IR drop and ground bounce awareness timing model

Muzhou Shao, Youxin Gao, Li Pen Yuan, Martin D. F. Wong

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Abstract

As the IC technology scales down, the effect of IR drop/ground bounce becomes increasingly significant. IR drop and ground bounce can compromise the gate driving capability and degrade the IC performance, and even can make IC functional failures. Hence, it is crucial to capture this effect efficiently and accurately in order to improve circuit reliability. In this paper, we proposed a timing model with consideration of IR drop and ground bounce. Our model can be derived directly from the existing timing tables (e.g. Synopsys.db or CLF tables), which are used in normal timing analysis. Compared with the traditional k-factor approach, our method does not require SPICE netlist and SPICE simulations. Moreover, the accuracy of our model is better than k-factor approach.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of the IEEE Computer Society Annual Symposium on VLSI
Subtitle of host publicationNew Frontiers in VLSI Design, ISVLSI 2005
EditorsAsim Smailagic, Nagarajan Ranganathan
Place of PublicationUnited States
PublisherIEEE
Pages226-231
Number of pages6
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - May 2005
EventIEEE Computer Society Annual Symposium on VLSI: New Frontiers in VLSI System Design, ISVLSI 2005 - Tampa, United States
Duration: 11 May 200512 May 2005
https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/conhome/9780/proceeding (Conference proceedings)

Publication series

NameProceedings of IEEE Computer Society Annual Symposium on VLSI, ISVLSI
ISSN (Print)2159-3469
ISSN (Electronic)2159-3477

Symposium

SymposiumIEEE Computer Society Annual Symposium on VLSI: New Frontiers in VLSI System Design, ISVLSI 2005
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityTampa
Period11/05/0512/05/05
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