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7th International Symposium on Quality Electronic Design (ISQED'06)
Constructing Current-Based Gate Models Based on Existing Timing Library
San Jose, California
March 27-March 29
ISBN: 0-7695-2523-7
Andrew B. Kahng, UC San Diego, La Jolla, CA
Bao Liu, UC San Diego, La Jolla, CA
Xu Xu, UC San Diego, La Jolla, CA
Current-based gate modeling achieves a new level of accuracy in nanoscale design timing and signal integrity analysis. However, to generate current-based gate models requires additional pre-characterization of the gate, e.g., in the form of a new or an extended timing library format. We construct current-based gate models based on the existing Liberty timing library format without further pre-characterization. We present an inverse problem formulation, and propose to solve the problem by quadratic polynomial regression. Our constructed current-based gate models find applications in timing, power, and signal integrity verifications for improved accuracy in library-compatible flows, e.g., to include power supply voltage drop effect in gate delay calculation without further pre-characterization, to calculate gate supply current, etc. Our experimental results show our constructed currentbased gate models achieve slightly less accurate results, e.g., within 4.6%(8.6%), than pre-characterized current-based gate models, e.g., within 4.3%(4.4%), of SPICE results in gate delay calculation for ideal (degraded) power supply voltage, and accurate gate supply current calculation.
Citation:
Andrew B. Kahng, Bao Liu, Xu Xu, "Constructing Current-Based Gate Models Based on Existing Timing Library," isqed, pp.37-42, 7th International Symposium on Quality Electronic Design (ISQED'06), 2006
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