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We study '''implementation of Boolean functions''' with nano-crossbar arrays where each crosspoint behaves as a diode, a FET, and a four-terminal switch. For these three types, we give array size formulations for a given Boolean function. Additionally, we focus on four-terminal switch based implementations and propose an algorithm that implements Boolean functions with '''optimal array sizes'''.
 
We study '''implementation of Boolean functions''' with nano-crossbar arrays where each crosspoint behaves as a diode, a FET, and a four-terminal switch. For these three types, we give array size formulations for a given Boolean function. Additionally, we focus on four-terminal switch based implementations and propose an algorithm that implements Boolean functions with '''optimal array sizes'''.
  
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| [http://ati.ttu.ee/vlsi-soc2016/ International Conference on Very Large Scale Integration (VLSI-SoC)],<br> Tallinn, Estonia, 2016
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| Dan Alexandrescu, Mustafa Altun, Lorena Anghel, Anna Bernasconi,<br> Valentina Ciriani, and Mehdi Tahoori
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| [http://dsd-seaa2016.cs.ucy.ac.cy/index.php Euromicro Conference on Digital System Design (DSD)],<br> Limassol, Cyprus, 2016.
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| width="450"| [http://dsd-seaa2016.cs.ucy.ac.cy/index.php Euromicro Conference on Digital System Design (DSD)], Limassol, Cyprus, 2016.
 
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| width="524"|[[Media:Morgul_Altun_Optimal_Synthesis_Tools.zip | Optimal Synthesis Tool]]
 
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| width="558"|Synthesis and Performance Optimization of a Switching Nano-Crossbar Computer
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| Ceylan Morgul and Mustafa Altun
 
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| [http://ec.europa.eu/research/mariecurieactions/about-msca/actions/rise/index_en.htm European Union/European Commission H2020 MCSA <br> Research and Innovation Staff Exchange Program (RISE)]
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| width="524"| Two optimal synthesis tools Tool-1 and Tool-2 are developed in Matlab  and Python, respectively. Both tools aim to synthesize a given target Boolean functions with an optimal size of four-terminal switch based arrays . 
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| 2015-2019
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[[Media:Morgul_Altun_Optimal_Synthesis_Tools.zip | Tool]]
 
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| width="558"|Synthesis and Reliability Analysis of Nano Switching Arrays
 
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| [http://www.tubitak.gov.tr/tr/destekler/akademik/ulusal-destek-programlari/icerik-3501-kariyer-gelistirme-programi TUBITAK Career Program (3501)]
 
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| 189.509 TL
 
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| 2014-2017
 
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We examine reconfigurable crossbar arrays by considering randomly occurred '''stuck-open and stuck-closed crosspoint faults'''. In the presence of '''permanent''' faults, a fast and accurate heuristic algorithm is proposed that uses the techniques of index sorting, backtracking, and row matching. In the presence of '''transient''' faults, tolerance analysis is performed by formally and recursively determining tolerable fault positions
 
We examine reconfigurable crossbar arrays by considering randomly occurred '''stuck-open and stuck-closed crosspoint faults'''. In the presence of '''permanent''' faults, a fast and accurate heuristic algorithm is proposed that uses the techniques of index sorting, backtracking, and row matching. In the presence of '''transient''' faults, tolerance analysis is performed by formally and recursively determining tolerable fault positions
  
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Since '''density''' feature of crossbar architectures is the main attracting point, we perform a detailed yield analysis by considering both uniform and non-uniform defect distributions.
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We formalize an approximate successful mapping probability metric for uniform distributions
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and determine '''area overheads'''.
  
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Synthesis and Optimization</h3>
 
 
We propose a fast synthesis algorithm that implements any given reversible Boolean function with quantum gates. Instead of an exhaustive search on every given function, our algorithm creates a library of '''essential functions''' and performs '''sorting'''. As an example, to implement 4 bit circuits we only use 120 essential functions out of all 20922789888000 functions. We also perform optimization for both '''reversible and quantum circuit costs''' by considering adjacent gate pairs.
 
  
 
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| Onur Tunali and Mustafa Altun
 
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| [http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/RecentIssue.jsp?punumber=43 IEEE Transactions on Computer-Aided Design of Integrated Circuits and Systems], 2016.
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| width="524" | [http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/RecentIssue.jsp?punumber=43 IEEE Transactions on Computer-Aided Design of Integrated Circuits and Systems], Vol. 36, Issue 5, pp. 747–760, 2017.
 
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[[Media:Tunali_Altun_Permanent_and_Transient_Fault_Tolerance_for_Reconfigurable_Nano-Crossbar_Arrays.pdf | Paper]]
 
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| width="450"|[[Media:Tunali_Altun_Nano_Crossbar_Yield_Analysis.pdf| Yield Analysis of Nano-Crossbar Arrays for Uniform and Clustered Defect Distributions]]
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| width="524"|[[Media:Tunali_Altun_Fault_Tolerant_Logic_Mapping_Tool.zip | Fault Tolerant Logic Mapping Tool]]
 
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| '''authors''':
| width="558"|Implementation of a Fault-Aware 8-Bit Reversible Microprocessor
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| Onur Tunali and Mustafa Altun
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| '''agency & program''':
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| [http://www.tubitak.gov.tr/tr/destekler/akademik/ulusal-destek-programlari/icerik-1002-hizli-destek-programi TUBITAK Short Term R&D Funding Program (1002)]
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| 30.000 TL
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| 2016-2017
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| width="524"| The tool is developed in Matlab. It aims to map logic funtions into fault crossbars such that each crosspoint has an independent fault probability up to 20%.
 
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[[Media:Tunali_Altun_Fault_Tolerant_Logic_Mapping_Tool.zip | Tool]]
 
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| width="524"|[[Media:Tunali_Altun_Yield_Analysis_Tool.zip | Yield Analysis Tool]]
 
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| [http://bap.itu.edu.tr/ Istanbul Technical University Research Support Program (ITU-BAP)]
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| Onur Tunali and Mustafa Altun
 
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| 2014-2015, ''completed''
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| width="524"| The tool is developed in Matlab. This tool calculates the required crossbar size in advance according to a given logic function and a defect rate. Tool accepts two parameters, logic function file and defect rate as inputs and returns the size of crossbar.
 
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We introduce an '''accurate capacitor-resistor model''' for nano-crossbar arrays that is to be used for '''power/delay/area''' performance analysis and optimization. In order to find capacitor and resistor values, we investigate upper/lower value limits for technology dependent parameters including doping concentration, nanowire dimension, pitch size, and layer thickness. We also use different fan-out capacitors to test the integration capability of these technologies.
Accurate Arithmetic Implementations</h3>
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We propose a method to overcome the main drawback in stochastic computing, '''low accuracy''' or related '''long computing times'''. Our method manipulates stochastic bit streams with the aid of feedback mechanisms. We implement error-free arithmetic multiplier and adder circuits by considering performance parameters area, delay, and accuracy.
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| [http://www.isvlsi.org/ IEEE Computer Society Annual Symposium on VLSI (ISVLSI)],<br> Pittsburgh, USA, 2016.
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| width="558"|Implementation of Accurate Stochastic Circuit Blocks and their Applications for Printed/Flexible Electronic Systems
 
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| [http://www.tubitak.gov.tr/tr/destekler/akademik/ulusal-destek-programlari/icerik-1001-bilimsel-ve-teknolojik-arastirma-projelerini-destekleme-pr TUBITAK Scientific and Technological Research Projects Funding Program (1001)]
 
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| 2017-2020
 
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The rapid developments in electronics, especially in the last decade, have elevated the importance of electronics reliability. Conventionally used accelerated reliability tests have lost their significance; time consuming and expensive feature of these tests is against the demands of today's very rapid electronic product cycles. In this study, we propose less costly, yet accurate, reliability prediction techniques using field return data, new accelerated test methodologies, and physics of failure based simulations. We cooperate with one of the Europe’s largest household appliance companies [http://www.arcelik.com.tr/default.aspx?lang=en-US Arçelik A.Ş.].
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Nano-crossbar arrays have emerged as a strong candidate technology to replace CMOS in near future. They are regular and dense structures. Computing with crossbar arrays is achieved by its crosspoints behaving as switches, either two-terminal or four-terminal. Depending on the technology used, a two-terminal switch behaves as a diode, a resistive/memristive switch, or a field effect transistor (FET). On the other hand, a four-terminal switch has a unique behavior. While there have been many different technologies proposed for two-terminal switch based arrays, technology development for four-terminal switch based arrays, called switching lattices, has recently started.
  
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For both two-terminal and four-terminal switch based arrays, we aim to develop a complete synthesis and performance optimization methodology for switching nano-crossbar arrays that leads to the design and construction of an emerging nanocomputer. We also aim to develeop CMOS-compatible technologies for crossbar arrays, specifically for switching lattices.
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Reliability Analysis and Prediction with Field Data</h3>
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Technology Development</h3>
  
We propose an '''accurate reliability prediction''' model for high-volume electronic products throughout their warranty periods by using field return data. Our model is constructed on a Weibull-exponential hazard rate scheme by using the '''proposed change point detection method''' based on backward and forward data analysis. Our prediction model can make a '''36-month''' (full warranty) reliability prediction of an electronic board with using its field data as short as '''3 months'''.
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Although a four-terminal switch based array offers a '''significant area advantage''', in terms of the number of switches, compared to the ones having two-terminal switches, its realization at the technology level needs
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further justifications and raises a number of questions about its
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feasibility. We answer these questions. First, by using
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three dimensional technology computer-aided design (TCAD)
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simulations, we show that '''four-terminal switches can be directly implemented with the CMOS technology'''. For this purpose, we
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try different semiconductor gate materials in different formations
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Spice model of a four-terminal switch. Finally, we successfully
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Degradation Processes in Varistors</h3>
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Performance Optimization</h3>
  
We investigate different degradation mechanisms of ZnO varistors. We propose a model showing how the varistor voltage Vv changes by time for different stress levels. For this purpose, accelerated degradation tests are applied for different AC current levels; then voltage values are measured. Different from the common practice in the literature that considers a degradation with only decreasing Vv values, we demonstrate '''either an increasing or a decreasing trend in the Vv parameter'''.
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Calibrated Accelerated Life Testing</h3>
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Dramatic decrease in failure rates for electronic products makes conventional accelerated life tests ('''ALT''') extremely time consuming and costly. Recently proposed calibrated accelerated life tests ('''CALT''') aim to use fewer samples than those used in ALT.  We thoroughly compare ALT and CALT by considering the effects of failure rate, acceleration factor, and stress level on the required test time.
 
  
 
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| width="450"|[[Media:Altun_Comert_A_Change-Point_based_Reliability_Prediction_Model_using_Field_Return_Data.pdf| A Change-Point based Reliability Prediction Model using Field Return Data]]
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| width="450"|[[Media: Safaltin_EtAl_Technology_Development_for_Switching_Lattices.pdf| Realization of Four-Terminal Switching Lattices: Technology Development and Circuit Modeling]]
 
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| [[Mustafa Altun]] and Vehbi Comert
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| width="450"| Serzat Safaltin, Oguz Gencer, Ceylan Morgul, Levent Aksoy, Sebahattin Gurmen, Csaba Andras Moritz, and [[Mustafa Altun]]
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| [http://www.journals.elsevier.com/reliability-engineering-and-system-safety Reliability Engineering and System Safety], 2016.
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| [http://rams.org/ Reliability and Maintainability Symposium (RAMS)],<br> Palm Harbor, USA, 2015.
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| width="450"| [http://www.date-conference.com/ Design, Automation and Test in Europe (DATE)], Florence, Italy, 2019.
 
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[[Media:Altun_Comert_A_Change-Point_based_Reliability_Prediction_Model_using_Field_Return_Data.pdf | Paper]]
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| width="450"|[[Media:Tunali_Morgul_Altun_Defect_Tolerant_Memristor_Crossbars.pdf | Defect Tolerant Logic Synthesis for Memristor Crossbars with Performance Evaluation]]
 
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| [http://journals.tubitak.gov.tr/elektrik/index.htm;jsessionid=848207EBE52EFE10C78B78C76A0FEAD9 Turkish Journal of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences], 2016.
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| width="450" | [http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/RecentIssue.jsp?punumber=40 IEEE Micro], Vol. 38, Issue 5, pp. 22&ndash;31, 2018.
 
|- valign="top"
 
|- valign="top"
 
| '''presented&nbsp;at''':
 
| '''presented&nbsp;at''':
| [http://esrel2015.ethz.ch/ European Safety and Reliability Conference (ESREL)],<br> Zurich, Switzerland, 2015.
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| width="450"| [http://www.date-conference.com/ Design, Automation and Test in Europe (DATE)], Dresden, Germany, 2018.
 
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<br>
 
<br>
[[Media:Yadavari_Altun_Distinct_Degradation_Processes_in_ZnO_varistors.pdf | Paper]]
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<br> [http://www.ecc.itu.edu.tr/images/d/de/Yadavari_EtAl_Effects_of_ZnO_Varistor_Degradation_on_the_Overvoltage_Protection_Mechanism_of_Electronic_Boards.pptx Slides]
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| width="450"|[[Media:Altun_EtAl_Synthesis_and_Testing_for_Switching_Nano_Crossbar_Arrays.pdf | Logic Synthesis and Testing Techniques for Switching Nano-Crossbar Arrays]]
 
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| '''authors''':
 
| '''authors''':
| Burak Sal and [[Mustafa Altun]]
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| width="450"| Dan Alexandrescu, [[Mustafa Altun]], Lorena Anghel, Anna Bernasconi, Valentina Ciriani, Luca Frontini, and Mehdi Tahoori
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| '''appeared&nbsp;in''':
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| '''presented&nbsp;at''':
 
| '''presented&nbsp;at''':
| [http://esrel2015.ethz.ch/ European Safety and Reliability Conference (ESREL)],<br> Zurich, Switzerland, 2015.
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| width="450"| [http://dsd-seaa2016.cs.ucy.ac.cy/index.php Euromicro Conference on Digital System Design (DSD)], Limassol, Cyprus, 2016.
 
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| width="450"|[[Media:Altun_Riedel_Logic_Synthesis_for_Switching_Lattices.pdf | Logic Synthesis for Switching Lattices]]
 
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| [[Mustafa Altun]] and Marc Riedel
 
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| width="450"| [http://www.computer.org/portal/web/tc IEEE Transactions on Computers], Vol. 61, Issue 11, pp. 1588&ndash;1600, 2012.
 
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<h2 style="margin:.1em; border-bottom:1px; font-size:140%; font-weight:bold;"> Analog Circuit Design </h2>
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<h3>
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Positive Feedback</h3>
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of nano-fabrication, nano arrays show different properties both
The conventional wisdom is that analog circuits should not include positive feedback loops. As controversial as it seems, we have successfully used '''positive feedback''' for impedance improvement in a current amplifier. With adding few transistors we have achieved very low input resistance values. Additionally, we have proposed a new fully-differential current amplifier and tested it in a filter application.
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in structural and physical device levels compared to conventional
 +
technologies. Mentioned factors introduce random characteristics
 +
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 +
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of the given nano switching array and the variation values as well
 +
as their effects on performance metrics including power, delay, and
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area. Presented synthesis methodology in this study comprehensively covers the all specified factors and provides optimization
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algorithms for each step of the process.
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| width="450"|[[Media:Altun_Kuntman_Design_of_a_Fully_Differential_Current_Mode_Operational_Amplifier_with_its_Filter_Applications.pdf | Design of a Fully Differential Current Mode Operational Amplifier with its Filter Applications]]
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| width="450"|[[Media: Morgul_EtAl_Integrated_Synthesis_Methodology for_Crossbar_Arrays.pdf | Integrated Synthesis Methodology for Crossbar Arrays]]
 
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|- valign="top"
 
| '''authors''':
 
| '''authors''':
| [[Mustafa Altun]] and [http://web.itu.edu.tr/~kuntman/ Hakan Kuntman]
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| width="450"| Ceylan Morgul, Luca Frontini, Onur Tunali, Ioana Vatajelu, Valentina Ciriani, Lorena Anghel, Csaba Moritz, Mircea Stan, Dan Alexandrescu, and Mustafa Altun
|- valign="top"
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| '''appeared&nbsp;in''':
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| [http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/14348411 AEU International Journal of Electronics and Communications], <br>Vol. 62, Issue 3, pp. 39&ndash;44, 2008.
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| '''presented&nbsp;at''':
 
| '''presented&nbsp;at''':
| [http://www.glsvlsi.org/ ACM Great Lakes Symposium on VLSI (GLSVLSI)], Stresa, Italy, 2007.
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| width="450"|[http://www.nanoarch.org/ IEEE/ACM International Symposium on Nanoscale Architectures (NANOARCH)], Athens, Greece, 2018.
 
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[[Media:Altun_Kuntman_Design_of_a_Fully_Differential_Current_Mode_Operational_Amplifier_with_its_Filter_Applications.pdf | Paper]]
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In this work, we investigated the sensing challenges of spin-transfer torque MRAMs structured as nano-crossbar memories. To overcome
Self Duality Problem</h3>
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the problems of reading this type of memory, we have proposed a voltage sensing amplifier topology and compared its
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The problem of testing whether a monotone Boolean function in irredundant disjuntive normal form (IDNF) is self-dual is one of few problems in circuit/time complexity whose precise tractability status is '''unknown'''. We have focused on this '''famous problem'''. We have shown that monotone self-dual Boolean functions in IDNF do not have more variables than disjuncts. We have proposed an algorithm to test whether a monotone Boolean function in IDNF with ''n'' variables and ''n'' disjuncts is self-dual. The algorithm runs in O(n^3) time.
 
 
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| width="450"|[[Media:Altun_Riedel_A_Study_on_Monotone_Self_Dual_Boolean_Functions.pdf | A Study on Monotone Self-dual Boolean Functions]]
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| width="450"|[[Media:Atasoyu_Altun_Ozoguz_Sensing_Schemes_for_STT-MRAMs.pdf | Sensing Schemes for STT-MRAMs structured with high TMR in low RA MTJs]]
 
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| '''authors''':
 
| '''authors''':
| [[Mustafa Altun]] and [http://cadbio.com/wiki/index.php/Marc_Riedel Marc Riedel]
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| '''appeared&nbsp;in''':
| [http://www.springer.com/mathematics/applications/journal/10255 Acta Mathematicae Applicatae Sinica - English Series], <br>Vol. 32, 2016.
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| width="450"| [http://www.journals.elsevier.com/microelectronics-journal Microelectronics Journal], accepted for publication, 2019.
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| '''presented&nbsp;at''':
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| width="450"| [http://smacd2017.unisa.it/ International Conference on Synthesis, Modeling, Analysis and Simulation Methods and Applications to Circuit Design (SMACD)], Taormina, Italy, 2017.
 
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[[Media:Altun_Riedel_A_Study_on_Monotone_Self_Dual_Boolean_Functions.pdf | Paper]]
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We aim to develop a complete synthesis and performance optimization methodology for switching nano-crossbar arrays that leads to the design and construction of an emerging nanocomputer. Our objectives are 1) synthesizing Boolean functions with area optimization; 2) achieving fault tolerance; 3) performing performance optimization by considering area, delay, power, and accuracy; 4) implementing arithmetic and memory elements; and 5) realizing a synchronous state machine.

Contents

Logic Synthesis

We study implementation of Boolean functions with nano-crossbar arrays where each crosspoint behaves as a diode, a FET, and a four-terminal switch. For these three types, we give array size formulations for a given Boolean function. Additionally, we focus on four-terminal switch based implementations and propose an algorithm that implements Boolean functions with optimal array sizes.

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Selected Publications
title: Synthesis on Switching Lattices of Dimension-Reducible Boolean Functions
authors: Anna Bernasconi, Valentina Ciriani, Luca Frontini, and Gabriella Trucco
presented at: International Conference on Very Large Scale Integration (VLSI-SoC), Tallinn, Estonia, 2016

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title: Synthesis and Performance Optimization of a Switching Nano-crossbar Computer
authors: Dan Alexandrescu, Mustafa Altun, Lorena Anghel, Anna Bernasconi, Valentina Ciriani, and Mehdi Tahoori
presented at: Euromicro Conference on Digital System Design (DSD), Limassol, Cyprus, 2016.

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Developed Tools
title: Optimal Synthesis Tool
authors: Ceylan Morgul and Mustafa Altun
description: Two optimal synthesis tools Tool-1 and Tool-2 are developed in Matlab and Python, respectively. Both tools aim to synthesize a given target Boolean functions with an optimal size of four-terminal switch based arrays .

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Fault Tolerance

We examine reconfigurable crossbar arrays by considering randomly occurred stuck-open and stuck-closed crosspoint faults. In the presence of permanent faults, a fast and accurate heuristic algorithm is proposed that uses the techniques of index sorting, backtracking, and row matching. In the presence of transient faults, tolerance analysis is performed by formally and recursively determining tolerable fault positions

Since density feature of crossbar architectures is the main attracting point, we perform a detailed yield analysis by considering both uniform and non-uniform defect distributions. We formalize an approximate successful mapping probability metric for uniform distributions and determine area overheads.

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Selected Publications
title: Permanent and Transient Fault Tolerance for Reconfigurable Nano-Crossbar Arrays
authors: Onur Tunali and Mustafa Altun
appeared in: IEEE Transactions on Computer-Aided Design of Integrated Circuits and Systems, Vol. 36, Issue 5, pp. 747–760, 2017.

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title: Yield Analysis of Nano-Crossbar Arrays for Uniform and Clustered Defect Distributions
authors: Onur Tunali and Mustafa Altun
accepted at: IEEE International Conference on Electronics Circuits and Systems (ICECS), Batumi, Georgia, 2017.

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Developed Tools
title: Fault Tolerant Logic Mapping Tool
authors: Onur Tunali and Mustafa Altun
description: The tool is developed in Matlab. It aims to map logic funtions into fault crossbars such that each crosspoint has an independent fault probability up to 20%.

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title: Yield Analysis Tool
authors: Onur Tunali and Mustafa Altun
description: The tool is developed in Matlab. This tool calculates the required crossbar size in advance according to a given logic function and a defect rate. Tool accepts two parameters, logic function file and defect rate as inputs and returns the size of crossbar.

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Performance Modeling and Analysis

We introduce an accurate capacitor-resistor model for nano-crossbar arrays that is to be used for power/delay/area performance analysis and optimization. In order to find capacitor and resistor values, we investigate upper/lower value limits for technology dependent parameters including doping concentration, nanowire dimension, pitch size, and layer thickness. We also use different fan-out capacitors to test the integration capability of these technologies.

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Selected Publications
title: Power-Delay-Area Performance Modeling and Analysis for Nano-Crossbar Arrays
authors: Ceylan Morgul, Furkan Peker, and Mustafa Altun
presented at: IEEE Computer Society Annual Symposium on VLSI (ISVLSI), Pittsburgh, USA, 2016.

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Poster


Technology Development and Performance Optimization

Nano-crossbar arrays have emerged as a strong candidate technology to replace CMOS in near future. They are regular and dense structures. Computing with crossbar arrays is achieved by its crosspoints behaving as switches, either two-terminal or four-terminal. Depending on the technology used, a two-terminal switch behaves as a diode, a resistive/memristive switch, or a field effect transistor (FET). On the other hand, a four-terminal switch has a unique behavior. While there have been many different technologies proposed for two-terminal switch based arrays, technology development for four-terminal switch based arrays, called switching lattices, has recently started.

For both two-terminal and four-terminal switch based arrays, we aim to develop a complete synthesis and performance optimization methodology for switching nano-crossbar arrays that leads to the design and construction of an emerging nanocomputer. We also aim to develeop CMOS-compatible technologies for crossbar arrays, specifically for switching lattices.

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Technology Development

Although a four-terminal switch based array offers a significant area advantage, in terms of the number of switches, compared to the ones having two-terminal switches, its realization at the technology level needs further justifications and raises a number of questions about its feasibility. We answer these questions. First, by using three dimensional technology computer-aided design (TCAD) simulations, we show that four-terminal switches can be directly implemented with the CMOS technology. For this purpose, we try different semiconductor gate materials in different formations of geometric shapes. Then, by fitting the TCAD simulation data to the standard CMOS current-voltage equations, we develop a Spice model of a four-terminal switch. Finally, we successfully perform Spice circuit simulations on four-terminal switches with different sizes.

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Performance Optimization

We study crossbar arrays including the memristive ones. We propose a defect-tolerant logic synthesis algorithms by considering area, delay, and power costs of the arrays.


Selected Publications
title: Realization of Four-Terminal Switching Lattices: Technology Development and Circuit Modeling
authors: Serzat Safaltin, Oguz Gencer, Ceylan Morgul, Levent Aksoy, Sebahattin Gurmen, Csaba Andras Moritz, and Mustafa Altun
presented at: Design, Automation and Test in Europe (DATE), Florence, Italy, 2019.

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title: Defect Tolerant Logic Synthesis for Memristor Crossbars with Performance Evaluation
authors: Onur Tunali and Mustafa Altun
appeared in: IEEE Micro, Vol. 38, Issue 5, pp. 22–31, 2018.
presented at: Design, Automation and Test in Europe (DATE), Dresden, Germany, 2018.

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title: Logic Synthesis and Testing Techniques for Switching Nano-Crossbar Arrays
authors: Dan Alexandrescu, Mustafa Altun, Lorena Anghel, Anna Bernasconi, Valentina Ciriani, Luca Frontini, and Mehdi Tahoori
appeared in: Microprocessors and Microsystems, Vol. 54, pp. 14–25, 2017.
presented at: Euromicro Conference on Digital System Design (DSD), Limassol, Cyprus, 2016.

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Complete Synthesis Methodology

Due to the stochastic nature of nano-fabrication, nano arrays show different properties both in structural and physical device levels compared to conventional technologies. Mentioned factors introduce random characteristics that need to be carefully considered by synthesis process. For instance, a competent synthesis methodology must consider basic technology preference for switching elements, defect or fault rates of the given nano switching array and the variation values as well as their effects on performance metrics including power, delay, and area. Presented synthesis methodology in this study comprehensively covers the all specified factors and provides optimization algorithms for each step of the process.


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Selected Publications
title: Integrated Synthesis Methodology for Crossbar Arrays
authors: Ceylan Morgul, Luca Frontini, Onur Tunali, Ioana Vatajelu, Valentina Ciriani, Lorena Anghel, Csaba Moritz, Mircea Stan, Dan Alexandrescu, and Mustafa Altun
presented at: IEEE/ACM International Symposium on Nanoscale Architectures (NANOARCH), Athens, Greece, 2018.

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Crossbar Memories

In this work, we investigated the sensing challenges of spin-transfer torque MRAMs structured as nano-crossbar memories. To overcome the problems of reading this type of memory, we have proposed a voltage sensing amplifier topology and compared its performance to that of the current sensing amplifier in terms of power, speed, and bit error rate performance.

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Selected Publications
title: Sensing Schemes for STT-MRAMs structured with high TMR in low RA MTJs
authors: Mesut Atasoyu, Mustafa Altun, Serdar Ozoguz, and Kaushik Roy
appeared in: Microelectronics Journal, accepted for publication, 2019.
presented at: International Conference on Synthesis, Modeling, Analysis and Simulation Methods and Applications to Circuit Design (SMACD), Taormina, Italy, 2017.

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