Area minimization synthesis for reconfigurable single-electron transistor arrays with fabrication constraints

Yi Hang Chen*, Jian Yu Chen, Juinn-Dar Huang

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    Abstract

    As fabrication processes exploit even deeper submicron technology, power dissipation has become a crucial issue for most electronic circuit and system designs nowadays. In particular, leakage power is becoming a dominant source of power consumption. Recently, the reconfigurable single-electron transistor (SET) array has been proposed as an emerging circuit design style for continuing Moore's Law due to its ultra-low power consumption. Several automated synthesis approaches have been developed for the reconfigurable SET array in the past few years. Nevertheless, all of those existing methods consider fabrication constraints, which are mandatory, merely in late synthesis stages. In this paper, we propose a synthesis algorithm, featuring both variable reordering and product term reordering, for area minimization. In addition, our algorithm takes those mandatory fabrication constraints into account in early stages for better outcomes. Experimental results show that our new method can achieve an area reduction of up to 24% as compared to current state-of-the-art techniques.

    Original languageEnglish
    Title of host publication2014 Design, Automation and Test in Europe Conference and Exhibition (DATE)
    PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
    ISBN (Print)9783981537024
    DOIs
    StatePublished - 24 Mar 2014
    Event17th Design, Automation and Test in Europe, DATE 2014 - Dresden, Germany
    Duration: 24 Mar 201428 Mar 2014

    Publication series

    NameProceedings -Design, Automation and Test in Europe, DATE
    ISSN (Print)1530-1591

    Conference

    Conference17th Design, Automation and Test in Europe, DATE 2014
    Country/TerritoryGermany
    CityDresden
    Period24/03/1428/03/14

    Keywords

    • area minimization
    • automatic synthesis
    • binary decision diagram
    • reconfigurable
    • single-electron transistor

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