Power network analysis for ESD robustness in a 90nm ASIC design system

Author

Brennan, C.J. ; Kozhaya, J.N. ; Proctor, R.A.

Author_Institution

IBM Microelectron. Div., Essex Junction, VT, USA

fYear

2004

fDate

3-6 Oct. 2004

Firstpage

247

Lastpage

250

Abstract

ALSIM-ESD is a design automation tool to analyze power networks for good ESD performance in a high-volume, highly automated ASIC design system. The tool calculates the voltage drop produced in the power network by an ESD discharge and checks that it remains below circuit failure voltages. Automatic fix-up operations are provided to correct excessive resistance in the ESD discharge path.

Keywords

application specific integrated circuits; circuit CAD; circuit layout CAD; electrostatic discharge; integrated circuit design; integrated circuit modelling; semiconductor device breakdown; 90 nm; ALSIM-ESD design automation tool; ESD discharge circuit failure voltages; ESD protection; ESD robustness; automated ASIC design system; drain-source breakdown; excessive ESD discharge path resistance; gate oxide breakdown; high-volume design system; power network analysis; power network voltage drops; Application specific integrated circuits; CMOS technology; Design automation; Electrostatic discharge; Immune system; Integrated circuit technology; Intelligent networks; Protection; Robustness; Voltage;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Custom Integrated Circuits Conference, 2004. Proceedings of the IEEE 2004

Print_ISBN

0-7803-8495-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CICC.2004.1358789

Filename

1358789