TY - GEN
T1 - Design of a MCML gate library applying multiobjective optimization
AU - Pereira-Arroyo, Roberto
AU - Alvarado-Moya, Pablo
AU - Krautschneider, Wolfgang H.
PY - 2007
Y1 - 2007
N2 - In this paper, the problem of sizing MOS Current Mode Logic (MCML) circuits is addressed. The Pareto front is introduced as a useful analysis tool to explore the design space of each gate that is part of our MCML basic library. A genetic algorithm (GA) is employed to automatically detect this front in a process that efficiently finds optimal parameterizations and their corresponding values in an aggregate fitness space. Measures of the power consumption, propagation delay and output voltage swing are used as fitness functions, since the problem is treated as a multiobjective optimization task. Finally, the results of postlayout simulations, using the AMS 0.35 μm technology are presented.
AB - In this paper, the problem of sizing MOS Current Mode Logic (MCML) circuits is addressed. The Pareto front is introduced as a useful analysis tool to explore the design space of each gate that is part of our MCML basic library. A genetic algorithm (GA) is employed to automatically detect this front in a process that efficiently finds optimal parameterizations and their corresponding values in an aggregate fitness space. Measures of the power consumption, propagation delay and output voltage swing are used as fitness functions, since the problem is treated as a multiobjective optimization task. Finally, the results of postlayout simulations, using the AMS 0.35 μm technology are presented.
KW - Design space exploration
KW - Genetic algorithms
KW - MOS current mode logic (MCML)
KW - Multi-objective optimization
KW - Pareto front
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=36348969303&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1109/ISVLSI.2007.38
DO - 10.1109/ISVLSI.2007.38
M3 - Contribución a la conferencia
AN - SCOPUS:36348969303
SN - 0769528961
SN - 9780769528960
T3 - Proceedings - IEEE Computer Society Annual Symposium on VLSI: Emerging VLSI Technologies and Architectures
SP - 81
EP - 85
BT - Proceedings - IEEE Computer Society Annual Symposium on VLSI
T2 - IEEE Computer Society Annual Symposium on VLSI: Emerging VLSI Technologies and Architectures, ISVLSI'07
Y2 - 9 March 2007 through 11 March 2007
ER -