Publication detail

Synthesis Methodology of Polymorphic Circuits Using Polymorphic NAND/NOR Gates

CRHA, A. RŮŽIČKA, R. ŠIMEK, V.

Original Title

Synthesis Methodology of Polymorphic Circuits Using Polymorphic NAND/NOR Gates

Type

conference paper

Language

English

Original Abstract

In this paper, a novel approach dealing with the issues of multifunctional (polymorphic) logic circuits synthesis is presented. Crucial notion behind the polymorphic concept resides in the fact that such kind of circuit is able to perform more than one logic function, while the underlying structure keeps its arrangement untouched. The outlined behaviour is established by means of utilizing special multifunctional components (gates) during circuit design phase, where the individual connections among them remains unchanged (no reconfiguration takes place). The exact function, which the circuit is purposely executing at a given moment, is determined by the actual operating environment (e.g. supply voltage, temperature or a special signal). The proposed synthesis method is based on a formal Boolean representation of corresponding functions. Its main advantage can be recognized in strictly rigid and algorithmic notation with the employment of minimization techniques, which is in a direct contrast to competitive solutions, predominantly based on heuristic approaches.

Keywords

Digital circuit, logic gate, synthesis methods, polymorphic electronics, multifunctional components.

Authors

CRHA, A.; RŮŽIČKA, R.; ŠIMEK, V.

RIV year

2015

Released

5. 3. 2015

Publisher

IEEE Computer Society

Location

Cambridge

ISBN

978-1-4799-8713-9

Book

Proceedings on UKSim-AMSS 17th International Conference on Computer Modelling ans Simulation

Pages from

612

Pages to

617

Pages count

6

BibTex

@inproceedings{BUT119829,
  author="Adam {Crha} and Richard {Růžička} and Václav {Šimek}",
  title="Synthesis Methodology of Polymorphic Circuits Using Polymorphic NAND/NOR Gates",
  booktitle="Proceedings on UKSim-AMSS 17th International Conference on Computer Modelling ans Simulation",
  year="2015",
  pages="612--617",
  publisher="IEEE Computer Society",
  address="Cambridge",
  doi="10.1109/UKSim.2015.82",
  isbn="978-1-4799-8713-9"
}