Analysis of cyclic combinational circuits

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Abstract

A logic circuit is said to be combinational if the function it computes depends only on the inputs applied to the circuit, and is sequential if it depends on some past history in addition to the current inputs. Circuits that have an underlying topology that is acyclic are combinational, since feedback is a necessary condition for it to be sequential. However, it is not a sufficient condition since there exist combinational logic circuits that are cyclic. These occur often in bus structures in data paths. Traditional formal techniques in logic synthesis, logic analysis and timing analysis of combinational circuits have restricted themselves to acyclic combinational circuits since they have been unable to handle the analysis of circuits with cycles. Thus, in practice, these circuits are handled using clumsy work-arounds, which is obviously undesirable. This paper presents a formal analysis of these circuits, and presents techniques for the logical and timing analysis of such circuits. These techniques are practically feasible on reasonably large circuits encountered in practice.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationProc 1993 IEEE ACM Int Conf Comput Aided Des
Editors Anon
PublisherPubl by IEEE
Pages618-625
Number of pages8
ISBN (Print)0818644923
StatePublished - 1993
EventProceedings of the 1993 IEEE/ACM International Conference on Computer-Aided Design - Santa Clara, CA, USA
Duration: Nov 7 1993Nov 11 1993

Publication series

NameProc 1993 IEEE ACM Int Conf Comput Aided Des

Other

OtherProceedings of the 1993 IEEE/ACM International Conference on Computer-Aided Design
CitySanta Clara, CA, USA
Period11/7/9311/11/93

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • General Engineering

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