Fast reliability analysis of combinatorial logic circuits using conditional probabilities

摘要

Probabilistic reliability analysis is a common approach in logic circuit reliability analysis. Existing methods suffer from accuracy or scalability problems for large circuits because of combinatorial explosion. In this work we show how the use of conditional probabilities can overcome scalability problems while maintaining accurate reliability estimation. The source of accuracy and scalability problems in these approaches is the presence of reconverging signals. An efficient use of conditional probabilities used to decorrelate signals allows for fast and accurate reliability analysis.