학술논문

maj- $n$ Logic Synthesis for Emerging Technology.
Document Type
Article
Source
IEEE Transactions on Computer-Aided Design of Integrated Circuits & Systems. Mar2020, Vol. 39 Issue 3, p747-751. 5p.
Subject
*LOGIC design
*THRESHOLD logic
*TECHNOLOGICAL innovations
*DIGITAL electronics
*LOGIC circuits
Language
ISSN
0278-0070
Abstract
In general, existing logic synthesis methods for majority logic are limited to 3-input gates (maj-3). However, since majority gates with larger fan-in have been proposed for different emerging nanotechnologies, it has become important to consider such gates in the synthesis process. This paper proposes a novel majority logic synthesis flow where the gates can have an arbitrary number of inputs. The proposed approach is based on the relationship between majority and threshold logic functions. The proposed methods obtain an average reduction of 10% on the number of nodes when compared to a previous work that uses both maj-3 and maj-5 gates. When compared to the previous maj-3 synthesis, the average reduction on number of nodes is 14%. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]