Title
Application of Lifting in Partial Design Analysis
Abstract
In the past, we have investigated satisfiability-based combinational equivalence checking and bounded model checking of partial circuit designs, i.e., circuit designs where one or more components of the design are not implemented yet. Especially for satisfiability-based bounded model checking, typically a counterexample is generated in case that the specification property is violated. Minimizing the number of assigned variables in the satisfying assignment that corresponds to such a counterexample is the objective of lifting. In this work we show that lifting is also feasible and profitable for counterexamples obtained via satisfiability-based bounded model checking of partial designs. We provide first experimental results on this issue that show its feasibility. Furthermore, we present a novel application scenario for lifting in the context of automated blackbox synthesis. This is a useful concept that can be applied during combinational equivalence checking of partial circuit designs, where realizability of the missing components was already proven, but the functionality of the missing components is still unknown. As a summary, this work provides first experimental results as well as a novel concept regarding the application of lifting for the analysis of partial designs.
Year
DOI
Venue
2007
10.1109/MTV.2007.7
Austin, TX
Keywords
Field
DocType
network synthesis,automated blackbox synthesis,bounded model checking,partial circuit designs,partial design analysis,satisfiability-based combinational equivalence checking,Blackbox Design,Counterexample,Equivalence Checking,Lifting
Formal equivalence checking,Model checking,Computer science,Network synthesis filters,Satisfiability,Algorithm,Context model,Counterexample,Realizability,Bounded function
Conference
ISSN
ISBN
Citations 
1550-4093
978-0-7695-3241-7
0
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.34
15
3
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Marc Herbstritt113611.01
Vanessa Struve200.34
Bernd Becker385573.74