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Following Bryant [2], an algorithm is given for translating a switching circuit design into a program which simulates its dynamic behaviour. A theory of assertions based on Dijkstra [4] and UNITY [3] is then developed to formalise specifications of hardware circuit designs, and to establish their correctness. Both combinational and sequential circuits are taken into account, and both in N-mos and C-mos; the latter turns out to be much simpler.
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Chaochen, Z., Hoare, C.A.R. (1991). A Model for Synchronous Switching Circuits and its Theory of Correctness. In: Jones, G., Sheeran, M. (eds) Designing Correct Circuits. Workshops in Computing. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-3544-9_11
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