Performance-driven multi-level clustering for combinational circuits

Author(s):  
C. N. Sze ◽  
Ting-Chi Wang
2018 ◽  
Vol 31 (2) ◽  
pp. 223-240
Author(s):  
Bernd Steinbach ◽  
Christian Posthoff

Bi-Decomposition is a powerful approach for the synthesis of multi-level combinational circuits because it utilizes the properties of the given functions to find small circuits, with low power consumption and low delay. Compact bi-decompositions restrict the variables in the support of the decomposition functions as much as possible. Methods to find compact AND-, OR-, or XOR-bi-decompositions for a given completely specified function are well known. Lattices of Boolean Functions significantly increase the possibilities to synthesize a minimal circuit. However, so far only methods to find compact AND- or OR-bi-decompositions for lattices of Boolean functions are known. This gap, i.e., a method to find a compact XOR-bi-decomposition for a lattice of Boolean functions, has been closed by the approach suggested in this paper.


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