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 LIST OF RECENT PUBLICATIONS (from year 2006)

 

 

 

 

International journals

M. Alioto, G. Palumbo, "Design strategies of Cascaded CML Gates," IEEE Transactions on CAS - part II, vol. 53, no. 2, pp. 85-89, Feb. 2006.

T. Addabbo, M. Alioto, A. Fort, S. Rocchi, V. Vignoli, "A Feedback Strategy to Improve the Entropy of a Chaos-Based Random Bit Generator," IEEE Transactions on CAS – Part I, vol. 53, no. 2, pp. 326-337, Feb. 2006.

T. Addabbo, M. Alioto, A. Fort, S. Rocchi, V. Vignoli, "Low Hardware Complexity PRBGs Based on a Piecewise-Linear Chaotic Map," IEEE Transactions on CAS – Part II, vol. 53, no. 5, pp. 329-333, May 2006.

M. Alioto, A. D. Grasso, G. Palumbo, "Design of Cascaded ECL Gates with a Power Constraint", IEE  Electronics Letters, vol. 42, no. 4, pp. 211- 212, 16th February 2006.

M. Alioto, G. Palumbo, M. Poli, "Energy Consumption in RC Tree Circuits", IEEE Trans. on VLSI Systems, vol. 14, no. 5, pp. 452-461, May 2006.

T. Addabbo, M. Alioto, A. Fort, S. Rocchi, V. Vignoli, "The Digital Tent Map: Performance Analysis and Optimized Design as a Source of Pseudo-Random Bits," IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement, vol. 55, no. 5, pp. 1451-1458, Oct. 2006.

M. Alioto, L. Pancioni, S. Rocchi, V. Vignoli, "Exploiting Hysteresys in MCML Circuits", IEEE Trans. on Circuits and Systems - part II, vol. 53, no. 11, pp. 1170-1174, Nov. 2006.

M. Alioto, R. Mita, G. Palumbo, "Design of High-Speed Power-Efficient MOS Current-Mode Logic Frequency Dividers", IEEE Trans. on Circuits and Systems - part II, vol. 53, no. 11, pp. 1165-1169, Nov. 2006.

M. Alioto, G. Palumbo, "Power-Aware Design Techniques for Nanometer MOS Current-Mode Logic Gates: a Design Framework," IEEE Circuits and Systems Magazine, vol. 6, no. 4, pp. 40-59, 2006.

M. Alioto, G. Palumbo, "Impact of Supply Voltage Variations on Full Adder Delay: Analysis and Comparison," IEEE Trans. on VLSI Systems, vol. 14, no. 12, pp. 1322-1335, Dec. 2006.

M. Alioto, G. Di Cataldo, G. Palumbo, "Mixed Full Adder Topologies for High-Performance Low-Power Arithmetic Circuits," Microelectronics Journal, vol. 38, no. 1, pp. 130-139, Jan. 2007.

T. Addabbo, M. Alioto, A. Fort, A. Pasini, S.Rocchi, V. Vignoli, "A Class of Maximum-Period Nonlinear Congruential Generators Derived From the Rényi Chaotic Map", IEEE Trans. on Circuits and Systems - part I, vol. 54, no. 4, pp. 816-828, April 2007.

M. Alioto, G. Palumbo, "Interconnect-Aware Design of Fast Large Fan-In CMOS Multiplexers," accepted to IEEE Trans. on Circuits and Systems – part II.

M. Alioto, L. Pancioni, S. Rocchi, V. Vignoli, "Power-Delay-Area-Noise Margin Trade-offs in Positive-Feedback Source-Coupled Logic Gates," accepted to IEEE Trans. on Circuits and Systems – part I.

M. Alioto, G. Palumbo, "Very Fast Carry Energy Efficient Computation based on Mixed Dynamic/Transmission-Gate Full Adders," accepted to IEE Electronics letters.

M. Alioto, G. Palumbo, "Power-Aware Design of Nanometer MCML Tapered Buffers," accepted to IEEE Trans. on Circuits and Systems – part II.

M. Alioto, G. Palumbo, M. Poli, "Analysis and Modeling of Energy Consumption in RLC Tree Circuits," IEEE Trans. on VLSI Systems, vol. 17, no. 2, pp. 278-291, Feb. 2009.

M. Agostinelli, M. Alioto, D. Esseni, L. Selmi, "Leakage-Delay Tradeoff in FinFET Logic Circuits: a Comparative Analysis with Bulk Technology," in print on IEEE Trans. on VLSI Systems.

M. Alioto, M. Poli, S. Rocchi, “Differential Power Analysis Attacks to Precharged Busses: a General Analysis for Symmetric-Key Cryptographic Algorithms,” in print on IEEE Trans. on Dependable and Secure Computing.

A. Tajalli, M. Alioto, Y. Leblebici, “Improving power-delay performance of ultralow-power subthreshold SCL circuits,” IEEE Trans. on Circuits and Systems – part II, vol. 56, no. 2, pp. 127-131, Feb. 2009.

M. Alioto, M. Poli, S. Rocchi, “A general power model of Differential Power Analysis attacks to static logic circuits,” in print on IEEE Trans. on VLSI Systems.

M. Alioto, G. Palumbo, M. Pennisi, “Understanding the Effect of Process Variations on the Delay of Static and Domino Logic,” in print on IEEE Trans. on VLSI Systems

M. Alioto, L. Giancane, G. Scotti, A. Trifiletti, “Leakage Power Analysis Attacks: a Novel Class of Attacks to Nanometer Cryptographic Circuits,” in print on IEEE Trans. on Circuits and Systems – part I

M. Alioto, G. Palumbo, M. Poli, “Simple and Accurate Modeling of the Output Transition Time in Nanometer CMOS Gates,” in print on International Journal of Circuit Theory and Applications

T. Addabbo, M. Alioto, A. Fort, S. Rocchi, V. Vignoli, “A variability-tolerant feedback technique for throughput maximization of TRBGs with predefined entropy,” in print on the Special Issue “Advances in oscillator analysis and design” of the Journal of Circuits, Systems, and Computers

M. Alioto, E. Consoli, G. Palumbo, “Flip-Flop Energy/Performance versus Clock Slope and Impact on the Clock Network Design,” in print on IEEE Trans. on Circuits and Systems – part I

M. Alioto, E. Consoli, G. Palumbo, “General Strategies to Design Nanometer Flip-Flops in the Energy-Delay Space,” in print on IEEE Trans. on Circuits and Systems – part I

M. Alioto, “Understanding DC Behavior of Subthreshold CMOS Logic through Closed-Form Analysis,” in print on IEEE Trans. on Circuits and Systems – part I

M. Alioto, ”Comparative Evaluation of Layout Density in 3T, 4T and MT FinFET Standard Cells,” in print on IEEE Trans. on VLSI Systems

M. Alioto, E. Consoli, G. Palumbo, ”Analysis and Comparison in the Energy-Delay-Area Domain of Nanometer CMOS Flip-Flops: Part I - Methodology and Design Strategies,” in print on IEEE Trans. on VLSI Systems

M. Alioto, E. Consoli, G. Palumbo, “Analysis and Comparison in the Energy-Delay-Area Domain of Nanometer CMOS Flip-Flops: Part II – Results and Figures of Merit,” in print on IEEE Trans. on VLSI Systems

 

International conference proceedings

T. Addabbo, M. Alioto, A. Fort, S. Rocchi, V. Vignoli, "Uniform-Distributed Noise Generator Based on a Chaotic Circuit", Proc of IMTC 2006, pp. 1156-1160, Sorrento (Italy), April 2006.

M. Alioto, G. Palumbo, "Delay Uncertainty Due to Supply Variations in Static and Dynamic Full Adders", Proc. of ISCAS 2006, pp. 767-770, Kos (Greece), May 2006.

M. Alioto, G. Palumbo, "Nanometer MCML Gates: Models and Design Considerations", Proc. of ISCAS 2006, pp. 3862-3865, Kos (Greece), May 2006.

M. Alioto, L. Pancioni, S. Rocchi, V. Vignoli, "Analysis and Design of MCML Gates with Hysteresis", Proc. of ISCAS 2006, pp. 1263-1266, Kos (Greece), May 2006.

M. Alioto, G. Palumbo, M. Poli, "Efficient Output Transition Time Modeling in CMOS Gates with Ramp/Exponential Inputs", Proc. of ISCAS 2006, pp. 5127-5130, Kos (Greece), May 2006.

T. Addabbo, M. Alioto, A. Fort, S. Rocchi, V. Vignoli, "A Technique to Design High Entropy Chaos-Based True Random Bit Generators", Proc. of ISCAS 2006, pp. 1183-1186, Kos (Greece), May 2006.

M. Alioto, A. D. Grasso, G. Palumbo, "Design of Cascaded ECL Gates with a Power Constraint", Proc. of PRIME 2006, pp. 233-236, Otranto (Italy), June 2006.

M. Alioto, M. Poli, S. Rocchi, V. Vignoli, "Power Modeling of Precharged Address Bus and Application to Multi-bit DPA Attacks to DES Algorithm", Proc. of PATMOS 2006, pp. 593-602, Montpellier (France), Sept. 2006.

M. Alioto, M. Poli, S. Rocchi, V. Vignoli, "Techniques to Enhance the Resistance of Precharged Busses to Differential Power Analysis", Proc. of PATMOS 2006, pp. 624-633, Montpellier (France), Sept. 2006.

T. Addabbo, M. Alioto, A. Fort, S. Rocchi, V. Vignoli, "Entropy Enhancement in a Chaos-Based True Random Bit Generators", Proc. of NOLTA 2006, pp. 372-378, Bologna (Italy), Sept. 2006.

M. Alioto, R. Mita, G. Palumbo, "A Design Methodology for High-Speed Low-Power MCML Frequency Dividers", Proc. of ICECS2006, pp. 1308-1311, Nice (France), Dec. 2006.

M. Alioto, G. Palumbo, "Modeling of Delay Variability due to Supply Variations in Pass-Transistor and Static Full Adders", Proc. of ICECS2006, pp. 518-521, Nice (France), Dec. 2006.

T. Addabbo, M. Alioto, A. Fort, S. Rocchi, V. Vignoli, "Efficient Post-Processing Module for a Chaos-based Random Bit Generator", Proc. of ICECS2006, pp. 1224-1227, Nice (France), Dec. 2006.

T. Addabbo, M. Alioto, A. Fort, M. Mugnaini, S. Rocchi, V. Vignoli, "Implementation-Efficient Maximum-Period Nonlinear Congruential Generators", Proc. of IMTC 2007, Warsaw (Poland), May 2007.

M. Alioto, M. Poli, S. Rocchi, V. Vignoli, "Mixed Techniques to Protect Precharged Busses against Differential Power Analisys Attacks", Proc. of ISCAS 2007, pp. 861-864, New Orleans (USA), May 2007.

M. Alioto, G. Palumbo, "Design of Fast Large Fan-In CMOS Multiplexers Accounting for Interconnects", Proc. of SCAS 2007, pp. 3255-3258, New Orleans (USA), May 2007.

M. Alioto, G. Palumbo, "High-Speed/Low-Power Mixed Full Adder Chains: Analysis and Comparison versus Technology", Proc. of ISCAS 2007, pp. 2998-3001, New Orleans (USA), May 2007.

T. Addabbo, M. Alioto, A. Fort, S. Rocchi, V. Vignoli, "Maximum-Period PRBGs Derived From A Piecewise Linear One-Dimensional Map", Proc. of ISCAS 2007, pp. 693-696, New Orleans (USA), May 2007.

M. Alioto, G. Palumbo, "Delay Variability Due to Supply Variations in Transmission-Gate Full Adders", Proc. of ISCAS 2007, pp. 3732-3735, New Orleans (USA), May 2007.

M. Agostinelli, M. Alioto, D. Esseni, L. Selmi, "Trading off static power and dynamic performance in CMOS digital circuits: bulk versus double gate SOI MOSFETs", Proc. of ESSDERC 2007, pp. 191-194, Munich (Germany), Sept. 2007.

M. Alioto, M. Poli, S. Rocchi, V. Vignoli, "A General Model of DPA Attacks to Precharged Busses in Symmetric-Key Cryptographic Algorithms", Proc. of ECCTD 2007, pp. 368-371, Sevilla (Spain), Aug. 2007.

M. Alioto, G. Palumbo, "Very High-Speed Carry Computation based on Mixed Dynamic/Transmission-Gate Full Adders", Proc. of ECCTD 2007, pp. 799-802, Sevilla (Spain), Aug. 2007.

M. Alioto, G. Palumbo, M. Poli, "Energy Consumption in RLC Tree Circuits", Proc. of ECCTD 2007, pp. 771-774, Sevilla (Spain), Aug. 2007.

M. Alioto, "A Simple and Accurate Model of Input capacitance for Power Estimation in CMOS logic", Proc. of ICECS 2007, pp. 431-434, Marrakech (Morocco), Dec. 2007.

M. Alioto, G. Palumbo, M. Poli, "Efficient and Accurate Models of Output Transition Time in CMOS Logic", Proc. of ICECS 2007, pp. 1264-1267, Marrakech (Morocco), Dec. 2007.

M. Alioto, M. Poli, S. Rocchi, "A General Model for Differential Power Analysis Attacks to Static Logic Circuits", in Proc. of ISCAS 2008, pp. 3346-3349, Seattle (USA), May 2008.

M. Alioto, G. Palumbo, "Power-Delay Optimization in MCML Tapered Buffers", in Proc. of ISCAS 2008, pp. 141-144, Seattle (USA), May 2008.

M. Alioto, G. Palumbo, M. Poli, "Explicit Energy Evaluation in RLC Tree Circuits with Ramp Inputs", in Proc. of ISCAS 2008, pp. 2865-2868, Seattle (USA), May 2008.

A. Tajalli, F. K. Gurkaynak, Y. Leblebici. M. Alioto, E. J. Brauer, "Improving the Power-Delay Product in SCL Circuits Using Source Follower Output Stage", in Proc. of ISCAS 2008, pp. 145-148, Seattle (USA), May 2008.

M. Alioto, L. Fondelli, S. Rocchi, "Analysis and Performance Evaluation of Area-Efficient True Random Bit Generators on FPGAs", in Proc. of ISCAS 2008, pp. 1572-1575, Seattle (USA), May 2008.

M. Alioto, G. Palumbo, M. Poli, “Energy Evaluation in RLC Tree Circuits with Exponential Input,” accepted to ICECS 2008, Malta, Aug. 2008.

M. Alioto, G. Palumbo, M. Pennisi, “Analysis of the impact of process variations on static logic circuits versus fan-in,” accepted to ICECS 2008, Malta, Aug. 2008.

M. Alioto, G. Palumbo, M. Pennisi, “Understanding the Effect of Intradie Random Process Variations in Nanometer Domino Logic,” in Proc. of PATMOS 2008, pp. 136-145, Lisbon (Portugal), Sep. 2008.

Matteo Agostinelli, Massimo Alioto, David Esseni, Luca Selmi, “Design and evaluation of mixed 3T-4T FinFET stacks for leakage reduction,” in Proc. of PATMOS 2008, pp. 31-41, Lisbon (Portugal), Sep. 2008.

Armin Tajalli, Massimo Alioto, Elizabeth J. Brauer, Yusuf Leblebici, “Design of High Performance Subthreshold Source-Coupled Logic Circuits,” in Proc. of PATMOS 2008, pp. 21-30, Lisbon (Portugal), Sep. 2008.

M. Alioto, Y. Leblebici “Circuit techniques to reduce the supply voltage limit of subthreshold MCML circuits,” in Proc. of VLSI-SoC 2008, pp. 239-244, Rhodes Island (Greece), Oct. 2008. (INVITED)

M. Alioto, M. Poli, S. Rocchi, “Power Analysis Attacks to Cryptographic Circuits: a Comparative Analysis of DPA and CPA,” in Proc. of ICM 2008, pp. 308-311, Sharjah (United Arab Emirates), Dec. 2008.

M. Alioto, M. Poli, G. Palumbo, “Compact and Simple Output Transition Time Model in Nanometer CMOS Gates,” in Proc. of ICM 2008, pp. 235-238, Sharjah (United Arab Emirates), Dec. 2008.

M. Alioto, “CAD Models of the Input Admittance of RC Wires: Comparison and Selection Strategies,” in Proc. of ICM 2008, pp. 154-157, Sharjah (United Arab Emirates), Dec. 2008.

M. Alioto, S. Badel, Y. Leblebici, “Optimization of Wire Grid Size for Differential Routing and Impact on the Power-Delay-Area Tradeoff,” in Proc. of ISCAS 2009, pp. 1285-1288, Taipei (Taiwan), May 2009.

M. Alioto, “Understanding Loading Effects of RC Uniform Interconnects,” in Proc. of ISCAS 2009, pp. 2269-2272, Taipei (Taiwan), May 2009.

M. Alioto, Y. Leblebici, “Analysis and Design of Ultra-Low Power Subthreshold MCML Gates,” in Proc. of ISCAS 2009, pp. 2557-2560, Taipei (Taiwan), May 2009.

M. Alioto, E. Consoli, G. Palumbo, “Metrics and Design Considerations on the Energy-Delay Tradeoff of Digital Circuits,” in Proc. of ISCAS 2009, pp. 3150-3153, Taipei (Taiwan), May 2009.

M. Alioto, E. Consoli, G. Palumbo, M. Pennisi, “Correct Procedures to Evaluate the Effect of Intradie Variations on the Delay Variability of Digital Circuits,” accepted to ECCTD 2009, Antalya (Turkey), Aug. 2009.

M. Alioto, E. Consoli, G. Palumbo, “Impact of Clock Slope on Energy/Delay of Pulsed Flip-Flops and Optimum Clock Domain Design,” accepted to ECCTD 2009, Antalya (Turkey), Aug. 2009.

M. Alioto, “Analysis and Evaluation of Layout Density of FinFET Logic Gates,” in Proc. of ICM 2009, pp. 106-109,  Marrakech (Morocco), Dec. 2009.

M. Alioto, L. Giancane, G. Scotti, A. Trifiletti, “Leakage Power Analysis Attacks: Well-Defined Procedure and First Experimental Results,” in Proc. of ICM 2009, pp. 46-49, Marrakech (Morocco), Dec. 2009.

M. Alioto, M. Poli, S. Rocchi, “Low-Overhead Countermeasures to protect Pre-charged Busses against Power Analysis Attacks,” in Proc. of ICM 2009, pp. 159-162, Marrakech (Morocco), Dec. 2009.

M. Alioto, E. Consoli, G. Palumbo, “Dependence of Differential Flip-Flops Performance on Clock Slope and Relaxation of Clock Network Design,” in Proc. of ICM 2009, pp. 110-113, Marrakech (Morocco), Dec. 2009.

M. Alioto, L. Giancane, G. Scotti, A. Trifiletti, “Leakage Power Analysis Attacks: Theoretical Analysis and Impact of Variations,” in Proc. of ICECS 2009, pp. 85-88, Hammamet (Tunisia), Dec. 2009.

M. Alioto, G. Palumbo, M. Pennisi, “Analysis of the Impact of Random Process Variations in CMOS Tapered Buffers,” in Proc. of ICECS 2009, pp. 57-60, Hammamet (Tunisia), Dec. 2009.

M. Alioto, E. Consoli, G. Palumbo, “Optimum Clock Slope for Flip-Flops within a Clock Domain: Analysis and a Case Study,” in Proc. ICECS 2009, pp. 275-278, Hammamet (Tunisia), Dec. 2009.

M. Alioto, E. Consoli, G. Palumbo, “Clock Distribution in Clock Domains with Dual-Edge-Triggered Flip-Flops to improve Energy-Efficiency,” in print on Proc. ISCAS 2010, Paris (France), May 2010.

M. Alioto, “Closed-Form Analysis of DC Noise Immunity in Subthreshold CMOS Logic Circuits,” in print on Proc. ISCAS 2010, Paris (France), May 2010.

M. Alioto, P. Bennati, R. Giorgi, “Exploiting Locality to Improve Leakage Reduction in Embedded Drowsy I-Caches at Same Area/Speed,” in print on Proc. ISCAS 2010, Paris (France), May 2010.

M. Alioto, “Analysis of Layout Density in FinFET Standard Cells and Impact of Fin Technology,” in print on Proc. ISCAS 2010, Paris (France), May 2010.

P. Magnone, F. Crupi, M. Alioto, B. Kaczer, “Experimental Study of Leakage-Delay Trade-off in Germanium pMOSFETs for Logic Circuits,” in print on Proc. ISCAS 2010, Paris (France), May 2010.

 

 

 

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