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Functional Design Errors in Digital Circuits

Diagnosis Correction and Repair

  • Coverage of novel techniques to automate IC debugging, a subject rarely covered in other books
  • Comprehensive scope and solutions: from RTL to post-silicon debugging
  • The innovative techniques covered in this book are recent and have been featured by MIT Technology Review, EE Times, SCD Source, IEEE Computer, and other sources
  • First empirical comparison of several methods for spare-cell insertion
  • A variety of examples and figures to illustrate key concepts and algorithms

Part of the book series: Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering (LNEE, volume 32)

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Table of contents (13 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XXIV
  2. Background and Prior Art

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
    2. Introduction

      • Kai-hui Chang, Igor L. Markov, Valeria Bertacco
      Pages 3-12
    3. Current Landscape in Design and Verification

      • Kai-hui Chang, Igor L. Markov, Valeria Bertacco
      Pages 13-24
    4. Finding Bugs and Repairing Circuits

      • Kai-hui Chang, Igor L. Markov, Valeria Bertacco
      Pages 25-33
  3. FogClear Methodologies and Theoretical Advances in Error Repair

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 35-35
    2. Circuit Design and Verification Methodologies

      • Kai-hui Chang, Igor L. Markov, Valeria Bertacco
      Pages 37-41
    3. Counterexample-Guided Error-Repair Framework

      • Kai-hui Chang, Igor L. Markov, Valeria Bertacco
      Pages 43-49
    4. Signature-Based Resynthesis Techniques

      • Kai-hui Chang, Igor L. Markov, Valeria Bertacco
      Pages 51-56
    5. Symmetry-Based Rewiring

      • Kai-hui Chang, Igor L. Markov, Valeria Bertacco
      Pages 57-74
  4. FogClear Components

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 75-75
    2. Bug Trace Minimization

      • Kai-hui Chang, Igor L. Markov, Valeria Bertacco
      Pages 77-103
    3. Functional Error Diagnosis and Correction

      • Kai-hui Chang, Igor L. Markov, Valeria Bertacco
      Pages 105-131
    4. Incremental Verification for Physical Synthesis

      • Kai-hui Chang, Igor L. Markov, Valeria Bertacco
      Pages 133-146
    5. Post-Silicon Debugging and Layout Repair

      • Kai-hui Chang, Igor L. Markov, Valeria Bertacco
      Pages 147-166
    6. Methodologies for Spare-Cell Insertion

      • Kai-hui Chang, Igor L. Markov, Valeria Bertacco
      Pages 167-182
    7. Conclusions

      • Kai-hui Chang, Igor L. Markov, Valeria Bertacco
      Pages 183-185
  5. Back Matter

    Pages 187-200

About this book

Functional Design Errors in Digital Circuits Diagnosis covers a wide spectrum of innovative methods to automate the debugging process throughout the design flow: from Register-Transfer Level (RTL) all the way to the silicon die. In particular, this book describes: (1) techniques for bug trace minimization that simplify debugging; (2) an RTL error diagnosis method that identifies the root cause of errors directly; (3) a counterexample-guided error-repair framework to automatically fix errors in gate-level and RTL designs; (4) a symmetry-based rewiring technology for fixing electrical errors; (5) an incremental verification system for physical synthesis; and (6) an integrated framework for post-silicon debugging and layout repair. The solutions provided in this book can greatly reduce debugging effort, enhance design quality, and ultimately enable the design and manufacture of more reliable electronic devices.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Dept. Electrical Engineering & Computer Science, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA

    Kai-hui Chang, Igor L. Markov, Valeria Bertacco

About the authors

Winner of the EDAA (European Design Automation Association) Outstanding Monograph Award in the Verification section. Co-authors Bertacco and Markov are existing Springer authors

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Functional Design Errors in Digital Circuits

  • Book Subtitle: Diagnosis Correction and Repair

  • Authors: Kai-hui Chang, Igor L. Markov, Valeria Bertacco

  • Series Title: Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-9365-4

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Engineering, Engineering (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2009

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4020-9364-7Published: 10 December 2008

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-90-481-8112-4Published: 28 October 2010

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4020-9365-4Published: 02 December 2008

  • Series ISSN: 1876-1100

  • Series E-ISSN: 1876-1119

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXIV, 200

  • Topics: Circuits and Systems, Computer-Aided Engineering (CAD, CAE) and Design, Logic Design

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eBook USD 129.00
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as PDF
  • Read on any device
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  • Own it forever
Softcover Book USD 169.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Compact, lightweight edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info
Hardcover Book USD 169.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Durable hardcover edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
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