TY - CONF T1 - Identifying key components of variability using Energy based Control T2 - The 2012 Workshop on Variability Modeling and Characterization (VMC) Y1 - 2012 A1 - Fahd Shaikh A1 - Wei He A1 - Jonathan Sprinkle A1 - Janet Meiling Wang-Roveda AB - This paper proposes a method to estimate the reliability of a circuit based on the energy distribution of that circuit. A circuit with a widespread energy distribution is more unreliable in comparison with one with uniform energy distribution. A gate within a circuit that has a major contribution to energy distribution will have a greater impact on the variability within the circuit as opposed to a component with a minor contribution. JF - The 2012 Workshop on Variability Modeling and Characterization (VMC) ER -