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1.1 Background and Motivation |
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1.1.3 Technologies Beyond CMOS |
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1.2.1 Probabilistic Analysis of Circuits |
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1.2.2 Soft-Error Rate Analysis |
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1.2.3 Fault-Tolerant Design |
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15 | (1) |
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16 | (5) |
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2 Probabilistic Transfer Matrices |
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22 | (8) |
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23 | (3) |
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2.1.2 Additional Operation |
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2.1.3 Handling Correlations |
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30 | (7) |
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31 | (1) |
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2.2.2 Modeling Glitch Attenuation |
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2.2.3 Error Transfer Functions |
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3 Computing with Probabilistic Transfer Matrices |
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3.1 Compressing Matrices with Decision Diagrams |
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3.1.1 Computing Circuit PTMs |
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3.2 Improving Scalability |
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45 | (8) |
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3.2.1 Dynamic Ordering of Evaluation |
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3.2.2 Hierarchical Reliability Estimation |
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3.2.3 Approximation by Sampling |
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4 Testing Logic Circuits for Probabilistic Faults |
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4.1 Test-Vector Sensitivity |
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54 | (3) |
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57 | (6) |
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61 | (2) |
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5 Signature-Based Reliability Analysis |
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5.1 SER in Combinational Logic |
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5.1.1 Fault Models for Soft Errors |
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5.1.2 Signatures and Observability Don't-Cares |
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5.1.4 Multiple-Fault Analysis |
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5.2 SER Analysis in Sequential Logic |
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5.2.1 Steady-State and Reachability Analysis |
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5.2.2 Error Persistence and Sequential Observability |
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5.3 Additional Masking Mechanisms |
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5.3.1 Incorporating Timing Masking into SER Estimation |
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5.3.2 Electrical Attenuation |
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5.3.3 An Overall SER Evaluation Framework |
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90 | (3) |
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6.1 Improving the Reliability of Combinational Logic |
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6.1.1 Signature-Based Design |
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6.1.2 Impact Analysis and Gate Selection |
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6.1.3 Local Logic Rewriting |
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6.2 Improving Sequential Circuit Reliability and Testability |
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6.2.1 Retiming and Sequential SER |
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100 | (3) |
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6.2.2 Retiming and Random-Pattern Testability |
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6.3 Retiming by Linear Programs |
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6.3.1 Minimum-Observability Retiming |
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6.3.2 Incorporating Register Sharing |
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7.2.1 Process Variations and Aging Effects |
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7.2.2 Analysis of Biological Systems |
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