. Accurate Power Estimation for Sequential CMOS Circuits Using Graph-based Methods
205 -- 219Georgios Theodoridis, S. Theoharis, Dimitrios Soudris, Constantinos E. Goutis. A Fast and Accurate Method of Power Estimation for Logic Level Networks
221 -- 231Jung Yun Choi, Young-Hwan Kim, Kyoung-Rok Cho. Backward Propagated Capacitance Model for Register Transfer Level Power Estimation
233 -- 243Lih-Yih Chiou, Khurram Muhammad, Kaushik Roy 0001. Signal Strength Based Switching Activity Modeling and Estimation for DSP Applications
245 -- 273Giuseppe Ascia, Vincenzo Catania, Maurizio Palesi, Davide Sarta. An Instruction-Level Power Analysis Model with Data Dependency
275 -- 300Akhilesh Tyagi. Integrated Area-power Optimal State Assignment

Volume 2001, Issue 1

1 -- 2John Barker. Guest Editorial
1 -- 12Jun Dong Cho, Jin Youn Cho. Deep-submicron Placement Minimizing Crosstalk
3 -- 0John R. Barker, Asen Asenov. IWCE-7 Committees
5 -- 13Kausar Banoo, Jung-Hoon Rhew, Mark Lundstrom, Chi-Wang Shu, Joseph W. Jerome. Simulating Quasi-ballistic Transport in Si Nanotransistors
13 -- 23John M. Emmert, Dinesh K. Bhatia. Two-dimensional Placement Using Tabu Search
15 -- 21Asen Asenov, G. Slavcheva, S. Kaya, R. Balasubramaniam. Quantum Corrections to the 'Atomistic' MOSFET Simulations
23 -- 36Paolo Lugli, Fabio Compagnone, Aldo Di Carlo, Andrea Reale. Simulation of Optoelectronic Devices
25 -- 52Taras I. Golota, Sotirios G. Ziavras. A Universal, Dynamically Adaptable and Programmable Network Router for Parallel Computers
37 -- 43E. Starikov, P. Shiktorov, V. Gruzinskis, Luca Reggiani, L. Varani, J. C. Vaissière, Jian H. Zhao. Monte Carlo Calculations of Amplification Spectrum for GaN THz Transit-time Resonance Maser
45 -- 50N. Mori, C. Hamaguchi, L. Eaves, P. C. Main. Numerical Studies of Miniband Conduction in Quasi-One-Dimensional Superlattices
51 -- 56Asim Kepkep, Umberto Ravaioli, Brian Winstead. Cluster-based Parallel 3-D Monte Carlo Device Simulation
53 -- 60Edward Y. C. Cheng, Sartaj K. Sahni. A Fast Algorithm for Transistor Folding
57 -- 61Jürgen Jakumeit, Torsten Mietzner, Umberto Ravaioli. Efficient Silicon Device Simulation with the Local Iterative Monte Carlo Method
61 -- 68Shih-Chang Hsia, Chien-Cheng Tseng. A Size-optimization Design for Variable Length Coding Using Distributed Logic
63 -- 68Enrico Ghillino, Carlo Garetto, Michele Goano, Giovanni Ghione, Enrico Bellotti, Kevin F. Brennan. Simplex Algorithm for Band Structure Calculation of Noncubic Symmetry Semiconductors: Application to III-nitride Binaries and Alloys
69 -- 74Matsuto Ogawa, Ryuichiro Tominaga, Tanroku Miyoshi. Tight Binding Simulation of Quantum Transport in Interband Tunneling Devices
69 -- 79Georgios Theodoridis, Spyros Theoharis, Dimitrios Soudris, Constantinos E. Goutis. A Probabilistic Power Estimation Method for Combinational Circuits Under Real Gate Delay Model
75 -- 78Warren J. Gross, Dragica Vasileska, David K. Ferry. Ultra-small MOSFETs: The Importance of the Full Coulomb Interaction on Device Characteristics
79 -- 84Min Shen, Ming-C. Cheng, Juin J. Liou. A Generalized Finite Element Method for Hydrodynamic Modeling of Short-channel Devices
81 -- 99C. P. Ravikumar, Vikas Jain, Anurag Dod. Distributed Fault Simulation Algorithms on Parallel Virtual Machine
85 -- 90P. Shiktorov, E. Starikov, V. Gruzinskis, T. González, Javier Mateos, D. Pardo, Luca Reggiani, L. Varani, J. C. Vaissière. Langevin Forces and Generalized Transfer Fields for Noise Modelling in Deep Submicron Devices
91 -- 95Francesco Chirico, Aldo Di Carlo, Paolo Lugli. Self-consistent Full-band Modeling of Quantum Semiconductor Nanostructures
97 -- 102Alberto Bertoni, Paolo Bordone, Rossella Brunetti, Carlo Jacoboni, Susanna Reggiani. Numerical Simulation of Quantum Logic Gates Based on Quantum Wires
103 -- 109Thomas D. Linton Jr., Shaofeng Yu, Reaz Shaheed. 3D Modelling of Fluctuation Effects in Highly Scaled VLSI Devices
111 -- 115Amr Haggag, William McMahon, Karl Hess, Björn Fischer, Leonard Franklin Register. Impact of Scaling on CMOS Chip Failure Rate, and Design Rules for Hot Carrier Reliability
117 -- 124Kevin F. Brennan, Enrico Bellotti, M. Farahmand, Hans-Erik Nilsson, P. P. Ruden, Y. Zhang. Monte Carlo Modeling of Wurtzite and 4H Phase Semiconducting Materials
125 -- 129S. J. Wigger, Stephen M. Goodnick, Marco Saraniti. Hybrid Particle-based Full-band Analysis of Ultra-small MOS
131 -- 134Ting-Wei Tang, Xinlin Wang, Haitao Gan, Mei-Kei Ieong. An Analytic Expression of Thermal Diffusion Coefficient for the Hydrodynamic Simulation of Semiconductor Devices
135 -- 143Alexander A. Demkov, Xiaodong Zhang, Heather Loechelt. Theoretical Investigation of Ultrathin Gate Dielectrics
145 -- 148Xavier Oriols, Jordi Suñé. Study of Electronic Transport in Tunneling Devices Using an Incoherent Superposition of Time Dependent Wave Packets
149 -- 153M. Girlanda, Massimo Macucci. Simulation of a Complete Chain of QCA Cells with Realistic Potentials
155 -- 161D. K. Ferry. Simulation at the Start of the New Millenium: Crossing the Quantum-Classical Threshold
163 -- 167F. M. Bufler, P. Douglas Yoder, Wolfgang Fichtner. Strain-Dependence of Electron Transport in Bulk Si and Deep-Submicron MOSFETs
169 -- 173J. R. Watling, Y.-P. Zhao, Asen Asenov, J. R. Barker. p-MOSFETs
175 -- 178Torsten Mietzner, Jürgen Jakumeit, Umberto Ravaioli. Influence of Electron-Electron Interaction on Electron Distributions in Short Si-MOSFETs Analysed Using the Local Iterative Monte Carlo Technique
179 -- 187Karl Hess, Umberto Ravaioli, M. Das Gupta, N. Aluru, Yves der Straaten, Robert S. Eisenberg. Simulation of Biological Ionic Channels by Technology Computer-Aided Design
189 -- 192Xiaohui Wang, Wolfgang Porod. Analytic I-V Model for Single-Electron Transistors
193 -- 198H.-O. Müller, D. A. Williams, Hiroshi Mizuta. Design Optimization of Coulomb Blockade Devices
199 -- 204J. R. Barker, J. R. Watling, R. C. W. Wilkins. A Fast Algorithm for the Study of Wave-packet Scattering at Disordered Interfaces
205 -- 209P. Gaubert, L. Varani, J. C. Vaissière, J. P. Nougier, E. Starikova, P. Shiktorov, V. Gruzhinskis. Scattered Packet Method for the Simulation of the Spatio-temporal Evolution of Local Perturbations
211 -- 220Paolo Bordone, Alberto Bertoni, Rossella Brunetti, Carlo Jacoboni. Wigner Paths Method in Quantum Transport with Dissipation
221 -- 227Haim Grubin, R. C. Buggeln. Wigner Function Methods in Modeling of Switching in Resonant Tunneling Devices
229 -- 235W. K. Leung, R. J. Needs, Ganesh Rajagopalan, Satoshi Itoh, Sigeo Ihara. Quantum Monte Carlo Study of Silicon Self-interstitial Defects
237 -- 244J. R. Barker. A Simple Model for the Quantum Hydrodynamic Simulation of Electron Transport in Quantum Confined Structures in the Presence of Vortices
245 -- 249K. Horio, Y. Mitani, A. Wakabayashi, N. Kurosawa. Simulation of Drastic Lag Phenomena in GaAs-Based FETs for Large Voltage Swing
251 -- 256J. Kang, X. He, D. Vasileska, D. K. Schroder. Optimization of FIBMOS Through 2D Silvaco ATLAS and 2D Monte Carlo Particle-based Device Simulations
257 -- 264Magnus Willander, Yevgeny V. Mamontov, Jonathan Vincent. The Deterministic Circuit Model for Noise Influence on the Averaged Transient Responses of Large-scale Nonlinear ICs Analyzed with Itô's Stochastic Differential Equations
265 -- 268Salvador Rodríguez, J. Banqueri, J. E. Carceller. Evaluation of an Equivalent Hole Effective Mass for Si/SiGe Structures
269 -- 271Roman Durikovic. Visualization of Large-scale Atomic Interactions During the Melting and Crystallization Process
273 -- 279O. Muscato, Vittorio Romano. Simulation of Submicron Silicon Diodes with a Non-Parabolic Hydrodynamical Model Based on the Maximum Entropy Principle
281 -- 285C. Jungemann, B. Neinhüs, Bernd Meinerzhagen. Investigation of the Local Force Approximation in Numerical Device Simulation by Full-band Monte Carlo Simulation
287 -- 293Eric A. B. Cole, Christopher M. Snowden, Shahzad Hussain. Hot Electron Modelling of HEMTs
295 -- 299D. Oriato, Alison B. Walker, W.-N. Wang. Simulation of Widebandgap Multi-Quantum Well Light Emitting Diodes
301 -- 304A. Harkar, R. W. Kelsall, J. N. Ellis. Monte Carlo Study of the Lateral Distribution of Gate Current Density Along the Channel of Submicron LDD MOSFET's
305 -- 309A. Pecchia, B. Movaghar, R. W. Kelsall, A. Bourlange, Stephen D. Evans, B. J. Hickey, N. Boden. Electronic Transport in Self-organised Molecular Nanostructured Devices
311 -- 315Elena Gnani, Susanna Reggiani, Renato Colle, Massimo Rudan. 2 Polymorphs
317 -- 321K. G. Rajendran, Wim Schoenmaker. x Epitaxial Layers
323 -- 328Michel Rousseau, J.-C. De Jaeger. 2D-Hydrodynamic Energy Model Including Avalanche Breakdown Phenomenon for Power Field Effect Transistors
329 -- 334Min Shen, Wai-Kay Yip, Ming-C. Cheng, Juin J. Liou. An Upstream Flux Splitting Method for Hydrodynamic Modeling of Deep Submicron Devices
335 -- 340Hideaki Tsuchiya, Brian Winstead, Umberto Ravaioli. Quantum Potential Approaches for Nano-scale Device Simulation
341 -- 347A. Trellakis, Umberto Ravaioli. Three-dimensional Spectral Solution of Schrödinger Equation
349 -- 354Marcello A. Anile, José A. Carrillo, Irene M. Gamba, Chi-Wang Shu. Approximation of the BTE by a Relaxation-time Operator: Simulations for a 50 nm-channel Si Diode
355 -- 361Marcello A. Anile, S. F. Liotta, Giovanni Mascali, Salvatore Rinaudo. Two Dimensional MESFET Simulation of Transients and Steady State with Kinetic Based Hydrodynamical Models
363 -- 367C. Pennetta, Luca Reggiani, G. Trefán, R. Cataldo, G. De Nunzio. A Percolative Approach to Reliability of Thin Film Interconnects and Ultra-thin Dielectrics
369 -- 373Tanroku Miyoshi, Tetsuo Miyamoto, Matsuto Ogawa. Quantum Transport Modeling of Current Noise in Quantum Devices
375 -- 380Rossella Brunetti, Alberto Bertoni, Paolo Bordone, Carlo Jacoboni. Dynamical Equation and Monte Carlo Simulation of the Two-time Wigner Function for Electron Quantum Transport
381 -- 386M. Trovato, Luca Reggiani. Maximum Entropy Principle within A Total Energy Scheme for Hot-carrier Transport in Semiconductor Devices
387 -- 391F. Sacconi, F. Della Sala, Aldo Di Carlo, Paolo Lugli. Microscopic Modeling of GaN-based Heterostructures
393 -- 397J. Widany, G. Daminelli, Aldo Di Carlo, Paolo Lugli. Density-functional Based Tight-binding Calculations on Thiophene Polymorphism
399 -- 404S. Barraud, P. Dollfus, S. Galdin, Raúl Rengel, María J. Martín, J. E. Velázquez. An lonised-impurity Scattering Model for 3D Monte Carlo Device Simulation with Discrete Impurity Distribution
405 -- 411Mihail Nedjalkov, Hans Kosina, Siegfried Selberherr, Ivan Tomov Dimov. A Backward Monte Carlo Method for Simulation of the Electron Quantum Kinetics in Semiconductors
413 -- 417Peiji Zhao, H. L. Cui, Dwight L. Woolard, Fliex Buot. Operation Principle of Resonant Tunneling THz Oscillator at Fixed Bias Voltages
419 -- 424M. Gattobigio, Massimo Macucci, Giuseppe Iannaccone. Detection of Quantum Cellular Automaton Action in Silicon-on-insulator Cells
425 -- 429Ettore Amirante, Giuseppe Iannaccone, B. Pellegrini. Three-dimensional Statistical Modeling of the Effects of the Random Distribution of Dopants in Deep Sub-micron nMOSFETs
431 -- 434Giuseppe Iannaccone, S. Gennai. Program, Erase and Retention Times of Thin-oxide Flash-EEPROMs
435 -- 439Karol Kalna, Asen Asenov, K. Elgaid, I. Thayne. Scaling of pHEMTs to Decanano Dimensions
441 -- 446J. R. Watling, J. R. Barker, Asen Asenov. Soft Sphere Model for Electron Correlation and Scattering in the Atomistic Modelling of Semiconductor Devices
447 -- 451D. A. Romanov, J. Eizenkop, V. V. Mitin. Dynamics of Non-equilibrium Short-wave-length Phonons in Semiconductor Heterostructures
453 -- 458J. R. Barker, J. R. Watling. Simulation of Enhanced Interface Trapping Due to Carrier Dynamics in Warped Valence Bands in SiGe Devices
459 -- 463M. Lorenzini, Luc Haspeslagh, J. Van Houdt, H. E. Maes. Simulation of 0.35 μm/0.25 μm CMOS Technology Doping Profiles