CMOS BICMOS MIXED DESIGN USING TABU SEARCH

Authors
SAIT SM YOUSSEF H
Citation
Sm. Sait et H. Youssef, CMOS BICMOS MIXED DESIGN USING TABU SEARCH, Electronics Letters, 34(14), 1998, pp. 1395-1396
Citations number
6
Categorie Soggetti
Engineering, Eletrical & Electronic
Journal title
Electronics Letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
00135194
Volume
34
Issue
14
Year of publication
1998
Pages
1395 - 1396
Database
ISI
SICI code
0013-5194(1998)34:14<1395:CBMDUT>2.0.ZU;2-S
Abstract
The problem of optimising mixed CMOS/BiCMOS circuits is solved using a tabu search. Only gates on critical sensitisable paths are considered . This strategy leads to a circuit speed improvement of > 20% with a < 3% increase in the overall circuit capacitance. Comparison and experi mental results are presented.