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Evolutionary Design of Transistor Level Digital Circuits using Discrete Simulation

MRÁZEK Vojtěch and VAŠÍČEK Zdeněk. Evolutionary Design of Transistor Level Digital Circuits using Discrete Simulation. In: Genetic Programming, 18th European Conference, EuroGP 2015. LCNS 9025. Berlin: Springer International Publishing, 2015, pp. 66-77. ISBN 978-3-319-16500-4. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-16501-1_6
Czech title
Evoluční návrh obvodů na tranzistorové úrovni s využitím diskrétní simulace
Type
conference paper
Language
english
Authors
Mrázek Vojtěch, Ing., Ph.D. (DCSY FIT BUT)
Vašíček Zdeněk, doc. Ing., Ph.D. (DCSY FIT BUT)
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Keywords

Evolutionary design, Transistor-level, Digital circuits, Cartesian genetic programming

Abstract


The objective of the paper is to introduce a new approach to the evolutionary design of digital circuits conducted directly at transistor level. In order to improve the time consuming evaluation of candidate solutions, a discrete event-driven simulator was introduced. The proposed simulator operates on multiple logic levels to achieve reasonable trade-off between performance and precision. A suitable level of abstraction reflecting the behavior of real MOSFET transistors is utilized to minimize the production of incorrectly working circuits. The proposed approach is evaluated in the evolution of basic logic circuits having more than 20 transistors. The goal of the evolutionary algorithm is to design a circuit having the minimal number of transistors and exhibiting the minimal delay. In addition to that, various parameter settings are investigated to increase the successrate of the evolutionary design.

Published
2015
Pages
66-77
Proceedings
Genetic Programming, 18th European Conference, EuroGP 2015
Series
LCNS 9025
Conference
18th European Conference on Genetic Programming, Kodaň, DK
ISBN
978-3-319-16500-4
Publisher
Springer International Publishing
Place
Berlin, DE
DOI
10.1007/978-3-319-16501-1_6
UT WoS
000361758600006
EID Scopus
2-s2.0-84925046316
BibTeX 
@INPROCEEDINGS{FITPUB10774,
   author = "Vojt\v{e}ch Mr\'{a}zek and Zden\v{e}k Va\v{s}\'{i}\v{c}ek",
   title = "Evolutionary Design of Transistor Level Digital Circuits using Discrete Simulation",
   pages = "66--77",
   booktitle = "Genetic Programming, 18th European Conference, EuroGP 2015",
   series = "LCNS 9025",
   year = 2015,
   location = "Berlin, DE",
   publisher = "Springer International Publishing",
   ISBN = "978-3-319-16500-4",
   doi = "10.1007/978-3-319-16501-1\_6",
   language = "english",
   url = "https://www.fit.vut.cz/research/publication/10774"
}
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