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The Prediction of Circuit Performance Variations for Deep Submicron CMOS Processes
Boston, MA November 06-November 08
DOI Bookmark: http://doi.ieeecomputersociety.org/10.1109/DFTVS.1996.5720151996 Workshop on Defect and Fault-Tol ...
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Thomas Gneiting, Fachhochschule fuer Technik Esslingen
Ian P. Jalowiecki, Brunel University of West London
In this paper, a method is described which can be used to predict the variation of circuit performance, e.g. the maximum clock rate, due to fluctuations of the semiconductor manufacturing process. A huge amount of measurements on CMOS test devices of two process generations (0.8 and 0.5 micron) has been performed to develop a description of the statistical variations. Based on this data and the use of a physical simulation model for the MOS devices, a prediction of the circuit performance of two future CMOS process generations (0.35 and 0.25 micron) has been undertaken. At least, the results of this study will be applied to a special type of circuits, to predict the feasability of synchronous clock and data distribution on future ULSI devices.
Index Terms:
Deep submicron process, CMOS, Statistical Modeling
Citation:
Thomas Gneiting, Ian P. Jalowiecki, "The Prediction of Circuit Performance Variations for Deep Submicron CMOS Processes," dft, pp.140, 1996 Workshop on Defect and Fault-Tolerance in VLSI Systems (DFT'96), 1996
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