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Dynamic Timing Analysis Considering Power Supply Noise Effects
San Jose, California March 20-March 22
DOI Bookmark: http://doi.ieeecomputersociety.org/10.1109/ISQED.2000.838866First International Symposium on Qual ...
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Yi-Min Jiang, Synopsys, Inc.
Angela Krstic, University of California at Santa Barbara
Kwang-Ting (Tim) Cheng, University of California at Santa Barbara
Power supply noise can significantly impact the performance of deep submicron designs. Existing timing analysis techniques cannot capture the effects of power supply noise on the signal/cell delays. This is because these delay effects are highly input pattern dependent. Therefore, the predicted circuit performance might not reflect the worst-case circuit delay. In this paper, we propose a dynamic timing analysis technique that can take into account the impact of the power supply noise on the signal/cell propagation delays. Our technique is based on considering the input patterns that produce the worst-case power supply noise effects on the propagation delays of the longest true paths in the circuit. Our experimental results show that the circuit delay predicted by our dynamic timing analysis method is significantly longer than the delay predicted using traditional timing analysis tools.
Index Terms:
dynamic timing analysis, power supply noise, deep submicron designs, input pattern dependent
Citation:
Yi-Min Jiang, Angela Krstic, Kwang-Ting (Tim) Cheng, "Dynamic Timing Analysis Considering Power Supply Noise Effects," isqed, pp.137, First International Symposium on Quality of Electronic Design, 2000
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