Structural cell-based VLSI circuit design using a genetic algorithm

Author

Arslan, T. ; Horrocks, D.H. ; Ozdemir, E.

Author_Institution

Sch. of Eng., Univ. of Wales Coll. of Cardiff, UK

Volume

4

fYear

1996

fDate

12-15 May 1996

Firstpage

308

Abstract

A technique for the structural synthesis of VLSI circuits is presented. The technique uses a Genetic Algorithm which utilises a library of devices for the synthesis procedure which proved successful in searching a highly complex space of structures by producing designs which satisfy a multiple output circuit criteria which, in addition to satisfying the functionality constraint for each of the outputs, also satisfy hardware-specific criteria such as area and delay

Keywords

MIMO systems; VLSI; circuit CAD; circuit optimisation; delays; digital arithmetic; digital integrated circuits; genetic algorithms; integrated circuit design; logic design; table lookup; area; circuit mutation; delay; device library; digital VLSI; functionality constraint; genetic algorithm; global mutation; hardware-specific criteria; highly complex structure space; lookup table; multiple output circuit criteria; special purpose arithmetic circuits; structural cell-based VLSI circuit design; Algorithm design and analysis; Circuit synthesis; Delay; Flexible printed circuits; Genetic algorithms; Libraries; Routing; Signal design; Test pattern generators; Very large scale integration;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Circuits and Systems, 1996. ISCAS '96., Connecting the World., 1996 IEEE International Symposium on

Conference_Location

Atlanta, GA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-3073-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ISCAS.1996.541963

Filename

541963