The 14th International Conference on VLSI Design (VLSID '01)
Crosstalk Noise Verification in Digital Designs with Interconnect Process Variations
Bangalore, India
January 03-January 07
ISBN: 0-7695-0831-6
Interconnect parasitics are playing a significant role in design and analysis in deep sub-micron (DSM) technologies. Interconnect process variations could play a significant role in achieving predictable yield. Crosstalk noise is one of the increasingly important careabouts in DSM designs. In this paper, a practical method to analyze the crosstalk noise effects with interconnect process variations using corner-based approach is described. The results from application of this method on a large DSP design implemented in 0.18u technology is presented. Application of the proposed method resulted in detection of a new worstcase interconnect process corner that was not included in the design methodology.
Citation:
Nagaraj Ns, Poras Balsara, Cyrus Cantrell, "Crosstalk Noise Verification in Digital Designs with Interconnect Process Variations," vlsid, pp.365, The 14th International Conference on VLSI Design (VLSID '01), 2001