Designing in reliability with standard cells

The authors show the advantages of using generic standard-cell data in qualifying a military product. They describe the proposed methodology used in qualifying ASIC (application-specific integrated circuit) standard-cell devices for military use. Reliability results of using standard cells and recommendations for qualifying military standard-cell products are presented. It is noted that this new approach to qualifying ASIC standard-cell library devices for a military environment allows new designs to be introduced at a minimal cost and insures reliability at the same time