Title :
CMOS/BiCMOS mixed design using tabu search
Author :
Sait, S.M. ; Youssef, H.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. Eng., King Fahd Univ. of Pet. & Miner., Dhahran, Saudi Arabia
fDate :
7/9/1998 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
The problem of optimising mixed CMOS/BiCMOS circuits is solved using a tabu search. Only gates on critical sensitisable paths are considered. This strategy leads to a circuit speed improvement of >20% with a <3% increase in the overall circuit capacitance. Comparison and experimental results are presented
Keywords :
BiCMOS logic circuits; CMOS logic circuits; capacitance; circuit CAD; circuit optimisation; delays; integrated circuit design; logic CAD; CMOS/BiCMOS mixed design; circuit capacitance; circuit speed improvement; critical sensitisable paths; gates; tabu search;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19980984
