Publication IEICE TRANSACTIONS on Fundamentals of Electronics, Communications and Computer SciencesVol.E90-ANo.1pp.257-266 Publication Date: 2007/01/01 Online ISSN: 1745-1337 DOI: 10.1093/ietfec/e90-a.1.257 Print ISSN: 0916-8508 Type of Manuscript: PAPER Category: VLSI Design Technology and CAD Keyword: logic synthesis, dual-rail, RSFQ, binary decision diagrams (BDDs),
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Summary: We propose a new method of logic synthesis for dual-rail RSFQ (rapid single-flux-quantum) digital circuits. RSFQ circuit technology is one of the strongest candidates for the next generation technology of digital circuits. For representing logic functions, we use a root-shared binary decision diagram (RSBDD) which is a directed acyclic graph constructed from binary decision diagrams. In the method, first we construct an RSBDD from given logic functions, and then reduce the number of nodes in the constructed RSBDD by variable re-ordering. Finally, we synthesize a dual-rail RSFQ circuit from the reduced RSBDD. We have implemented the method and have synthesized benchmark circuits. We have synthesized dual-rail circuits that consist of about 27% fewer logic elements than those synthesized by a Transduction-based method on average.