J4 ›› 2013, Vol. 40 ›› Issue (1): 135-140.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.1001-2400.2013.01.024

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Delay and area optimization for FPRM circuits by FDDs

WANG Pengjun1,2;WANG Zhenhai1   

  1. (1. Institute of Circuits and Systems, Ningbo University, Ningbo  315211, China;
    2. State Key Laboratory of ASIC & System, Fudan University, Shanghai  201203, China)
  • Received:2011-09-01 Online:2013-02-20 Published:2013-03-28
  • Contact: WANG Pengjun E-mail:wangpengjun@nbu.edu.cn

Abstract:

Functional Decision Diagrams (FDDs) are a graphical expression for Reed-Muller (RM) expansion, and its variable order and polarity jointly influence the delay and area of the corresponding circuit. By studying FDDs and fixed polarity RM (FPRM) expansion, a delay and area optimization algorithm is presented. Firstly, a delay evaluation model is set up by FDDs. Then by combining the tabular technique and the search strategy of variable order, the optimal polarity and variable order are searched for both medium-scale and large-scale circuits according to the delay and area. Finally, the algorithm is tested with MCNC Benchmarks. The results show that the proposed algorithm is very effective for delay and area optimization.

Key words: circuits, synthesis, fixed polarity reed-muller, functional decision diagrams, delay and area optimization

CLC Number: 

  • TP391.7