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Light-weight on-chip structure for measuring timing uncertainty induced by noise in integrated circuits

Wang et al., 2013

Document ID
5175160818180460608
Author
Wang S
Tehranipoor M
Publication year
Publication venue
IEEE Transactions on Very Large Scale Integration (VLSI) Systems

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Noise such as voltage drop and temperature in integrated circuits can cause significant performance variation and even functional failure in lower technology nodes. In this paper, we propose a lightweight on-chip structure that measures timing uncertainty induced by …
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