This book will explain how to verify SoC (Systems on Chip) logic designs using "formal" and "semiformal" verification techniques. The critical issue to be addressed is whether the functionality of the design is the one that the designers intended. Simulation has been used for checking the correctness of SoC designs (as in "functional" verification), but many subtle design errors cannot be caught by simulation. Recently, formal verification, giving mathematical proof of the correctness of designs, has been gaining popularity.

For higher design productivity, it is essential to debug designs...

This book describes the application of c–axis aligned crystalline In–Ga–Zn oxide (CAAC–IGZO) technology in large–scale integration (LSI) circuits. The applications include Non–volatile Oxide Semiconductor Random Access Memory (NOSRAM), Dynamic Oxide Semiconductor Random Access Memory (DOSRAM), central processing unit (CPU), field–programmable gate array (FPGA), image sensors, and etc. The book also covers the device physics (e.g., off–state characteristics) of the CAAC–IGZO field effect transistors (FETs) and process technology for a hybrid structure of CAAC–IGZO and Si...