• DocumentCode
    3228900
  • Title

    Dynamic supply noise measurement circuit composed of standard cells suitable for in-site SoC power integrity verification

  • Author

    Ogasahara, Yasuhiro ; Hashimoto, Masanori ; Onoye, Takao

  • Author_Institution
    Osaka Univ., Suita
  • fYear
    2008
  • fDate
    21-24 March 2008
  • Firstpage
    107
  • Lastpage
    108
  • Abstract
    This paper presents an all digital measurement circuit called "gated oscillator" for capturing waveforms of dynamic power supply noise. The gated oscillator is constructed with standard cells, and thus can be easily embedded in SoCs for design verification. The performance of the gated oscillator is verified with fabricated test chips in a 90 nm process.
  • Keywords
    cellular arrays; integrated circuit noise; oscillators; system-on-chip; waveform analysis; SoC power integrity verification; design verification; digital measurement circuit; dynamic supply noise measurement circuit; gated oscillator; size 90 nm; standard cells; waveforms; Circuit noise; Delay; Integrated circuit measurements; Measurement standards; Noise measurement; Power measurement; Power supplies; Timing; Voltage; Voltage-controlled oscillators;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Design Automation Conference, 2008. ASPDAC 2008. Asia and South Pacific
  • Conference_Location
    Seoul
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-1921-0
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-4244-1922-7
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ASPDAC.2008.4483917
  • Filename
    4483917