{"title":"Path verification using Boolean satisfiability","authors":"M. Ringe, T. Lindenkreuz, E. Barke","doi":"10.1109/DATE.1998.655991","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"The importance of identifying false paths in a combinational circuit cannot be overstated since they may mask the true delay. We present a fast algorithm based on Boolean satisfiability for solving this problem. We also present extensions to this per-path approach to find the critical path of a circuit in a reasonable time.","PeriodicalId":179207,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings Design, Automation and Test in Europe","volume":"5 5","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"1998-02-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"4","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Proceedings Design, Automation and Test in Europe","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1109/DATE.1998.655991","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
The importance of identifying false paths in a combinational circuit cannot be overstated since they may mask the true delay. We present a fast algorithm based on Boolean satisfiability for solving this problem. We also present extensions to this per-path approach to find the critical path of a circuit in a reasonable time.