عنوان
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An efficient reliability estimation method for CNTFET-based logic circuits
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نوع پژوهش
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مقاله چاپشده در مجلات علمی
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کلیدواژهها
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CNTFETs, gate-level circuit design, reliability estimation algorithms, transistor-level design
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چکیده
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Carbon nanotube field-effect transistors (CNTFETs) have been widely studied as a promising technology to be included in post-complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor integrated circuits. Despite significant advantages in terms of delay and power dissipation, the fabrication process for CNTFETs is plagued by fault occurrences. Therefore, developing a fast and accurate method for estimating the reliability of CNTFET-based digital circuits was the main goal of this study. In the proposed method, effects related to faults that occur in a gate's transistors are first represented as a probability transfer matrix. Next, the target circuit's graph is traversed in topological order and the reliabilities of the circuit's gates are computed. The accuracy of this method (less than 3% reliability estimation error) was verified through various simulations on the ISCAS 85 benchmark circuits. The proposed method outperforms previous methods in terms of both accuracy and computational complexity.
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پژوهشگران
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هادی جهانی راد (نفر اول)، مصطفی حسینی (نفر دوم)
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