• DocumentCode
    2999686
  • Title

    Observability don´t care sets and Boolean relations

  • Author

    Damiani, M. ; De Micheli, G.

  • Author_Institution
    Center for Integrated Syst., Stanford Univ., CA, USA
  • fYear
    1990
  • fDate
    11-15 Nov. 1990
  • Firstpage
    502
  • Lastpage
    505
  • Abstract
    An algorithm is presented that computes exact or approximate observability don´t care (ODC) sets for a multiple-level combinatorial network. The proposed algorithms are efficient because they use only local information. A method for deriving the equivalence classes of a Boolean relation from the ODC sets is then proposed. Experimental results on computing ODC sets are reported.<>
  • Keywords
    Boolean algebra; combinatorial circuits; equivalence classes; Boolean relations; combinatorial network; equivalence classes; observability don´t care; Circuit simulation; Combinational circuits; Computational modeling; Computer networks; Explosions; Logic gates; Minimization; Network synthesis; Observability; Testing;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Computer-Aided Design, 1990. ICCAD-90. Digest of Technical Papers., 1990 IEEE International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Santa Clara, CA, USA
  • Print_ISBN
    0-8186-2055-2
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ICCAD.1990.129965
  • Filename
    129965