Title :
An automatic cell characterization environment for cell-based design methodology
Author :
Wu, Chang-Sheng ; Lin, Lih-Chiou ; Chou, David ; Ting, Kuang-Cheng
Author_Institution :
Hualon Microelectronics Corp., Hsinchu City, Taiwan
Abstract :
The authors introduce an automatic cell characterization environment developed for cell-based design methodology. With its structured cell description language, automatic stimuli generation algorithm and flow event manager, varieties of cells are automatically characterized. It has been applied successfully to characterize the 1.0-μm and 0.8-μm standard cell, sea-of-gates, and full-custom cell library
Keywords :
application specific integrated circuits; automatic test software; cellular arrays; circuit analysis computing; hardware description languages; integrated circuit testing; logic CAD; logic arrays; logic testing; timing; ATPG; automatic cell characterization environment; automatic stimuli generation algorithm; cell-based design methodology; flow event manager; full-custom cell library; sea-of-gates; standard cell; structured cell description language; Character generation; Circuits; Data mining; Databases; Design methodology; Libraries; Pulse measurements; Switches; Timing; Voltage;
Conference_Titel :
ASIC Conference and Exhibit, 1993. Proceedings., Sixth Annual IEEE International
Conference_Location :
Rochester, NY
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-1375-5
DOI :
10.1109/ASIC.1993.410731
