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Determining whether or not two circuits are functionally equivalent is of fundamental importance in many phases of the design of computer logic. We describe a new method for circuit equivalence which proceeds by reducing the question of whether two circuits are equivalent to a number of more easily answered questions concerning the equivalence of smaller, related circuits. This method can be used to extend the power of any given equivalence-checking algorithm. We report the results of experiments evaluating our technique.
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Berman, C.L., Trevillyan, L.H. (2003). Functional Comparison of Logic Designs for VLSI Circuits. In: Kuehlmann, A. (eds) The Best of ICCAD. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-0292-0_3
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