Conference Articles (up to 2003)

E. Malavasi, E. Charbon, G. Jusuf, R. Totaro and A. Sangiovanni-Vincentelli,
Virtual Symmetry Axes for the Layout of Analog ICs ,
In Proc. ICVC, pages 195-198, Seoul, Korea, October 1991

E. Charbon, E. Malavasi, U. Choudhury, A. Casotto and A. Sangiovanni-Vincentelli,
A Constraint-Driven Placement Methodology for Analog Integrated Circuits ,
In Proc. IEEE Custom Integrated Circuits Conference, pages 2821-2824, Boston, May 1992

H. Chang, A. Sangiovanni-Vincentelli, F. Balarin, E. Charbon, U. Choudhury, G. Jusuf, E. Liu, E. Malavasi, R. Neff and P. Gray,
A Top-down, Constraint-Driven Design Methodology for Analog Integrated Circuits,
In Proc. IEEE Custom Integrated Circuit Conference, pages 841-846, Boston, May 1992.

E. Felt, E. Charbon, E. Malavasi and A. Sangiovanni-Vincentelli,
An Efficient Methodology for Symbolic Compaction of Analog IC's with Multiple Symmetry Constraints ,
In Proc. EuroDAC, pages 148-153, Hamburg, Germany, September 1992

E. Felt, E. Malavasi, E. Charbon and A. Sangiovanni-Vincentelli,
Performance-Driven Compaction for Analog Integrated Circuits ,
In Proc. IEEE Custom Integrated Circuit Conference, pages 1731-1735, San Diego, May 1993

E. Charbon, E. Malavasi and A. Sangiovanni-Vincentelli,
Generalized Constraint Generation for Analog Circuit Design ,
In Proc. IEEE International Conference on Computer Aided Design, pages 408-414, Santa Clara, November 1993

E. Charbon, E. Malavasi, D. Pandini and A. Sangiovanni-Vincentelli,
Imposing Tight Specifications on Analog IC's through Simultaneous Placement and Module Optimization,
In Proc. IEEE Custom Integrated Circuit Conference, pages 525-528, San Diego, May 1994

H. Chang, E. Liu, R. Neff, E. Felt, E. Malavasi, E. Charbon, A. Sangiovanni-Vincentelli and P. R. Gray,
Top-Down, Constraint-Driven Methodology Based Generation of n-bit Interpolative Current Source D/A Converters ,
In Proc. IEEE Custom Integrated Circuit Conference, pages 369-372, San Diego, May 1994

E. Charbon, E. Malavasi, D. Pandini, A. Sangiovanni-Vincentelli,
Simultaneous Placement and Module Optimization of Analog IC's ,
In Proc. IEEE Design Automation Conference, pages 31-35, San Diego, June 1994

E. Charbon, G. Holmlund, B. Donecker, A. Sangiovanni-Vincentelli,
A Performance-Driven Router for RF and Microwave Analog Circuit Design ,
in Proc. IEEE Custom Integrated Circuit Conference, pages 383-386, Santa Clara, May 1995

P. Miliozzi, L. Carloni, E. Charbon, A. Sangiovanni-Vincentelli,
SubWave: a Methodology for Modeling Digital Substrate Noise Injection in Mixed-Signal ICs ,
in Proc. IEEE Custom Integrated Circuit Conference, pages 385-388, San Diego, May 1996

P. Miliozzi, I. Vassiliou, E. Charbon, E. Malavasi, A. Sangiovanni-Vincentelli,
Use of Sensitivities and Generalized Substrate Models in Mixed-Signal IC Design ,
in Proc. IEEE Design Automation Conference, pages 227-232, Las Vegas, June 1996.

E. Charbon, P. Miliozzi, E. Malavasi, A. Sangiovanni-Vincentelli,
Generalized Constraint Generation in the Presence of Non-Deterministic Parasitics ,
In Proc. IEEE International Conference on Computer Aided Design, pages 187-192, San Jose, November 1996.

E. Charbon, R. Gharpurey, R. G. Meyer, A. Sangiovanni-Vincentelli,
Semi-Analytical Techniques for Substrate Characterization in the Design of Mixed-Signal ICs ,
In Proc. IEEE International Conference on Computer Aided Design, pages 455-462, San Jose, November 1996.

I. Vassiliou, H. Chang, A. Demir, E. Charbon, P. Miliozzi, A. Sangiovanni-Vincentelli,
A Video Driver System Designed Using a Top-Down, Constraint-Driven Methodology ,
In Proc. IEEE International Conference on Computer Aided Design, pages 463-468, San Jose, November 1996.

E. Charbon, E. Malavasi, P. Miliozzi, A. Sangiovanni-Vincentelli,
Generation and Handling of Non-Deterministic Parasitic Constraints in Analog and Mixed-Signal IC Layout Synthesis ,
In Proc. Sixth Workshop on Synthesis And System Integration of MIxed Technologies, pages 221-227, Fukuoka, Japan, November 1996.

E. Malavasi, J. Ganley, E. Charbon,
Quick Placement with Geometric Constraints ,
In Proc. IEEE Custom Integrated Circuit Conference, pages 561-564, San Diego, May 1997.

B.G. Arsintescu, E. Charbon, E. Malavasi,
AC Constraint Transformation for Top-Down Analog Design ,
In Proc. IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems, Monterey, pages 126-30, vol.6, June 1998.

B.G. Arsintescu, E. Charbon, E. Malavasi, U. Choudhury, W. Kao,
General AC Constraint Transformation for Analog ICs
In Proc. IEEE Design Automation Conference, pages 38-43, San Francisco, June 1998.

E. Malavasi and E. Charbon,
Constraint Transformation for IC Physical Design
In Proc. IEEE Workshop on Statistical Metrology, Hawaii, pages 46-49, June 1998.

E. Malavasi, E. Charbon, B.G. Arsintescu, W. Kao,
A Constraint Management System for IC Physical Design
In Proc. XI Brazilian Symposium on Integrated Circuit Design, pages 240-243, Rio de Janeiro, October 1998.

E. Charbon and J. Phillips,
Substrate Noise: Analysis, Models, and Optimization (INVITED)
In Proc. VLSI, pages 456-472, Lisbon, December 1999.

E. Charbon, L. M. Silveira, P. Miliozzi,
A Benchmark Suite for Substrate Analysis
In Proc. Asia South-Pacific Design Automation Conference, pages 617-621, Tokyo, January 2000.

S. Zanella, A. Neviani, E. Zanoni, P. Miliozzi, E. Charbon, C. Guardiani, L. Carloni, and A. Sangiovanni-Vincentelli,
Modeling of Substrate Noise Innjected by Digital IP Libraries
In Proc. IEEE International Symposium on Quality Electronic Design, San Jose, March 2001.


IP Protection Papers (up to 2003)

E. Charbon,
Hierarchical Watermarking in IC Design ... (PDF), ,
In Proc. IEEE Custom Integrated Circuit Conference, pages 295-298, Santa Clara, May 1998.

E. Charbon and I. Torunoglu,
Intellectual Property Protection Via Hierarchical Watermarking ... (PDF),
In Proc. International Workshop On IP Based Synthesis and System Design, Grenoble, December 1998.

E. Charbon and I. Torunoglu,
Watermarking Layout Topologies ... (PDF),
In Proc. Asia-South Pacific Design Automation Conference, pages 213-216, Hong Kong, January 1999.

I. Torunoglu and E. Charbon,
Watermarking-Based Copyright Protection of Sequential Functions ... (PDF),
In Proc. IEEE Custom Integrated Circuit Conference, pages 35-38, San Diego, May 1999.

E. Charbon and I. Torunoglu,
Copyright Protection of Designs Based on Multi Source IPs,
In Proc. IEEE International Conference on Computer Aided Design, pages 591-595, November 1999.

E. Charbon and I. Torunoglu,
Digital Fingerprinting of Virtual Components ... (PDF),
In Proc. International Workshop On IP Based Synthesis and System Design, pages 221-224, Grenoble, December 1999.

E. Charbon and I. Torunoglu,
On Intellectual Property Protection (INVITED},
In Proc. IEEE Custom Integrated Circuits Conference, pages 517-523, Orlando, May 2000.

E. Charbon and I. Torunoglu,
Watermarking Techniques for Electronic Circuit Design,
In Proc. International Workshop on Digital Watermarking, pages 173-195, November 2002.


Books, Ed. Books, Journals, Guest Editorials (up to 2003)

H. Baltes, E.Charbon, M. Parameswaran, and A. Robinson
Humidity-sensitive Oscillator Fabricated in Double Poly CMOS Technology ,
Sensors and Actuators B (Chemical), vol. B 1, no. 1-6, pages 441-445, Jan 1990

A. Nathan, E. Charbon, W. Kung and A. Salim,
Low-Frequency Noise Correlations in Lateral PNP Bipolar Transistors ,
Canadian Journal of Physics, vol.70, no.10-11, pages 1112-17, Oct.-Nov. 1992

P. Xiao, E. Charbon, A. Sangiovanni-Vincentelli, T. van Duzer and S. Whiteley,
INDEX: An Inductance Extractor for Superconducting Circuits ,
IEEE Trans. on Applied Superconductivity, vol.3, no.1, pt.4, pages 2629-32, March 1993

E. Malavasi, H. Chang, A. Sangiovanni-Vincentelli, E. Charbon, U. Choudhury, G. Jusuf, E. Liu, and R. Neff,
A Top-down, Constraint-Driven Design Methodology for Analog Integrated Circuits ,
In Ed. Book. Analog Circuit Design, pages 285-324, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, The Netherlands, 1993

E. Malavasi, E. Felt, E. Charbon, A. Sangiovanni-Vincentelli,
Performance-Driven Compaction of Analog IC's ,
In International Journal of Circuit Theory and Applications, Special Issue on Analog Tools for Circuit Design, pages 433-452, John Wiley & Sons, July-August 1995.

E. Malavasi, E. Charbon, E. Felt, A. Sangiovanni-Vincentelli,
Automation of IC Layout with Analog Constraints ,
In IEEE Trans. on Computer Aided Design, Vol. CAD-15, no.8, pages 923-942, August 1996.

E. Charbon, E. Malavasi, P. Miliozzi, A. Sangiovanni-Vincentelli,
Non-Deterministic Constraint Generation for Analog and Mixed-Signal Layout ,
In IEICE Trans. on Inf. & Syst., Vol. E80-D, no.10, pages 1032-1043, October 1997.

H. Chang, E. Charbon, U. Choudhury, A. Demir, E. Felt, E. Liu, E. Malavasi, A. Sangiovanni-Vincentelli, and I. Vassiliou,
A Top-Down, Constraint-Driven Design Methodology for Analog ICs,
Kluwer Academics Publishers, 1996.

E. Charbon, R. Gharpurey, R. G. Meyer, and A. Sangiovanni-Vincentelli,
Substrate Optimization Based on Semi-Analytical Techniques,
In IEEE Trans. on Computer Aided Design, Vol. CAD-18, no.2, pages 172-190, February 1999.

E. Charbon, P. Miliozzi, L. Carloni, A. Ferrari, and A. Sangiovanni-Vincentelli,
Modeling Digital Substrate Noise Injection in Mixed-Signal ICs,
In IEEE Trans. on Computer Aided Design, Vol. CAD-18, no.3, pages 301-310, March 1999.

E. Malavasi and E. Charbon,
Constraint Transformation for IC Physical Design,
In IEEE Trans. on Semiconductor Manufacturing, Vol. 12, No. 4, pages 386-395, November 1999.

E. Charbon, R. Gharpurey, P. Miliozzi, R.G. Meyer, and A. Sangiovanni-Vincentelli,
Substrate Noise: Analysis and Optimization for IC Design,
Kluwer Academics Publishers, March 2001.

I. Torunoglu and E. Charbon,
Watermarking-Based Copyright Protection of Sequential Functions,
In IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits, Vol. 35, no. 3, pages 434-440, March 2000.

E. Charbon and R. Saleh,
Guest Editorial,
In IEEE Trans. on Computer Aided Design, Vol. CAD-19, no. 6, June 2000.

P. Miliozzi, L. Carloni, E. Charbon,
Modeling Substrate Injection in Digital Circuit Design,
Edited Book, 2002.

E. Charbon and I. Torunoglu,
Watermarking Techniques for Electronic Circuit Design,
In Lecture Notes on Computer Science, Springer Verlag, Vol. 2613, pp. 147-169, May 2003.

E. Charbon, F. Svelto, and S. Wilton
Guest Editorial,
In IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits, Vol. SC-38, no. 3, March 2003.


Technical Reports

E. Charbon and F. Gueissaz,
A 100 psec Unit Delay Ring Oscillator Integrated in GaAs Technology ,
Technical Report, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH), Zurich, December 1986

E. Charbon,
A TDMA-Cellular Communication System. Analysis and Prototype Simulation ,
Technical Report, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH), Zurich, July 1987

E. Charbon,
New Evaluation of Ultrasound Backscattering Signals ,
Thesis, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH), Zurich, April 1988

E. Charbon, G. Holmlund, A. Sangiovanni-Vincentelli, and B. Donecker,
A Performance-Driven Router for RF and Microwave Analog Circuit Design ,
ERL Memo No. UCB/ERL M94/40, University of California, Berkeley, May 1994

Analog CAD Group Publications