Title :
A computer-aided design framework for superconductor circuits
Author :
Khalaf, M. ; Whiteley, S. ; Van Duzer, T.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng. & Comput. Sci., California Univ., Berkeley, CA, USA
fDate :
6/1/1995 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
This report describes a Computer-Aided Design (CAD) framework for superconducting digital circuits that will automatically transform a high-level combinational circuit description to a gate-level netlist. The framework involves enhancing the current semiconductor logic synthesis CAD tools developed at UC Berkeley (SIS) for application to superconductor digital circuits. The issues specific to superconducting circuits at the synthesis level include the use of multi-phase ac clocking for combinational logic, latching behavior with resetting time constraints, and dual-rail noninverting logic.<>
Keywords :
circuit CAD; combinational circuits; high level synthesis; logic CAD; logic design; network synthesis; superconducting logic circuits; combinational logic; computer-aided design; dual-rail noninverting logic; gate-level netlist; high-level circuit; latching; multi-phase AC clocking; superconducting digital circuits; synthesis CAD tools; time resetting; Application software; Circuit synthesis; Clocks; Combinational circuits; Design automation; Digital circuits; Logic circuits; Logic design; Superconducting devices; Superconducting logic circuits;
Journal_Title :
Applied Superconductivity, IEEE Transactions on
