) Abstract— Static timing analysis is instrumental in efficiently verifying a design’s temporal behavior to ensure correct functionality at the required frequency. This paper addresses static timing analysis in the presence of cross talk for circuits containing levelsensitive latches, typical in high-performance designs. The paper focuses on two problems. First, coupling in a sequential circuit...

A switch, mechanical or electrical, is a fundamental building element of digital systems. The theory of switching networks, or simply circuits, dates back to Shannon’s thesis (1937), where he employed Boolean algebra for reasoning about the functionality of switching networks, and graph theory for describing and manipulating their structure. Following this classic approach, one can deduce funct...

This paper describes the benefits of using controlled switching technology on medium voltage circuit breakers. Although this technology has been used on high voltage networks for over 30 years, recent technological advances have permitted the development of a new generation of controlled switching devices for medium voltage. This paper reviews controlled switching device approaches, describes m...

This paper is related to comparison of two switching techniques that can be applied to asymmetric bridge converter driven switched reluctance machine. Switched reluctance motor operation principles are discussed. Theoretical circuit operation description and Matlab simulation software are used for switching technique comparison. After analysis shows that modification of switching technique have...

The unavoidable nonidealities with switching delay in current-mode-controlled buck converters have been reported in the literature. Investigations are carried out on the dynamical mechanism and its experimental validation on an interrupted circuit with switching delay. Switching delay is seen to influence a region of a two-valued function on a discrete map, and to induce the coexistence of a pe...

A novel topology for a soft-switching buck dc– dc converter with a coupled inductor is proposed. The soft-switching buck converter has advantages over the traditional hardswitching converters. The most significant advantage is that it offers a lower switching loss. This converter operates under a zero-current switching condition at turn on and a zero-voltage switching condition at turn off. It ...

This paper proposes a new analytical model of PCS in torus in the presence of hot spot traffic pattern. Results from simulation experiments show close agreement with those predicted by the analytical model.

Traditionally, research into circuit-switched (C-S) networks has been divided into two areas, reliability and performance, each making little reference to the other. More recently, however, research has focused on unification of the two. One possible choice for a combined performance and reliability measure is the overall network grade-of-service (NGOS), i.e. the overall probability of blocking...