Publications

Journal Papers

1. J. Sweeney, R. Purdy, R. D. Blanton and L. Pileggi, “CircuitGraph: A Python Package for Boolean Circuits,” The Journal of Open Source Software, Dec. 2020.[PDF]

2. Q. Huang, C. Fang, S. Mittal and R. D. Blanton, “Towards Smarter Diagnosis: A Learning-based Diagnostic Outcome Previewer,” ACM Transactions on Design Automation of Electronic Systems, vol. 25, no. 5, Aug. 2020.[PDF]

3. C. Nguyen, X. Li, R. D. Blanton and X. Li "Partial Bayesian Co-training For Virtual Metrology," in IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics, Jan. 2019.[PDF]

4. R. Ding, Z. Liu, R. D. Blanton and D. Marculescu, "Lightening the Load with Highly Accurate Storage- and Energy-Efficient LightNNs," in ACM Transactions on Reconfigurable Technology and Systems, 2018.[PDF]

5. M. Beckler and R. D. Blanton, "On-Chip Diagnosis of Generalized Delay Failures using Compact Fault Dictionaries," IEEE Transactions on CAD, Feb. 2018.[PDF]

6. X. Ren, F. P. Torres, R. D. Blanton and V. G. Tavares, "C Protection Against JTAG-based Attacks," IEEE Transactions on CAD, Feb. 2018.[PDF]

7. Y. Xue, X. Li and R. D. Blanton, "Improving Diagnostic Resolution of Failing ICs through Learning," IEEE Transactions on CAD, Sept. 2016. [PDF]

8. R. D. Blanton, F. Wang, C. Xue, PK Nag, Y. Xue and X. Li, "DFM Evaluation using IC Diagnosis Data," IEEE Transactions on CAD, July 2016. [PDF]

9. H. Wang and R. D. Blanton, "Ensemble Reduction via Logic Minimization," ACM Design Automation of Electronic Systems (TOADES), Vol. 21, No. 4, Sept. 2016. [PDF]

10. W. C. Tam and R. D. Blanton, “LASIC: Layout Analysis for Systematic IC-Defect Identification using Clustering,” IEEE Transactions on CAD, Vol. 34, No. 8, Aug. 2016. [PDF]

11. W. C. Tam and R. D. Blanton, “Design-for-Manufacturability Assessment for Integrated Circuits using RADAR,” IEEE Transactions on CAD, Vol. 33, No. 10, pp. 1559-1572, Oct. 2014. [PDF]

12. S. Biswas, H.-F. Wang and R. D. Blanton, “Reducing Test Cost of Integrated, Heterogeneous Systems using Pass-Fail Test Data Analysis,” ACM Transactions on Design Automation of Electronic Systems, Vol. 19, No. 2, pp. 20:1--20:23, March 2014. [PDF]

13. W. C. Tam and R. D. Blanton, “Physically-Aware Analysis of Systematic Defects in Integrated Circuits,” IEEE Design & Test of Computers, Vol. 12, No. 5, pp. 81-93, Sep./Oct. 2012. [PDF]

14. X. Yu and R. D. Blanton, “Improving Diagnosis through Failing Behavior Identification,” IEEE Transactions on CAD, Vol. 31, No. 10, pp. 1614-1625, Oct. 2012. [PDF]

15. X. Yu and R. D. Blanton, “Diagnosis-assisted Adaptive Test,” IEEE Transactions on CAD, Vol. 31, No. 9, pp. 1405-1416, Sept. 2012. [PDF]

16. W. C. Tam and R. D. Blanton, “SLIDER: Simulation of Layout-Injected Defects for Electrical Responses,” IEEE Transactions on CAD, Vol. 31, No. 6, pp. 918-929, June 2012. [PDF]

17. R. D. Blanton, W. C. Tam, X. Yu, J. E. Nelson and O. Poku, “Yield Learning through Physically-Aware Diagnosis of IC-Failure Populations,” IEEE Design & Test of Computers, Vol. 29, No. 1, pp. 36-47, Jan./Feb. 2012. [PDF]

18. Y.-T. Lin, O. Poku, P. Nigh, P. Lloyd, V. Iyengar and R. D. Blanton, “Physically-Aware N-Detect Test,” IEEE Transactions on CAD, Vol. 31, No. 2, pp. 308-321, Feb. 2012. [PDF]

19. W. Zhang, X. Li, F. Liu, E. Acar, R. A. Rutenbar, and R. D. Blanton, “Virtual Probe: A Statistical Framework for Low-Cost Silicon Characterization of Nanoscale Integrated Circuits,” IEEE Transactions on CAD, Vol. 30, No. 12, pp. 1814-1827, Dec. 2011. [PDF]

20. Y.-T Lin and R. D. Blanton, “METER: Measuring Test Effectiveness Regionally,” IEEE Transactions on CAD, Vol. 30, No. 7, pp. 1058-1071, July 2011. [PDF]

21. S. Biswas and R. D. Blanton, “Reducing Test Execution Cost of Integrated, Heterogeneous Systems using Continuous Test Data,” IEEE Transactions on CAD, Volume 30, No. 1, pp. 148-158, Jan. 2011. [PDF]

22. D. Ricketts et al, “Enhancing CMOS using Nanoelectronic Devices, a Perspective on Hybrid Integrated Systems,” Proceedings of the IEEE, Vol. 98, No. 12, pp. 2061 – 2075, Dec. 2010. [PDF]

23. X. Yu and R. D. Blanton, “Diagnosis of Integrated Circuits with Multiple Defects of Arbitrary Characteristics,” IEEE Transactions on CAD, Vol. 29, No. 6, pp. 977-987, June 2010. [PDF]

24. J. G. Brown and R. D. Blanton, “A Built-In Self-Test and Diagnosis Strategy for Chemically-Assembled Electronic Nanotechnology,” Journal of Electronic Testing: Theory and Applications, vol. 23, no. 2/3 pp. 131–144, June 2007. [PDF]

25. R. D. Blanton, K. N. Dwarakanath and R. Desineni, “Fault Modeling using Fault Tuples,” IEEE Transactions on CAD, vol. 25, no. 11, pp. 2450-2464, Nov. 2006. [PDF]

26. T. Jiang and R. D. Blanton, “Inductive Fault Analysis of Inertial MEMS,” IEEE Transactions on CAD, vol. 25, no. 6, pp. 1104-1116, June 2006.

27. S. Biswas and R. D. Blanton, “Statistical Test Compaction Using Binary Decision Trees,” IEEE Design & Testof Computers, vol. 23, no. 6, pp. 452-462, June 2006. [PDF]

28. J. E. Nelson, T. Zanon, J. G. Brown, O. Poku, R. D. Blanton, W. Maly, B. Benware and C. Schuermyer, “Extracting Defect Density and Size Distributions from Product ICs,” IEEE Design & Test of Computers, vol. 23, no. 5, pp. 390-400, May 2006. [PDF]

29. N. Deb and R. D. Blanton, “Built-in Self Test of MEMS Accelerometers,” IEEE Journal ofMicroelectromechanical Systems,” vol. 15, no. 1, pp. 52-68, Feb. 2006. [PDF]

30. R. D. Blanton and J. P. Hayes, “On the Properties of the Input Pattern Fault Model,” ACM Transactions on Design Automation of Electronic Systems, vol. 8, no. 1, pp. 1–17, Jan. 2003.

31. K. Heeragu, M. Sharma, R. Kundu and R. D. Blanton, “Test Vector Generation for Charge Sharing Failures in Dynamic Logic,” IEEE Transactions on Computer-Aided Design, vol. 21, no. 12, pp. 1502–1508, Dec. 2002. [PDF]

32. R. Arunachalam, R. D. Blanton and L. T. Pileggi, “Accurate Coupling-Centric Timing Analysis Incorporating Temporal and Functional Isolation,” VLSI Design (Special Issue on Timing Analysis and Optimization for DSM ICs), vol. 15, pp. 605-618, 2002. [PDF]

33. P. K. Nag, S. Wei, A. Gattiker, R. D. Blanton and W. Maly, “Modeling Economics of Testing: A DFT Perspective,” IEEE Design & Test of Computers, vol. 19, no. 1, pp. 29–41, Jan./Feb. 2001. [PDF]

34. N. Deb, S. Iyer, T. Mukherjee and R. D. Blanton, “MEMS Resonator Synthesis for Defect Reduction,” Applied Computational Research Society (ACRS) Journal of Modeling and Simulation of MEMS, vol. 2, no. 1, pp. 11–20, 2001.

35. N. Deb and R. D. Blanton, “High-Level Fault Modeling in Surface-Micromachined MEMS,” Kluwer Journal on Analog Integrated Circuits and Signal Processing, vol. 29, no. 1/2, pp. 151–158, Oct./Nov. 2001. [PDF]

36. N. Utamaphethai, R. D. Blanton and J. P. Shen, “On the Effectiveness of Microarchitecture Test Program Generation,” IEEE Design & Test of Computers, vol. 17, no. 4, pp. 38–49, Sept.-Dec. 2000. [PDF]

37. R. D. Blanton and J. P. Hayes, “On the Design of Fast, Easily Testable ALUs,” IEEE Transactions on VLSI Systems, vol. 8, no. 2, pp. 220–223, April 2000. [PDF]

38. N. Utamaphethai, R. D. Blanton and J. P. Shen, “A Buffer-Oriented Methodology for Microarchitecture Validation,” Journal of Electronic Testing: Theory and Applications, vol. 16, no. 1/2, pp. 49–65, Feb. 2000. [PDF]

39. T. Mukherjee, R. D. Blanton and G. K. Fedder, “Hierarchical Design and Test of Integrated Microsystems,” IEEE Design & Test of Computers, pp. 18–27, vol. 16, no. 4, Oct.-Dec. 1999. [PDF]

40. A. Kolpekwar, T. Jiang and R. D. Blanton, “CARAMEL: Contamination and Reliability Analysis of Microelectromechanical Layout,” IEEE Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems, vol. 8, no. 3, pp. 1–10, Sept. 1999. [PDF]

41. C. Bechem, J. Combs, N. Utamaphethai, B. Black, R. D. Blanton and J. P. Shen, “An Integrated Functional Performance Simulator,” IEEE Micro, pp. 26–35, May-June 1999. [PDF]

42. R. D. Blanton and J. P. Hayes, “Testability of Divergent Tree Circuits,” Journal of Electronic Testing, no. 11, pp. 197-209, Dec. 1997. [PDF]

43. R. D. Blanton and J. P. Hayes, “Testability of Convergent Tree Circuits,” IEEE Transactions on Computers, vol. 45, no. 8, pp. 950–963, Aug. 1996. [PDF]